Month: October 2018

primary healthcare, PHC, primary healthcare centre, Ayushman Bharat, democracy, Rajasthan, AMRIT Clinics, nurses, doctors, medical education, private healthcare, OPD, right to life, right to health, community clinics, Cuba healthcare system, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand

To Be a Functional Democracy, India Needs to Reclaim Its Primary Healthcare

Pavitra Mohan 28/10/2018

How do we reclaim health care that is for...

Paddy transplantation was delayed in Bihar this year due to an extended dry spell during the monsoon

Climate Change Hits Bihar Farmers Twice This Year

Mohd Imran Khan 27/10/2018

Sudden drops in winter temperatures and extended dry spells...

A view of Yamuna river as smog and air pollution continue to be above hazardous levels, in New Delhi, Monday, Oct 22, 2018. The Central Pollution Control Board recorded the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi at 292, while the Centre-run System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research reported an AQI of 318, which falls in the very poor category. Credit: PTI

Five Areas of NCR Record Severe Air Pollution as Delhi Continues to Choke

The Central Pollution Control Board recorded the overall air...

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As Global Plastic Waste Piles Up, Malaysia Struggles Not to Turn into a ‘Trash Can’

A. Ananthalakshmi and Emily Chow 27/10/2018

Pulau Indah is one of many towns in Malaysia where illegal...

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Rehabilitated to the Panna Tiger Reserve in 2005, the Dala Community Faces Eviction

Khabar Lahariya 26/10/2018

The Dala community, previously displaced due to severe floods...

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Eggs With Benefits: Sydney’s Same-Sex Penguins Become Parents

Kate Ashton 26/10/2018

The pair, Magic and Sphen, made headlines around the...

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Infinite in All Directions: Language of Fear, IISc’s Silence, a Trembling Giant

Vasudevan Mukunth 26/10/2018

With the world thundering towards warming Earth’s surface by...