Mensural hygiene: Adolescents continue to use cloth, pads are rare

Mensural hygiene: Adolescents continue to use cloth, pads are rare

Thursday, 09 November 2023 | Nisha Sahni

The government must ensure affordable and easy access to sanitary products in remote areas so that adolescents can be healthy and live with a sense of freedom Women and young girls are resorting to the use of the cloth during their menstruation in Muzaffarpur District, 22 km away from the state...

Sanctions on Russia are counterproductive

Sanctions on Russia are counterproductive

Wednesday, 08 November 2023 | Uttam Gupta

In a globally interdependent world, actions that severely restrict the flow of goods and services across national boundaries are bound to be counter-productive In a bid to punish Russia for its military action against Ukraine, in June 2022, leaders of G7 viz., the United States, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Canada and...

Do not bomb the medical neutrality

Do not bomb the medical neutrality

Wednesday, 08 November 2023 | Sidharth Tara

The growing tendency of nation-states to ignore medical neutrality will bring a dark age upon human civilization Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza was bombed on the evening of October 17, 2023, killing between 100 and 300 individuals including caregivers and civilians who were either patients or escorting them. Just like in...

Unsafe bet?

Unsafe bet?

Wednesday, 08 November 2023 | Pioneer

Akhilesh Yadav targets Congress again; are the cracks in INDIA moving beyond repair? In India, alliances are seen as a good move for political parties to pool their resources and increase their chances of electoral success. But INDIA, the 28-party Opposition alliance formed to unseat the ruling BJP from the Centre...

Language: Emotional connect and more

Language: Emotional connect and more

Wednesday, 08 November 2023 | Vinayshil Gautam

Languages growing simultaneously in any society are a binding force. Language cannot be a reason for mutual exclusion and antipathy Communication is central to all living entities. Plants communicate; creatures and animals communicate; and, of course, human beings communicate. They communicate not only amongst themselves but also across different categories and...

Meritorious students deserve subsidies

Meritorious students deserve subsidies

Tuesday, 07 November 2023 | Biju Dharmapalan

The centres of excellence in higher learning should be subsidised, if not free, for meritorious students Everybody talks about reservations for backward communities, but hardly anyone speaks about reservations for academically meritorious students. Because of this, even our policymakers are not at all concerned with the meritorious students. What does merit hold...

Poll position

Poll position

Tuesday, 07 November 2023 | Pioneer

The first phase of last Assembly elections before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls begins today The 2023 men's cricket World Cup semifinals may still be a few days away but the much more eagerly awaited and critical-for-the-nation's-future electoral semifinal before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections' grand finale gets under way today....

Race for the White House

Race for the White House

Tuesday, 07 November 2023 | Kalyani Shankar

Both, Biden and Trump have achievements to highlight, but 44% of Americans say they are worse off financially under the Biden regime A hypothetical President Joe Biden versus his predecessor, Donald Trump, contest in the 2024 U.S. presidential race is too close to call. Elections will be held on November 5,...

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