11th Common Review Mission (CRM) report
Context: Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare released the 11thCommon Review Mission (CRM) report of the National Health Mission (NHM). Highlights of the Report: India has registered a…
Climate Change
Countries and communities around the world are already experiencing stepped-up climate change impacts – including droughts, floods, more intense and frequent natural disasters, and sea-level rise – and the most…
Fragility, conflict, and violence
Fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) is a critical development challenge that threatens efforts to end extreme poverty, affecting both low- and middle-income countries. The share of the extreme poor living in conflict-affected…
Global Cancer Report
Context: In a recent paper in Jama Oncology, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) researchers analysed new cancer cases in 195 countries in 2016. At 106.6 new cancer cases…
Global Poverty and Wealth
Poverty and wealth are often found side by side. They are two dimensions in our world that are interrelated because they affect each other and influence both the willingness and…
We get our strength from tolerance
Secularism and inclusion are a matter of faith for us. It is the perennial universalism of 1.3 billion people who use more than 122 languages and 1600 dialects, practise seven…
Behaviour Change Communication
Social and behavior change communication (SBCC), often also only "BCC" or "Communication for Development (C4D)" is an interactive process of any intervention with individuals, communities and/or societies (as integrated with an overall program) to develop communication strategies…
Why climate change is a political and security challenge?
The Arctic is losing ice much faster than the Antarctic. Both ice sheets are in exponential decline, and if the trends continue, the effects will become irreversible. Which is not…
What if India hadn’t made friends with science?
Context: Seventy-two years ago, colonial empires collapsed, and close to 80 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America became free nations. And each new nation had to plan for its…
Teachers play an important role in nation building
Teachers have been given respect and honour in our culture. The word 'guru' means 'source of light' and the duty of the teacher is not only to educate the students,…