Emergency call

Nearly 140,000 people in India died in road accidents last year. Several communicable diseases together do not take such a huge toll on human life. But the country does not...

Less than 500 days left, can India meet its MDG targets?

Going by current trends, the target for reducing infant mortality and improving other human development indices seem near impossible to achieve Less that 500 days are left ...

Habits of Highly Humanistic Doctors

Even in these times of highly commercialized health care you might still come across doctors and physicians who are humanistic.

How are they different?

I re...

At 240 million, India has a third of child marriages in the world

A recent United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) report said 720 million women around the world, alive today, were married before 18 years compared to 156 million men...

SOS Children’s Villages of India spreads awareness on the importance of family in individual development

At the 25th edition of The Tara Ali Baig Memorial Lecture

New Delhi, August 11, 2014: SOS Children’s Vi...

Climate change ‘single biggest hindrance’ to human development

The recently released Human Development Report has identified six major threats to human development and proposed a set of policies and reforms to address these vulnerabili...

Women's natural role overlooked in India

“You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women,” said Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India. The empowerment...