Mental health atlas 2017
WHO's Mental Health Atlas 2017 reveals that although some countries have made progress in mental health policy-making and planning, there is a global shortage of health workers trained in mental health
Human Rights
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Petition filed in the Supreme Court of India regarding laws discriminating against persons affected by leprosy
<p>Petition filed in the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy Vs Union of India & Others regarding laws discriminating against persons affected by leprosy. The petition
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Uttarakhand rolls back health cover for poor, 12 lakh families in lurch
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand government shut down its Mukhyamantri Swasthya Beema Yojna (MSBY), a health insurance scheme that provides cashless health benefits for its holders in case of hospitalisation in public
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NTPC power plant blast: NHRC issues notice to UP government, magisterial probe ordered
NTPC blast: Probe committee formed, NTPC says no explosion, ash collection led to ‘disturbance’ As the death toll rose to 29 on Thursday, initial reports from the site of the accident at NTPC Ltd’s
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Smoke and fumes: the legal and evidentiary basis for holding big oil accountable for the climate crisis
Establishing that major carbon producers are causally contributing to climate impacts and climate harms is only the first step in accountability. The question remains: can we hold them responsible? Under
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Income inequality trends in sub-Saharan Africa: divergence, determinants, and consequences
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) underscore the need to address broad inequalities in their quest to ‘leave no-one behind.’ Income Inequality
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Kolar hospital saw 90 infant deaths since Jan.
A day after the death of three newborns at SNR District Hospital in Kolar, the authorities admitted to 90 infant deaths since January this year. However, in the report submitted to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah,
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Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding privacy as a constitutionally protected value, 24/08/2017
<p>Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Justice K S Puttaswamy & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/08/2017 regarding right to privacy. Supreme Court rules that "the
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The dark sites of granite: modern slavery, child labour and unsafe work in Indian Granite Quarries
New research, commissioned by the India Committee of the Netherlands and Stop Child Labour, reveals that modern slavery, low wages, unsafe and unhealthy working conditions are rampant in granite quarries
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Sustainable sanitation systems: health, environment and governance challenges
This report aims to highlight some existing sanitation system alternatives (e.g. ecological sanitation) to conventional (centralised) sewer based sanitation systems; but also to point out the necessity
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Global goals mapping: the environment-human landscape
A new analysis, Global Goals Mapping: The Environment-human Landscape, confirms that ecosystem resilience, security of natural resources and the stability of Earth’s life support systems are essential