New Family Planning Initiatives
New IEC campaign launched : Mission Parivar Vikas: “Mission Parivar Vikas will focus on 146 high fertility districts in 7 states with high TFR. Under this, specific targeted initiatives shall…
Hamburg Action Plan
Acknowledging the steps being taken by India for sustainable and inclusive growth as well as support to global economy, the G20 has praised the initiatives in the country for promoting…
Oseltamivir and Zanamivir
Concerns regarding a build-up of resistance to antiviral drugs used to treat swine flu are surfacing, after two such drugs — Oseltamivir and Zanamivir — were taken off the restrictive…
The high cost of ageing
Ageing & Non-Communicable Disease The National Health Policy (NHP), 2017, is long on banalities and short on specifics. In a somewhat glaring omission, little has been said about the rapid…
Written-off in the hinterland
The Editorial mainly focuses on impact of education on rural life Our education system has failed to integrate the rural into the larger political community, the nation. The impact of education…
Netherlands backs UNSC, NSG bids
The Netherlands backed India’s early entry into the NSG and other multilateral export control regimes, and supported the country’s bid for a permanent UN Security Council seat. Both leaders agreed…
Investment pact system needs review
The system of International Investment Agreements (IIA) — including the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism — needs to be urgently reviewed and reformed, according to a senior Indian government official.…
India, Russia ink nuclear plant pact
India and Russia have signed the much-awaited agreement on setting up two more units of a nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu and decided to give a “new direction” to…
Education can’t keep up with our fast-moving world
From traditional school education to professional development and lifelong learning, governments and businesses need to prepare current and future generations for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). But it's clear that…
Education systems & The Future
The world’s education systems are failing our children by not preparing them for the workplace of the future. This is the key finding of a new report by the World…