World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
The infant mortality rate (IMR) has shown a 3 point decline, dropping from 50 deaths per 1,000 live births to 47 and moving a step closer to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) target of 30.
More than 250 British women with silicone breast implants, manufactured by a French company, are to take legal action after eight women in France with similar implants were found to have cancer sparking
Punjab is set to become the first state to opt for unique indigenously developed ultra sound tracking technology device called “silent observer” (SIOB) which will keep a tab on illegal sex determination.
The approval comes after a due diligence on the state's delivery system, thus taking into account the gradual rise in the state's GDP and the fact that the state's commitment to public health spend stands at 1.6% of the state's gross domestic product, which is higher than the national average of about 1%.
The landmark Food Security Bill, that gives legal right to cheaper foodgrains to 63.5 per cent of the country's population, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Considered to be the world's
Emerging data indicate that rice consumption may lead to potentially harmful arsenic exposure. However, few human data are available, and virtually none exist for vulnerable periods such as pregnancy.
Over 5,000 protesters demand scrapping of Kudankulam project The anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project protesters took out a massive rally from Kudankulam to neighbouring Radhapuram on Sunday in protest
Over the years, research on women in the fisheries moved from a framework of political economy to a framework of political ecology. This meant that analyses shifted away from labour, production relations
Gender has not been fully integrated into the mainstream of either the infrastructure debate or the debate on transport services. This article attempts to locate gender in public transport through an ethnographic
500 women, a few men and representatives from 64 organisations observe fast When there are so many options to tap alternative sources of energy from, why is so much importance being given to nuclear