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Assam HIV crisis: Injecting drug users drive over 60% of cases, awareness campaigns intensifyInjecting drug use is a major concern in Assam, driving over 60 percent of HIV cases. The Assam State AIDS Control Society is working to in...
Smoking kills 1.35 million Indians annuallyTobacco kills 1.35 million Indians annually, yet quit rates remain low at just 7%. Experts urged science-backed harm reduction strategies, ...
RTE exemption for minority institutions may weaken universal elementary education, says SCA two-judge bench, hearing pleas from Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra on whether passing the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) should be mandatory ...
Inter Miami give major update on injured captain Lionel MessiInter Miami's Lionel Messi is sidelined indefinitely due to a 'minor muscle injury' in his right leg sustained during a Leagues Cup match a...
New HIV cases down by 44% since 2010: Anupriya PatelNew annual HIV infections in India have decreased by 44 per cent since 2010, surpassing the global reduction rate of 39 per cent. Union Min...
Delhi govt enforces new safety guidelines for schools after UPSC aspirants' deaths in coaching centre flooding incidentIn response to the tragic drowning of three students due to flooding at a coaching centre, the Delhi Government has issued new safety guide...
Zero Discrimination Day 2023: Everything you need to knowEvery year on March 1, the United Nations and other international organizations observe Zero Discrimination Day.
Pele, Brazil's sublimely skilled soccer star who charmed the world, dead at 82Born on Oct. 23, 1940, in the small Minas Gerais town of Tres Corações, or "Three Hearts", Edson Arantes do Nascimento learned the game fro...
On World AIDS Day, South Africa finds hope in new treatmentA new drug, Cabotegravir, has been proven to be 90 per cent more effective than the daily pill known as PrEP against AIDS. Cabotegravir is ...
Developed countries need to invest more in global fight against HIV/AIDS: Health Minister JP NaddaMember States adopted a new political declaration to fast-track progress towards combating the epidemic over the next five years and eradic...
Here's why India needs to redraft its education policyNew distance education guidelines should be drafted in a manner that allows cross border access and must do away with the concept of state ...
7,400 newborns die every day in WHO South-East Asia Region: WHONearly 7,400 newborns die every day in the WHO South-East Asia Region (SEARO) causing untold misery to mothers and families.
New HIV infections down by 20 per cent in India: UN reportIndia has been able to achieve a more than 20% decline in new HIV infections between 2000 and 2014, according to a UN report.
New HIV cases down by 57%, India now aims for zero infectionThe number of new HIV infections in India has come down by 57 per cent and related deaths by 25 percent in the last decade.
US offers $5 billion to fight HIV/AIDS"The United States of America will remain the global leader in the fight against HIV and AIDS," Obama said.
- On an advocacy mission
Michel Sidibe, Executive Director, UNAIDS speaks about what he feels India's role should be going forward.
- UPA to set in motion middle school scheme for poor
Four years after it was advised by the Central Advisory Board of Education to focus on universalising secondary education, the government s...
- UPA to set in motion middle school scheme for poor
Four years after it was advised by the Central Advisory Board of Education to focus on universalising secondary education, the government s...
- FM wants less central load on NURM, education
The finance ministry has said that the government should redirect massive central support to the National Urban Renewal Mission (NURM) and ...
- BJP lashes out at govt's 'minorityism'
The Manmohan Singh government’s proposal to keep the minority institutions out of the SC/ST/OBC quota regime had drawn fire from the BJP.