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Actress Madhuri Dixit Launches MAA, “Mother’s ...
August 12, 2016
“MAA-Mother’s Absolute Affection”, is an initiative by the Indian Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), that is supported by UNICEF (United Nations Children's Emergency Fund) and by legendary Indian actress Madhuri Dixit.
Read MoreShortage of Doctors in India
August 11, 2016
The Minister of State for Health in India brought to attention the poor condition of healthcare in India last week by specifically focusing on doctor shortage. Problems with qualification add to troubles, bringing forward the need for changes.
Read MoreInitiatives taken by locals to get their environme...
August 11, 2016
The citizens of India have been facing the problem of disordered disposal of garbage on roads, beaches among other public places, that negate the beauty of the place and the hygiene of the residents. However, people have now begun to take the responsibility to protect the environ...
Read MoreOrgan Donors needed in India
July 28, 2016
Why organ donation still remains abysmally low in India? Zonal Transplant Coordination Center (ZTCC) predicts, “90% of the people in the waiting list (for organ donation) might die without getting an organ”. On 22nd July, the government of India constituted a committee that c...
Read MoreRaising questions on women’s dignity
July 22, 2016
A BJP leader in Uttar Pradesh calls a former chief minister and leader of the BSP ‘worse than a prostitute’ raising a storm in the Parliament. But, lost in the noise was the nature of the insult and the position of women in India. As elections approach in the largest state of...
Read MoreThe world’s first hospital on rail celebrates 25...
July 21, 2016
Life Line Express, the world’s first hospital on rail, celebrates its silver jubilee. In the course of time, the train has completed its 173 projects in 18 Indian states. It covered 200,000 kilometers and so far has cured about a million people.
Read MoreGovernment seeks to revamp the Ladli Scheme for gi...
July 16, 2016
Ladli scheme was launched in India in 2008 for the upliftment of the girl child and the Aam Aadmi Party government (AAP) in New Delhi, the Indian capital, now seeks to revamp the scheme with some liberalisations for the beneficiaries.
Read MoreIndia refrains to vote at the UN LGBT resolution
July 2, 2016
While the United Nations took a historic stand to curb the violence and discrimination against alternate sexual preferences, India abstained from voting.
Read MoreLGBT celebrities in India appeal to Supreme Court ...
June 28, 2016
The Supreme Court of India had twice refused to hear pleas for the cease of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Court (IPC), which criminalises homosexuality in the country. However, well-known personalities from the LGBT community in India have now moved the Supreme Court (SC) to he...
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