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
Women
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Changing lives
Kerala's state poverty eradication mission has a phenomenal organisation of women even by global perspective
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Sanitation programmes: A glass half-full
While appreciating the efforts made through the article
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Higher share for women, children
NEW DELHI: A higher allocation for schemes benefiting women and children has been made in the interim budget. Besides, several new schemes have also been announced. Widows in the age group of 18 to 40 will be given priority in admissions to Industrial Training Institutes (ITI). They will also be paid a monthly stipend of Rs. 500.
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Concession for women in Haryana buses
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Government on Monday decided to provide a 50 per cent concession in bus fares to women above the age of 60 years in ordinary buses of Haryana Roadways, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced after chairing a meeting of his Cabinet.
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Make Amritha project a success, DC tells officials
Deputy Commissioner M K Baladevakrishna has urged all the officials to strive hard for the success of the 'Amritha' project which aims at distributing cattle to poor, widow, Devadasi and women in distress to provide them a source of income to sustain a living.
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Meghalaya human development report 2008
Human development is the combination of people
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Gender analysis of renewable energy in India: present status, issues, approaches and new initiatives
This report is primarily addressed at policymakers and others concerned about gender and energy issues in India. The ministerial structure as it relates to energy in India is given as an appendix for the benefit of readers both within and outside India. Typically, a gender audit exercise is carried out by experts at the organisational level.
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Sikkim: A model state for India by 2015
Chief Minister Pawank Chamling, who has led the march towards prosperity since he took over on December 12, 1994, says the beautiful state of Sikkim will soon be a developed state on the basis of its natural and human resources.
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Coal use, stove improvement, and adult pneumonia mortality in Xuanwei, China
In Xuanwei County, China, unvented indoor coal burning is strongly associated with increased risk of lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. However, the impact of coal burning and stove improvement on risk of pneumonia is not clear. The researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study among all farmers born 1917 through 1951 and living in Xuanwei as of 1 January 1976.
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Voices of peace
One night, in a country torn by a long and harrowing armed conflict, Liberian social worker Leymah Gbowee dreamt she gathered women together to pray for peace. Her dream was realized in 2003 at St Peters Lutheran Church in the country