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Soon Tags To Track Children At Large Gatherings

In a unique initiative to keep track of children, especially in large gatherings, the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has drafted a set of gu...

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Human Rights

Playschools Will Have To Play By The Rules: Panel

Panaji: The education division of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has framed guidelines to regulate private playschools for children in the a...

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Health

Healthcare A Mix Of Highs & Lows

The Raghubar Das government focused on development of healthcare infrastructure in 2016 but services did not improve on the ground level. Shortage of doctors remained a big...

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Gender

MY STORY: Why I Started A Petition Against A Ban On Emergency Contraceptive Pills In Tamil Nadu

I did not take my friends’ occasional rants about the unavailability of emergency contraceptive pills in Chennai seriously, until I set out to look for it myself. I l...

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Sustainable Development

Powerful new technique reveals the mechanical environment of cells in their natural habitat, the living embryo

Whether building organs or maintaining healthy adult tissues, cells use biochemical and mechanical cues from their environment to make important decisions, such as becoming...

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Human Rights

Health officials asked to explain 2,234 new HIV infections in the past two years

After the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) revealed that 2,234 people in the country have been infected by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) from 2014 to 2016...

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Health

WHO Doubles Recommended Number Of Health Visits During Pregnancy

The World Health Organization revised guidelines on antenatal care on Monday, saying pregnant women should have twice as many contacts with health providers - eight - as it...

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Health

Only 1 Midwife To Track Maternal Health Of 30,000

BENGALURU: Four days ago, Surekha Deepak was forced to give birth on the road outside Aurad Taluk hospital in Bidar district. What happened  in the northern tip of the...

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Human Rights

Jason Isaacs Meets Foster Family In Mumbai, Says A Lot Of Work Required For Child Rights

Even as India is gradually opening its gates to foster care and has only recently laid down guidelines for group foster care, British actor Jason Isaacs has already started...

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Environment

Mining Companies Keep Draining Arctic Lakes And Moving All Of Their Fish

Though the plan may seem absurd at first blush, it's actually the second time the mining company has relocated fish from a lake in order to expand its open pit Meadowbank g...

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