A suite of tools to help countries improve diagnosis and treatment of cancer among children is being released by the World Health Organization, on International Childhood Cancer Day. The package includes a “how-to” guide for policy-makers, cancer control programme managers and hospital managers; an assessment tool to inform implementation; and a multilingual online portal for information-sharing. The new tools will ... Read More »

Garima Poonia, the brain behind Kachrewaale Project, went to the Andaman’s Neil Island in 2017, and noticed lack of waste management on the beaches, resorts or even on the streets. This 26-year-old then dropped her studies at a university in the UK and devoted her time in environmental conservation, to make the Andaman Islands waste-free again. Reference: The Better India Read More »

The Research and Innovative Circle of Hyderabad (RICH) has come up with an initiative to help the start-ups firms in the medical devices and diagnostic sector, who are working on innovative projects in India. As part of this initiative, recently the authorities from RICH have announced Accelerated Initiative for Diagnostic (AID) programme, with an aim to give a push to ... Read More »

To eliminate garbage overflow and the bad odour emanating from it, a man from Hubli, Karnataka has come up with a unique disposal system with an underground dustbin. Vishwanath Patil, who runs a trust named, “Swacha Swasth” has recently developed an automated vehicle with a dustbin. “I have made a vehicle with a dustbin that is automatically operated and is ... Read More »

The term Child Labor is used for the employment of children below a certain age, which is considered illegal by law and custom. The stipulated age varies from country to country and government to governmentChild labor is a world phenomenon which is considered exploitative and inhuman by many international organizationsAccording to the statistics given by the International Labor Organization, there ... Read More »

From the sunny beaches of Goa to the mighty Himalayas, tourist destinations across the country have one thing in common — the generation of plastic waste. Kaziranga — a world heritage site in Assam, home to the rare one-horned Rhinoceros — is no different. The national park sees an immeasurable amount of discarded plastic waste including bottles, bags, and food ... Read More »

The forthcoming Union Budget should focus on digitisation of Indian health system, as it will create a platform to bring together disparate information such as health and health infrastructure, status related to nutrition, disability, sanitation, education, economic standing, etc. which can help in forming a cohesive and holistic action-oriented policy on integrated health, stated Kamal Narayan Omer, CEO, Integrated Health ... Read More »

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore India’s national character for the entire world to behold and 2020 will be known as a year of internal discovery rather than of external disruption, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Across the world, people have expressed wonder at the way in which Indians, whether poor or rich, young or old, rural or urban, have ... Read More »

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi launched the pan India rollout of Covid-19 vaccination drive via video conferencing. This is the world’s largest vaccination program covering the entire length and breadth of the country. A total of 3,006 session sites across all States and UTs were virtually connected during the launch. The Prime Minister started his speech by paying compliments to ... Read More »

Trees help clean the air we breathe, filter the water we drink, and provide habitat to over 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity. Forests provide jobs to over 1.6 billion people, absorb harmful carbon from the atmosphere, and are key ingredients in 25% of all medicines. Every day number of tress disappear from the face of the earth. Every tree that is planted soaks ... Read More »