NEWS ETC Transgender and disabled most affected due to online abuse: Study A global study highlights that transgender, LGBQ+ and disabled people are most affected due to increasing online sexual abuse. The...
NEWS ETC Heavy rainfall to continue in Kerala till today evening; at least 24 reported dead, rescue operations underway Floods have inundated the coastal plains of Kerala leading to severe destruction and loss of lives. The affected areas include...
Reportage Train movement likely to be affected today as farmers protest against Lakhimpur violence The Samyukta Kisan Morcha has called for a Rail Roko Andolan across the country in protest against the Lakhimpur Kheri...
Health Tuberculosis notification drops worldwide; India accounts for the largest dip: Global Tuberculosis Report 2021 With health services disrupted due to the COVID19 pandemic, a global shortfall in tuberculosis notifications has been reported. India has...
Health ‘Meri Pyaari Zindagi’: Gaon Connection and WHO’s joint campaign on alcohol abuse Over 200 health conditions are linked to alcohol use, ranging from liver diseases and cancers, to tuberculosis and severe mental...
Reportage 2.3 billion people around the world lack basic hand washing services at home: UN report A United Nations report has stated that despite efforts to promote hand hygiene the rates of access to hand hygiene...
Reportage Samyukt Kisan Morcha condemns gruesome murder at Singhu, role of Nihang group suspected; police probe underway A mutilated body of a man, with wrists chopped off, was found tied to a police barricade at Singhu near...
Reportage Every 11 minutes, an adolescent dies by suicide: UNICEF A first of its kind report on the state of mental health amongst the children and adolescents sheds light on...
OUR ENVIRONMENT Environment ministry assures India will revise its air quality standards Taking cognisance of the health risks posed by air pollutants in far lesser concentrations than previously understood, the World Health...
Health Abortion time limit increased for rape survivors, minors, mentally ill women The new rules of the central government allow termination of pregnancy up to 24 weeks as opposed to the previously...
