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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

Gujarat: Harvard-UCB study reports 16,000 excess deaths during Covid pandemic!

Researchers say that official methods of recording mortality like death certificates cannot work as efficient indicators, due to a improper record keeping and a weak healthcare system

One Day in a Ward in Kolkatta battling Covid-19

Representation Image | AP  “Dadu, Dadu…Get up Dadu. Eat something. Take your...

The Bengal response to Covid

Bengal's response to Covid was more inclusive and sensitive

UP: 103 Covid warriors dead, only 41 families compensated

The CM apprised the Legislative Assembly that 103 health and sanitation workers have succumbed to the virus

Centre dodgy on oxygen deprivation deaths

After claiming no deaths due to oxygen shortage, Centre says “some” patients died due to insufficient oxygen supply in Andhra Pradesh; 23 people had allegedly died due to lack of adequate oxygen on May 10 at Tirupati’s Ruia Government General Hospital

Covid-19: Are Indians letting their guard down against a possible third wave?

States such as Orissa, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Himachal Pradesh have upped vigilance, surveillance already

4.7 lakh prisoners, but only over 22,000 fully vaccinated!

The Health Ministry has informed the Lok Sabha that all prisoners above the age of 18 are expected to be inoculated by December 2021

Are India’s official Covid-19 mortality numbers grossly under-reported?

Gaslighting the victims of Covid-19 is an all-time political low for any government; official machinery now denying independent data analysis too

Covid orphans: Mismatch in figures provided by WCD Ministry and NCPCR

While WCD Min says only 645 children lost their parents, NCPCR pegs the number at over 3,000!

Covid-19: VHA demands sufficient beds and Maha gov’t help

The Nagpur-based hospital association demands adequate hospital beds and feasible facility and service charges to sustain health infrastructure

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