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Jharkhand Government launches air ambulance, will also benefit the underprivileged

In a first, the Government of Jharkhand has launched an air ambulance to facilitate transport facilities for healthcare. This is an effort to provide timely better treatment to seriously ill people. While the service is chargeable, the government will also provide the air ambulance for those who are unable to pay for it as...

Maharashtra Day gift: Discount for Senior citizens, students and specially abled passengers in Mumbai Metro starting today

Here is good news for commuters of Mumbai Metro! Senior citizens, specially abled ‘Divyang’ and students can now enjoy traveling in Mumbai Metro at discounted rates. This announcement has been made by the honourable Chief Minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde as a special gift to the residents of Mumbai for the occasion of Maharashtra...

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2023: Why sitting is the new smoking

The 28th of April every year is observed as World Day for Safety and Health at Work. This was started by International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2003 to discuss and work towards the importance of a safe and healthy work environment. It is said ‘Sitting is the new smoking’. The present day corporate job often...

How Bal Utsav is working to combat stigma associated with government schools in India

Free and compulsory education for all children in the age group of six to fourteen years is a Fundamental Right in India. But how many children get to enjoy this right? How many children or their parents living in rural areas or urban slums are even aware about this? While governments schools in India provide...

Bidhannagar City Police starts tele-medicine facility for senior citizens

In a first of its kind initiative, Bidhannagar City Police (West Bengal) has started a Tele Medicine Project for senior citizens and police personnel. This has been done in association with AMRI Hospital Salt Lake and East Kolkata Nagrik Foundation, a non-governmental organization. Face to face or virtual consultation The project has been initiated under the...

PM Modi lauds sanitary napkin plant in Himachal Pradesh as ‘commendable initiative towards women empowerment’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded a sanitary napkin plant in Himachal Pradesh's Sarahan, calling it a ‘commendable initiative towards women empowerment’. The PM also expressed delight at the fact that the plant will promote women’s health and also provide employment opportunities. The plant has been funded by a CSR initiative. Sanitary pad plant at...

Earth Day 2023: Time to act to save the planet, our only home

The Earth, which is our only home, is struggling to survive amid increasing average global temperature, which is known as ‘global warming’ and extreme weather events. These are contributing to transforming ecosystems across the globe and threatening biodiversity. As a result of climate change, forests are drying up, there is less rainfall and polar...

World Liver Day 2023: Foods to eat and avoid if you have a fatty liver

The liver is a critical organ of the human body which performs major functions to boost metabolism, immunity, digestion, detoxification and vitamin storage. World Liver Day is globally celebrated on the 19th of April every year to spread awareness about liver diseases. The purpose is to make people aware about severity of liver diseases,...

PM Modi: Climate Change has to be fought from the dinner tables in every home

Honourable Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reminded global citizens of their responsibility towards battling Climate change. In his words, “Climate change cannot be fought from conference tables alone. It has to be fought from the dinner tables in every home.” The Prime Minister said this at a World Bank Event titled ‘Making it Personal: How...

World Homoeopathy Day 2023: Padma Shri Dr. Mukesh Batra busts myths surrounding Homeopathy treatment

Homeopathy is considered as the best alternative medicine system which contains natural substances to help the body heal itself. With its holistic natural approach, it is known to treat the person as a whole, rather than focusing on specific parts. World Homoeopathy Day World Homoeopathy Day is observed globally on the 10th of April every year...

CSR Leaders: Sampath Kumar Pallerlamudi from Gland Pharma Ltd talks about their ‘Free Breakfast Programme’

Breakfast is undoubtedly the most important meal of the day. A plate of healthy breakfast provides a great start to the day. Studies have often linked eating breakfast to good health, including better memory and concentration, lower levels of bad cholesterol, lower risk of diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. After a nutritious and filling breakfast...

How Gariahat Sanhati Ishkul is transforming lives of footpath dwellers in Kolkata

They don’t beg anymore. They don’t pull pedestrian’s clothes asking for money or food. Instead, one can find them happily sitting together with books, copies and pencils in their hands and smile on their faces. A lot of these children, who reside on footpaths of Kolkata’s Gariahat area, are now receiving education from ‘Gariahat...

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