Society
Israeli embassy partners with Aarohan to take drip...
August 4, 2021
On Wednesday, the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi along with Aarohan, an NGO that helps underprivileged children access proper education and skill training, participated in an inauguration ceremony to establish usage of a drip irrigation system at Nehru Smarak Inter College in Great...
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Marine Fishing Bill 2021: Tamil Nadu fishermen rem...
August 3, 2021
Fisherfolk across the country have come out in strong protest against the Marine Fisheries Bill 2021, scheduled to be tabled in the ongoing session of Parliament. The fishermen attack the bill not just for the content, which threatens to deprive them of their livelihood, but they...
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Koovagam Festival: Unique transgender identity fes...
July 30, 2021
According to Hindu epic Mahabharata, the Pandavas, during a bloody battle with their cousins to reclaim their kingdom, were forced to sacrifice one of their most valiant soldiers Aravan to be able to win that day. But as the young Aravan was yet unmarried, he asked Lord Krishna, ...
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World Hepatitis Day in India: A time to celebrate ...
July 28, 2021
For the past 18-odd months, the attention of the entire world has been captured by the Covid-19 pandemic and perhaps rightly so and it is perhaps noteworthy how quickly the governments and the scientists have been able to respond to the crisis and rolled out comprehensive vaccina...
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Medical debt during second wave of Covid-19 pandem...
July 23, 2021
Delhi-based N. P. Banerjee completed his mother’s last rites in April. She had passed away at the age of 74 from Covid-19 complications. “She had diabetes, so the doctors were immediately concerned from the very start. But my wife is only 45 and she doesn’t have any pre-exi...
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Dowry deaths in Kerala: Evil persists despite high...
July 21, 2021
The recent back-to-back deaths of three young brides in alleged dowry-related cases in Kerala has brought the attention back to this all pervasive social evil, despite the practice having been banned over 50 years ago. The cases have also brought to fore the possibility that the ...
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With zero tolerance for ‘harmful behaviour’, W...
July 18, 2021
Ever since its launch in India about 10 years ago, Facebook-owned messaging platform has made rapid strides in India in terms of adoption by users. It has galloped to almost 500 million accounts in India, making it by far the world’s biggest market for the extremely popular app...
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WHO alarmed over disruption of children’s routin...
July 17, 2021
Shunu Sarkar, a resident of New Ashok Nagar in east Delhi, says she has had enough of government’s obsession with Covid-19, while not taking preventive measures against other diseases, especially those impacting children. “I have been checked for about four times in three wee...
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Rising sexual assaults on Indian college campuses
July 6, 2021
“It’s not a secret that India, and especially Delhi, is not the safest place for a woman to be, but in a college campus at least one feels that they’re in a space where they can exist without the constant fear of something terrible happening. When that is not the case, ther...
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Online gaming boom in India brings rising dangers ...
July 2, 2021
Driven by affordable data, accessibility to smart phones and increasing disposable time due to the Covid-19 lockdowns, online gaming industry in India has witnessed a major boom in the time when the pandemic has had a catastrophic on majority if sectors. According to a report rel...
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