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Gujarat: A Painful Period in Salt Pans of Little Rann of Kutch
Women workers go through a cycle of agony in the eight months they toil in salt pans, where poor water availability and lack of medical help make monthly bleeding scary.
Study Reveals Inequity in PM-JAY Implementation, Fails to Reach Most Vulnerable Sections
Analysis published in Lancet Regional Health shows discrepancy in health insurance utilisation among EWS in India
India behind on poverty, health and gender goals: Independent study
The study, which covers 707 districts, has found that barely a year ago, in 2021, over 75 per cent of the districts were off target on key indicators such as access to basic services, anaemia, poverty, child marriage etc
Maharashtra: COVID warriors to take part in “Chalo Mantralaya Morcha” demanding jobs and allowance
The workers union has given a call to march to Mantralaya on March 2 to get a redressal for their demands
29% increase in daily wage workers suicides in 2 years: Labour Ministry
The increase in incidents needs to be seen in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic during which migrant daily wage workers were amongst the worst hit section
Govt of India ‘excludes’ 10 crore poor people from food security net despite SC directive
At a meeting held under the banner of the...
Married woman has the autonomy to choose termination of pregnancy, not medical board: Bombay HC
A recent court case, ABC vs. State of Maharashtra, held that it was the woman and not the medical board who could make this decision under Section 3(2B) of MTP Act.
‘Woeful allocation’: Union budget ‘neglects, condemns’ physically challenged persons
This year’s budget has been no different as far...
Karnataka DCD reverses the order on ban of contraceptives to minors, claims no such order was ever issued
Bhagoji T Khanapure has now stated that a notice to pharmacists have been issued for counselling minors that buy condoms, oral contraceptives
Contested impact on India’s orphans leave young abandoned: Covid-19 pandemic
The need for a comprehensive legal framework that protects all orphans is the need of the hour
Was India equipped enough legally for the Covid-19 outbreak?
Hasty amendments to archaic colonial legislation are not an answer to the public health crises arising out of the Pandemic
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