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 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…
The police station may be the last place where people in troubled marriages would go for counselling, but that is precisely what is happening at the Patan DSP office, where Gujarat’s first social counselling centre has been set up in a unique public-private partnership of the police with women’s rights agency Ahmedabad Women’s Action Group…
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 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…
The police station may be the last place where people in troubled marriages would go for counselling, but that is precisely what is happening at the Patan DSP office, where Gujarat’s first social counselling centre has been set up in a unique public-private partnership of the police with women’s rights agency Ahmedabad Women’s Action Group…
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…
On July 28, Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Maken informed in the Rajya Sabha that State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) have been set up in 19 states of the country. The Government of India and National Human Rights Commission are keen that every state sets up a State Human Rights Commission. Maken stated…
On July 28, Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Maken informed in the Rajya Sabha that State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) have been set up in 19 states of the country. The Government of India and National Human Rights Commission are keen that every state sets up a State Human Rights Commission. Maken stated…
