Category Health Care
TNN | Oct 23, 2014, 02.34 AM IST PATNA: Jean Dreze, development economist who has been influential in Indian economic policymaking, has decided to observe ‘black Diwali’ in Muzaffarpur district on Thursday in protest against non- payment of wages to 3,000 and… Continue Reading →
Ananda Banerjee It is ingrained in our cultural thought process that the river cleanses everything and over centuries we have abused its resources, only to turn it into a sewer A file photo of immersion of Durga idols in Yamuna… Continue Reading →
The present approach on labour reforms without addressing industrial safety and health hazards is certainly not reformist. ‘Reforms’ become a euphemism then The explosion in a cracker factory at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh killing nearly 20 people, most of them women, is a tragedy… Continue Reading →
Delhi is the most polluted city in the world, but it may actually be worse as faulty instruments, data fudging and lack of regulation allow industries to pollute with impunity Smog obscures the view of the road as women wait… Continue Reading →
Oct 21, 2014 – Amit Sengupta The Modi government has abandoned the fig leaf of adherence to public health goals… The first salvo was fired by Nirmala Sitharaman, signalling prior to Mr Modi’s visit to the US that India was… Continue Reading →
ANUMEHA YADAV The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), which insures families of unorganised sector workers for up to Rs. 30,000 of medical care, is expected to be transferred from the Ministry of Labour and Employment to the Union Health Ministry…. Continue Reading →
By Miriam Zoll Apple and Facebook are covering the cost for female employees to freeze their eggs, in an effort to help balance challenges of childbirth and career-building. But should egg freezing really be deemed the ‘new women’s movement’? Author… Continue Reading →
by Raveena Aulakh – Toronto Star Indian court trying to unravel mystery of sick and disabled children, miscarriages and fatal cancers around the country’s first uranium mine. Jadugora, India—Duniya Uram wants to go outside. The veranda is only 10 metres… Continue Reading →
IANS| Oct 20, 2014, 12.37 PM IST The first unit stopped operations Sep 26 due to turbine problem. CHENNAI: A major problem in the first atomic power unit’s turbine at Kudankulam has caused uncertainty on its early commissioning, said a… Continue Reading →
Contamination from depleted uranium (DU) munitions Tuesday, 14 October 2014 09:42 By Dahr Jamail, Truthout | Report (Photo: Patty Mooney / Flickr)Contamination from depleted uranium (DU) munitions is causing sharp rises in congenital birth defects, cancer cases and other illnesses… Continue Reading →