Category : Humanitarian Affairs

Addressing a meeting of representatives of state human rights commissions in New Delhi, on August 17, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Justice KG Balakrishnan said that a mere setting up of state human rights commission would not serve any purpose, if they

‘About 66 per cent of the senior citizens in the country cannot afford to eat two square meals a day and 90 per cent of them have no social or health security,’ said NGO HelpAge International while observing August 16 as Senior Citizens

Slamming the Commonwealth Games, activists in Delhi are asking that the mega-event be called off. The activists accused the CWG officials of violating and denying basic human rights to the poor and the backward in the garb of development. ‘We can still call

‘What’s India? A nation where pizza reaches home faster than an ambulance or the police, where you get car loan at five per cent interest but education loan at 12 per cent, where a kilo of rice costs Rs 40, but mobile sim

Slamming the Commonwealth Games, activists in Delhi are asking that the mega-event be called off. The activists accused the CWG officials of violating and denying basic human rights to the poor and the backward in the garb of development. ‘We can still call

‘What’s India? A nation where pizza reaches home faster than an ambulance or the police, where you get car loan at five per cent interest but education loan at 12 per cent, where a kilo of rice costs Rs 40, but mobile sim

The suburban Kurla in Mumbai is a hub of almost all deadly diseases, as it has been reporting highest number of malaria, diarrhoea, dengue and HIV cases in the last two years. Praja Foundation, a Mumbai-based voluntary organization, on August 10 released a

The suburban Kurla in Mumbai is a hub of almost all deadly diseases, as it has been reporting highest number of malaria, diarrhoea, dengue and HIV cases in the last two years. Praja Foundation, a Mumbai-based voluntary organization, on August 10 released a

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

‘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