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Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019 has been introduced in the Lok Sabha. The Bill aims to prohibit commercial surrogacy in India. Commercial...
20 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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Tribals in Wayanad district of Kerala are close to achieving 100% literacy rate. Scheduled Tribes President under Article 342 is empowered to...
19 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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Child Labour in Film and Television Industry
The government is working to ensure “strict compliance” of norms on working conditions for children by film and television industry, as...
19 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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Ebola: Global Health Emergency
World Health Organization has announced the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (a country in Central Africa) as the global health...
18 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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The Union Ministry of Culture, Government of India has introduced ‘Seva Bhoj Yojna’ that seeks to reimburse Central share of Central...
18 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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Controlling Chikungunya and Dengue through Bacteria
To control the spread of dengue and chikungunya, scientists at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have developed a strain of Aedes aegypti...
17 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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According to the latest UN report, The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019, more than 821 million people suffered from hunger...
17 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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The government of India is set to launch a rotavirus vaccine drive across all states and Union territories by September 2019. The vaccine is...
16 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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LaQshya: Labour room Quality Improvement Initiative
Recently, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched “LaQshya” (Labour room Quality Improvement Initiative) to improve...
13 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
Global Multidimensional Poverty Index - 2019 (MPI), released by the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) has revealed that there are vast...
12 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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The Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (PM Saubhagya) lapsed on March 31, 2019, but its target of 100% electrification nationwide is yet to...
11 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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Global Report on Income Inequality
International Labour Organisation in its Labour Income Share and Distribution dataset has revealed that top 10% earners in India made over 69% of the...
11 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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Intas Pharmaceuticals (Indian drug maker) has launched an affordable drug Romiplostim (Romy) at one-fifth of the price of the currently available...
11 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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This article is based on the editorial “The malaise of malnutrition”. It talks about the reasons and challenges associated with...
10 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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Challenges in National Nutrition Mission
India grapples with a malnutrition crisis despite having more than 30 government programmes and schemes for maternal and child health, and...
10 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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According to the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry, despite a ban on manual scavenging from 1993, 620 cases of deaths of sanitation workers...
10 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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The World Health Organization (WHO), has declared Sri Lanka, a measles-free country. Sri Lanka is the fifth country in the WHO southeast Asia...
10 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) report “Global Study on Homicide” has revealed that people killed in...
09 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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This article is based on editorial “Crimes that India’s statute books have failed to define” that appeared in The Hindu on 8th...
08 Jul 2019 Social Justice
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This article is based on editorial “Rethink poverty — and policy” that appeared in The Indian Express on 29 June 2019. It talks...
06 Jul 2019 Social Justice