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Pfizer Inc has announced that its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective. This marks a major milestone in the fight against a pandemic that has killed more than a million people, crashed the global economy, initiated labour crisis, rendered people jobless and uprooted the everyday life of millions of people. Pfizer along with...

According to the Global Nutrition Report 2020, India is among the 88 countries that are likely to miss global nutrition targets by 2025. The report also identified the country as one with the highest rates of domestic inequalities in malnutrition. What are Global Nutrition Targets? In 2012, the World Health Assembly - the decision-making body of the...

It’s no secret that air pollution in Delhi, and the rest of the metro cities in India for that matter, is of the poorest quality. People and children’s health is at risk and so is the environment. However, it took a scathing remark by American President Donald Trump for the slow-to-act legal system to...

The Indian government is the first in the world to make corporate social responsibility (CSR) mandatory for the private sector. Executed in the right spirit, it would be a boon for Nation Building. Yet companies in India repeatedly find ways to sidestep the spending prescribed by law. Tactics by India Inc to sidestep CSR Various companies...

It has been observed that an increasing number of women in the reproductive age are suffering from a hormonal disorder called Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), a disorder that can cause further health complications including diabetes and high blood pressure among others. In fact, it has been estimated that one in five women in India...

The crucial role that women and girls play in ensuring the sustainability of rural households and communities, improving rural livelihoods and wellbeing, is being increasingly recognized. The buzz around Rural Women's Day instituted by the United Nations is one sign of this acknowledgement. Govt. package on Rural Women's Day The Indian government is taking note. The...

October 14th is observed as International E-Waste Day since 2018. The day was developed by the WEEE Forum in order to raise the public profile of e-waste recycling and encourage consumers to recycle their e-waste with the resulting increase in e-waste recycling rates on the day itself and into the future. According to a report...

Today is a day of celebration and activism; International Day of the Girl Child 2020 in the midst of a pandemic brings education and empowerment of girls to the fore. Across the world and particularly in India, research has indicated that educating girls has far-reaching, positive effects. Educated girls tend to marry later, have fewer...

India's daughter is raped, facts are suppressed, and her family is also excluded from the right to her funeral. This is coercive and unreasonable. I know, those of us in the News world are focused on Trump and the virus. But this incident at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh is worth your time and answer. One more Nirbhaya...

Eating enough is not enough. Eating right is as important for the holistic development of humans. In order to highlight this, India observes the month of September as National Nutrition Month. In a country where it is difficult for people to find enough to eat, finding a balanced diet is a far-fetched dream, especially amid...

Corporate social responsibility in education has always taken the lion’s share of the funding. Although there is a bigger focus on health projects due to the COVID-19 pandemic, funding CSR in education is still top priority for Indian companies if we look at the latest sustainability reports and annual declarations. Access to quality education...

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live, work, eat as well as travel. At the time when the pandemic was at its peak globally, the travel industry suffered a major blow as people practically stopped travelling for months to follow quarantine, isolation and social distancing. Now as the travel restrictions are being...