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Why health and sex education for young is crucial: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, in a recent case, — Just Rights for Children Alliance & Anr. v. S. Harish & Ors. Has recommended the establishment and creation of an expert committee for the comprehensive health, sex education, and POCSO awareness among children
UP: After mystery viral, diarrhea cases put Azamgarh hospitals under stress
Barely out of the viral crisis, UP’s Azamgarh region now reports a worrying number of diarrhea cases
Uttar Pradesh: Any neta taking notice of recent dengue, rain related deaths?
Local news reports that over 100 may have succumbed to dengue, viral fever, 24 dead in rain-related incidents
Is India exploiting its ASHA workers?
Successive governments have ignored these baseline health workers who receive low remunerations that are often delayed; they aren’t even given proper Covid kits
At least 16 dengue deaths within 3 days in UP
Families faced with lack of hospital beds in dengue-ridden districts like Firozabad and Gorakhpur
MP High Court bats for prisoners’ right to health, calls for setting up PHCs in prisons
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The court has sought a report from the state government in this regard and aims to follow up on how absence of basic medical care in prisons affects human rights of prisoners
Student leaders demand reopening of colleges, deem online education inadequate
Student representatives from JNU, JMI, AMU come together on the call of the SIO to discuss the urgent need to reopen campuses
Families of deceased UP teachers still waiting for ex-gratia payment
SabrangIndia speaks to families of primary teachers who died while carrying out panchayat election duties in Uttar Pradesh; the government is yet to disburse compensation money
Varavara Rao seeks extension of medical bail
The Bombay High Court had granted bail to Rao owing to his deteriorating health condition in February for a period of 6 months
Dengue spreads in UP: Lucknow medical team arrives in Firozabad
Sources say the arrival of medical reinforcement from Lucknow provides an ample labour force to deal with the growing cases
Maharashtra: Is setting up medical institutes under public-private partnership a good route?
The government has decided to set up new medical colleges, super-speciality hospitals across the state on a public-private partnership basis
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