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Kashmir Ceasefire Comes After 50% Rise In Armed Encounters, Killings During...
Srinagar: Curfew in Srinagar Srinagar: The Ramzan ceasefire announced by the Indian government on May 16, 2018, comes after a period of heightened armed violence and killings in Kashmir. An...
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Cash Seized During 2018 Karnataka Assembly Elections Increases 5-Fold From 2013
Mumbai: During the recent Karnataka assembly elections, more than Rs 87 crore in cash was seized by government authorities for violation of law, according to a statement issued by the Chief...
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How Scooters Are Helping Haryana’s Women Get To Work
At the Haryana police academy in Madhuban, most women trainee constables depend on their husbands to take them everywhere, even to work. Head Constable Pinky, part of an effort to change that, says,...
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How Conflict-Ridden Afghanistan Improved Its Health In 10 Years
New Delhi: After the fall of the Taliban in 2001 and as a country recovering from conflict, Afghanistan had some of the worst health indicators in the world. More than one-in-two (54%) children...
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Only 4.75 Million Join India’s Workforce Annually, Not 12 Million As Claimed
New Delhi: On average, 4.75 million people are added to the labour force in India per year, an analysis of labour bureau data over a period of four years from 2012 shows. This is less than half...
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Most Indians Non Vegetarian; Men More Than Women, South & East Most
Indian Railways Kitchen Coach New Delhi: India’s Bharatiya Janata Party-led government has been advocating vegetarianism on grounds of religion and ideology, the latest being an effort by Indian...
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164 Aadhaar-Related Frauds Reported Since 2011, Most in 2018: New Database
Mumbai: In January 2018, eight persons were arrested in Chandigarh for purchasing expensive mobile phones with fraudulent loans secured using fake Aadhaar cards. The accused, among whom were former...
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Improving Slowly, India Ranks 145 Among 195 Countries on Healthcare Access...
New Delhi: India has improved its ranking on a global healthcare access and quality (HAQ) index from 153 in 1990 to 145 in 2016, yet ranks lower than neighbouring Bangladesh and even sub-Saharan...
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Expenses Fell, Usage Rose After Public Healthcare Improved In 3 TN Blocks
Mumbai: Strengthening rural public health systems in three Tamil Nadu blocks made more people utilise their services while reducing their out-of-pocket expenditure on outpatient care, an assessment...
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Why India Is The World’s Deadliest Country For Forest Rangers
Forest staff at Dibru Saikhowa National Park, Assam. A major portion of the park is surrounded by water, and parts remain inundated for months, making patrolling a difficult task. In remote, difficult...
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‘Most Men Are Pressured By Society To Pass Off Their Sexual Abuse As A Rite...
Mumbai: In the middle of making her first short film ‘The Candy Man’, which deals with child sexual abuse, Insia Dariwala decided to change the protagonist from a young girl to a boy. “My journey...
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Death For Child Rape? 371 Indians On Death Row, Only 4 Executed In 13 Years
Mumbai: On April 21, 2018, the Indian government passed an ordinance allowing death penalty for the rape of children younger than 12 years. But is capital punishment an effective deterrent? Human...
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High Blood Pressure Killed 1.6 Mn Indians In 2016, But Most Are Unaware Of...
New Delhi: Hypertension or high blood pressure affects nearly three in ten Indians and is responsible for 17.5% of all deaths and 9.7% of disability-adjusted life years (DALYS) in India, according...
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Child Health At Risk: Despite Greater Tax Income, Most States Cut Funding To...
Mumbai: Despite greater fiscal autonomy and higher tax revenues shared by the Centre with states, 14 of 20 states surveyed cut spending on a key nutrition programme–Supplementary Nutrition Programme...
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India Proposes Law To Give Indians Complete Control Of Their Digital Health Data
Chandigarh: India’s health ministry has proposed a law to govern data security in the healthcare sector that would give individuals complete ownership of their health data. Individuals would have...
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With Bye-Election Losses, BJP Down 11 MPs from 282 In 2014
Mumbai: With the loss of Kairana, Uttar Pradesh and Bhandara-Gondiya, Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) now has 271 seats in the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament), down 11 from the...
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Land Degraded In India Equivalent Of Rajasthan, MP And Maharashtra Put...
New Delhi: The annual economic loss due to degraded land and change in land use in India was valued at Rs 3.17 lakh crore ($46.90 billion) in 2014-15–2.5% of the country’s gross domestic product...
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