The latest National Family Health Survey
gives out ignominious figures on the extent of violence perpetrated against
women in India. In the 15-49 age group, 3...
In an effort to prevent illegal prenatal sex determination tests that lead to female foeticide, the Maharashtra government will rope in NGOs to carry out sting ...
Mukhya Mantri Dal-Bhaat Yojna is an initiative of Jharkhand government to provide subsidized food to the poor people in the state.
The decision to start the s...
The government of India needs to repeal the sedition law, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), said c...
As focus at the United Nations Global
Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (May 8-13, 2011), in Geneva, came on to
the unsavoury equation between pover...
India recorded 25 million cases of malaria and 30,000
deaths in the year 2009, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
That's one-tenth the number o...
After the "uterus removal for money scandal" of Rajasthan, another shameful incident involving gynaecologists has come to light from Kerala. An enquiry has conf...
Child rights NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan, with assistance from police and labour departments, rescued 36 children who were being forced to do labour in Delhi. Ab...
In a shocking revelation through a Right to Information (RTI) application, it is found that three private nursing homes in Rajastan's Dasua district removed ute...
Sen is a sympathiser. Nothing beyond that,observed the Supreme Court (SC) today while granting bail to rights activist Dr Binayak Sen. The SC order reversed the...
