‘The H1N1 vaccine should be compulsory for healthcare workers, especially those who work in the isolation wards or with H1N1 patients. The vaccine should also be made mandatory for pregnant women, more so for those in their second or third trimesters,’ said Dr Om Srivastav, head of infectious diseases, BMC. The doctor was one of…
Combining faith with a social cause, a twin initiative to save the environment and the girl child was launched on August 1 at the revered Dargah Sharif in Ajmer, Rajasthan. It is an initiative of Nanhi Chhann Foundation, a non-profit organization that connects the issues of environment and girl child collectively to motherhood, and…
The NGO ‘Health for Millions,’ has moved the Supreme Court challenging the government’s decision to shift the mandatory depiction of gory pictures about smoking on cigarette packs, from June 1 to December 1 this year. The Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules have been delayed repeatedly and deliberately to favour the tobacco…
The NGO ‘Health for Millions,’ has moved the Supreme Court challenging the government’s decision to shift the mandatory depiction of gory pictures about smoking on cigarette packs, from June 1 to December 1 this year. The Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules have been delayed repeatedly and deliberately to favour the tobacco…
At a shareholders’ meeting of Vedanta Resources Plc in London, some fund managers protested over the company’s plans to build a bauxite mine in Kalahandi area, which is considered sacred by the local population. Vedanta, however, defended its human rights record and denied that building a mine would harm the indigenous Dongria Kondh tribe. ‘The…
At a shareholders’ meeting of Vedanta Resources Plc in London, some fund managers protested over the company’s plans to build a bauxite mine in Kalahandi area, which is considered sacred by the local population. Vedanta, however, defended its human rights record and denied that building a mine would harm the indigenous Dongria Kondh tribe. ‘The…
At a shareholders’ meeting of Vedanta Resources Plc in London, some fund managers protested over the company’s plans to build a bauxite mine in Kalahandi area, which is considered sacred by the local population. Vedanta, however, defended its human rights record and denied that building a mine would harm the indigenous Dongria Kondh tribe. ‘The…
At a shareholders’ meeting of Vedanta Resources Plc in London, some fund managers protested over the company’s plans to build a bauxite mine in Kalahandi area, which is considered sacred by the local population. Vedanta, however, defended its human rights record and denied that building a mine would harm the indigenous Dongria Kondh tribe. ‘The…
At a shareholders’ meeting of Vedanta Resources Plc in London, some fund managers protested over the company’s plans to build a bauxite mine in Kalahandi area, which is considered sacred by the local population. Vedanta, however, defended its human rights record and denied that building a mine would harm the indigenous Dongria Kondh tribe. ‘The…
At a shareholders’ meeting of Vedanta Resources Plc in London, some fund managers protested over the company’s plans to build a bauxite mine in Kalahandi area, which is considered sacred by the local population. Vedanta, however, defended its human rights record and denied that building a mine would harm the indigenous Dongria Kondh tribe. ‘The…
