Terminated abruptly

Toeing the US' line appears to be an essential prerequisite for receiving aid from it. The 'Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium' for aids …

Poverty, beyond calories

New method finds India is 9 per cent poorer

Healers in arms

The conflict between allopathy and homeopathy is an old one

Odisha’s tribal heartland fights COVID injustices with writings on the wall

Locals in remote villages have written on walls of their houses, urging government to address the digital divide highlighted by COVID-19

बुजुर्गों की आंखों की रोशनी छीन रहा है जंक फूड

वैज्ञानिकों के अनुसार आहार में जंक फूड और पश्चिमी भोजन की अधिकता बुजुर्गों में मैक्यूलर डिजनरेशन नामक विकार को जन्म दे रही है, जोकि ...

Global supply chains major user of child labour: UN report

Asian region has highest child labour in global supply chains

Is the world ready to meet the SDG target on sanitation?

A closer look at the report by UNICEF and WHO tells you that this certainly not the case

Sector-based highlights of Union Budget 2017-18

The budget’s thrust has been on stimulating growth, affordable housing, curbing black money and promoting digital economy

Out of rathole

Post a ban on small-scale coal mining, Meghalaya is investing its energy and enterprise in other sectors

An unconventional study of the food-cycle

FOOD, HEALTH AND SURVIVAL IN INDIA AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Stuart Gillespie and Geraldine McNeill Publisher: Oxford University Press, Delhi Price:

The right to develop

A UNDP report links democracy with a better human development scenario

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Wooden feet

Reviving nature

A professor heralds hope and greenery into a remote Orissa village to set it free from a web of untouchability, superstition, illiteracy and poverty

Reining it in

Chennai shores up its laws to curb groundwater depletion, with renewed emphasis on rainwater harvesting

Education policy for kids under six

Experts say the plan misses diet, care and ignores children with special needs

The struggle to get inclusive education to south Odisha’s tribal children

Already marginalised, COVID-19 has had a huge impact on tribal groups, especially children in Koraput; but civil society is trying its best to …

Combating AMR: How Delhi’s campaign design for school kids helped

Schools, as institutions for people in their formative years, are strategic settings for advancing health promotion skills, practices and …

Education for tribals: Bottlenecks and the way forward

Recognising tribal culture, language, cognitive strength, curriculum and inherent learning ability of children can revamp tribal education system

No integration in India’s disease data collection systems: Niti Aayog

White paper highlights several lacunae including shortage of human resources, occupational health, surveillance; suggests series of measures …

स्वास्थ्य के क्षेत्र में शोध को बढ़ावा देंगे ये दो नए समझौते

स्वास्थ्य के क्षेत्र में अत्याधुनिक शोध को बढ़ावा देने के लिए चंडीगढ़ स्थित सूक्ष्‍मजीव प्रौद्योगिकी संस्‍थान (इम्टेक) ने भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान (आईआईटी)-बॉम्बे के साथ ...

क्या डॉ. हर्ष वर्धन कर पाएंगे देश की बीमारियों का इलाज, ये है हकीकत

राष्ट्रीय स्वास्थ्य प्रोफाइल 2018 के अनुसार, भारत उन देशों में शुमार है जो जन स्वास्थ्य पर सबसे कम खर्च करते हैं। ऐसे में डॉ. ...

Bastar beyond Maoists: tale of a rich region and its poor people

The obsession with insurgents is so deep that no one is paying attention to health and education in this ancient and beautiful land

CBSE lists detailed measures to limit junk food in schools

CBSE-affiliated schools will have to ensure that foods such as chips, carbonated beverages and ready-to-eat noodles are not available in …

Midday meal may be outsourced

Schools in Maharashtra do not want responsibility, say the scheme hampers teaching