Neha Bilandani

According to studies, it is alarming to note the statistics of road accidents. 1.46 lakh people lost their lives in 4.60 lakh road accidents across the country last year, which roughly translates to 400 deaths a day. Last year the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, asked corporate firms to come forward...

The Great Indian Literary Festival (TGILF) is India’s only Regional Literature Festival that promotes writers and writing from the states of UP, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Odisha. Season 2, focused on ‘Nationalism and Literature.’  It witnessed top Regional Literary talent, Padma Shri and Sahitya Akademi winners, TV actors and Thought leaders.   Thank you for reading the...

Although rural India faces a plethora of challenges, right from the regulation of electricity and water supply to farming and transportation of the produce to the markets to bringing in a reform through education and development, technology coupled with a vision can bring in a sea change to the rural landscape of the country. Two...

Lately, the Internet of Things (IoT) has been receiving its fair share of attention as the world turns more and more digital. The value it has unlocked so far has the potential to change life today. 2018 is being heralded by several notable organisations as a year of good tidings and synchronised global economic...

According to Census 2011, persons with a disability make up for 2.21% in India’s population. The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has been helping this 2.21% to get socially accommodated through equal opportunities and rights in the society. The Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disability works with non-government and private organisations to...

India boasts of being one of the fastest developing nations in the world and very soon we are likely to be the fastest growing economies on earth. The path to development for any nation is paved with obstacles for the government as well as for its citizens. In any country with hardships, there is...

India is vulnerable to a large number of disasters. According to the National Disaster Management Authority, more than 58.6 per cent of the landmass of India is prone to earthquakes of moderate to very high intensity; over 40 million hectares (12%) of its land is prone to floods and river erosion; close to 5,700...

According to the Economic Survey for 2017-18 tabled in the Parliament last month, child and maternal malnutrition continues to be the most challenging risk factor for health loss in India.  The Survey noted however that there has been significant improvement in the health status of the individual as life expectancy at birth has increased...

Education for girls has always been taken for granted in India. But with new initiatives and government schemes, things have taken an upward turn and people now realise the importance of girl education in India. Studies reveal that compared to 57.39% boys, 60.39% girls dropped out before reaching the upper primary level and against 78.40%...

Once feared as making the role of the recruiter impersonal and robotic, Artificial Intelligence (AI) today gives recruiters the information they need to source and hire higher-quality professionals. Korn Ferry recently surveyed close to 800 talent acquisition talent professionals globally. Nearly 64 percent say AI has changed the way recruiting is done in their organisation,...

As part of the recent Budget, the Government announced two major initiatives in healthcare sector, as part of Ayushman Bharat programme. The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitely while presenting the General Budget 2018-19 in Parliament said that this was aimed at making path breaking interventions to address health holistically, in...

In India, cancer has become one of the four leading causes of death. According to estimates from the Cancer Registry Program of ICMR, Delhi has the highest prevalence rate in India – there are currently 200,000 people in the capital with cancer with about 21,000 being added annually.  Of these, 10,000 die every year....