Category Health Care
Special ArrangementA low birth weight child at the Institute of Child Health at Egmore in Chennai. In Delhi, 64% newborns die within the first 28 days The National Capital had the worst Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) among the four… Continue Reading →
DiaNuke correspondent Why does the government brutally silence local dissent and turns the public hearings invariably into cruel jokes, when it is so sure about the shining claims of nuclear energy? If it is the safest technology and the best… Continue Reading →
Pic Courtesy- Latika Roy Foundation March 3rd, 2014 Dr Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India New Delhi Dear Sir: We, the undersigned, are writing to express our opposition to the unwarranted transfer of Shri Keshav Desiraju from his… Continue Reading →
The episode of Satyamev Jayate on Sexual Violence – State Response, though claiming to showcase ground level reality had a number of factual errors. The Government of Maharashtra in 2013 issued standard protocols for “Forensic and Medical Examination of Sexual Assault Cases. An… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Chandra Bhushan Mar 15, 2014 Government plans to set up four large-scale solar power plants that will cost a whopping `1.2 lakh crore. Will they serve millions of energy poor? The bigger the better seems to be the mantra of Central government ministries these days…. Continue Reading →
Author(s): M Suchitra Mar 15, 2014 | Compromises on Polavaram; agrees to exclude villages facing submergence from new state People protest against the Polavaram project in V R Puram block in Khammam district. All 42 revenue villages in this block will be totally submerged… Continue Reading →
Malathy Iyer,TNN | Mar 3, 2014, 05.00 AM IST MUMBAI: The state government announced the launch of theNational Urban Health Mission (NUHM) on Sunday to focus on the healthcare needs of 2 crore slum dwellers living in 95 districts. The NUHM launch follows the flagging… Continue Reading →
As the anniversary of the 1984 miners’ strike approaches, its figurehead Arthur Scargill has become a recluse, at war with the current NUM leadership. We went in search of Yorkshire‘s living legend … and found him John Harris , The Guardian, Friday 28… Continue Reading →
Government accuses aid group of misleading the world about an attack on Rohingya last month in northern part of Rakhine. Last updated: 01 Mar 2014 01:11 Ethnic violence has seen tens of thousands of people fleeing their homes, most of… Continue Reading →
The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2013 has been awarded to eminent Gandhian and environmentalist, Shri Chandi Prasad Bhatt. The Jury for the Prize met under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh on 18th February 2014… Continue Reading →