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Vulnerabilities in Women’s Work and Land Rights
Alienation from land and distress-driven shift towards agricultural wage work leave women particularly vulnerable. Although amended inheritance laws have increased the probability of daughters inherit...
Smart Cities through the Gender Lens
Smart cities are viewed essentially in terms of infrastructural facilities and ‘e-amenities’ aimed at improved governance, capital and investment. Although the improvement in overall governance and qu...
GEOSPATIAL CAREERS: Opportunities and Challenges
The geospatial sector has grown sizeably in the past two decades. But its future seems bleak without enough trained personnel to fill new positions. Geospatial education may need to be revamped with f...
Place of Geography in School Curriculum
Epistemically, geography is an inclusive subject. It encompasses the entire observable domain of the earth’s surface, and is practised as part of science, social science, arts as well as technology in...
Initiatives to Reduce IMR and MMR
Various health care schemes of the Indian government are aimed at reducing the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) and infant mortality rate (IMR) in the country. Special focus is being given to states wi...
Government Initiatives for Cancer Treatment in India
The central and state governments have been running several programmes to help cancer patients. Subsidised treatment and palliative care for cancer are already in place.The AMRIT venture is a step in...
Tuberculosis Cases: WHO Reports a Decline
Despite advances in prevention, diagnosis and treatment tuberculosis remains one of the world’s biggest threats with 1.5 million tuberculosis deaths in 2014. In India it has declined from 216 per lakh...
Preventive Measures against Tobacco
Most cardiovascular diseases and lung disorders are caused by smoking of tobacco. Awareness, coupled with reduced production and supply are crucial measures to curb smoking.
North-east India Healthier than most States
Latest National Sample Survey Organisation survey records least number of ailments in the north-east India. Manipur is the most disease free state of India. The north-east states also opt for higher p...
Ecological Restoration of Ganga Basin
Ecology is the primary indicator of health for any river basin. Given the sorry state of the Ganga river basin, ecological restoration is urgently needed since river biodiversity is being rapidly lost...