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Every year, about 1.1 million new cancer cases are registered in India. Cancer related deaths account to about 784,821 each year, according to cancerstatistics.org. In fact, India has some of the highest cancer rates across the world. According to the recently released National Cancer Registry Programme Report 2020, the number of cancer cases in the...

Cleanliness has always been etched in the DNA of Indian culture since time immemorial. Mahatma Gandhi has gone so far to preach “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” Following his values and teachings, the government of India, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi started ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ to promote cleanliness and sanitation in...

Periods have been a major taboo in India. The hush-hush around the topic has made it difficult to address the issues surrounding it. Breaking the taboo, Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket team Rajasthan Royals has brought the limelight back on the subject of periods. Menstrual Hygiene Issues in India Issues pertaining to periods involve issues related...

India officially got independent from British Rule on August 15th, 1947. The years of struggle of thousands of people and the political leadership of our leaders at the right time finally culminated in the freedom of our beloved nation. On the 15th day of August 1947, the citizens of India gained political and legal...

Mumbaikars have been known for their never-give-up spirit and their selfless generous acts of kindness. The population that has left behind their homes to fulfil their dreams are able to relate to distress and struggle making them empathetic to fellow humans. This is why, every now and then, stories of mumbaikars helping each other...

One person donating his/her organs can save eight lives at once. In addition to this, the said person’s tissue and corneas can drastically improve the lives of another 75 people. Therefore, just by signing up to donate organs after death can make a person a life-saving superhero for many others. In the wake of COVID-19...

Delhi is considered to be the most polluted city in the world. In fact, the city experiences a public health emergency every winter due to the rise in air pollution, which has become a recurrent annual crisis. Vehicular pollution is one of the major contributing factor to this. In order to combat this, recently,...

As India moves towards digitalisation slowly but surely, it is important that internet penetration occurs in every nook and corner of the country. This is the only way the country can ensure inclusive growth and development. Internet is a basic necessity in today’s digital age. It is in fact recognized as Fundamental Right in many...

The government of India has recently proposed a draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification 2020 in order to ease some environment restrictions for economic development. This comes in the light of the government’s efforts to revive the economy which has crashed after the COVID-19 outbreak. The controversial legislation is proposed by the Ministry of...

Acid Attack survivors are subjected to judgement over the way they look, making it impossible for them to lead a normal life in society. Owing to such a behaviour of people towards them, they often suffer from confidence issues making it difficult for them to be surrounded by people. Few, however, succeed in fighting...

The impacts of climate change are becoming more and more visible today.  Developments such as increasing incidents of forest fires, recent reclassification of New York City into a subtropical climatic zone and degrading coral reef across the planet, it is important to study and understand the long term impacts of the climate change and...

The fashion industry is known for its disastrous impact on the environment in recent times. In fact, it is considered as the second-largest polluter in the world after the oil industry. A major resource that suffers because of this is water. The fashion industry uses up a large amount of water and also contaminates a...