Women Empowerment

NHRC’s ASHA to workers

No ASHA in villages today

Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers struck work today to demand the promised compensation, salaries and protective gear amid the second wave of COVID-19 in India. Rural India remains under-resourced amid the rising cases of COVID and the front-line workers have not been supported enough by the government, are under-paid, they allege.

Science-based leadership and policy needed: Soumya Swaminathan

National leadership and policy, should be science-based, World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan said on Saturday.

Need to setup National Social Work Council

By Dr Jalindar Adsule

There are educational institutions for social work in almost 145 countries around the world. In India, the 'Social Service League' was started in 1923 and in 1937, the 'Tata Institute of Social Work Science' was established, offering a master’s degree was established.

Position of Mars influenced India’s Mars Orbiter Mission

Former journalist to take care of Kerala’s health

Beauty Queen takes to arms for her people

Myanmar’s former beauty queen, Htar Htet Htet, 32, has joined the rebels in opposition to the ruling junta. She shared photos of herself on social media, in a jungle with an assault rifle.

“Today marks 100 days since we lost everything,” wrote Htar Htet Htet, 32, in her social media post. “The time has come to fight back.”

Fimmaker Sumitra Bhave no more

National Award winning filmmaker Sumitra Bhave is no more. She breathed her last this morning in a Pune nursing home. She was 78.

Bhave was undergoing treatment at a private nursing home in Pune for the last few days. She was an acclaimed writer and director and has several great films to her credit.

24 hour campaigning ban on Mamata by Election Commission

The Election Commission of India has banned Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee from campaigning during the assembly elections in West Bengal for 24 hours, beginning 8 pm today.

Women’s self-help group runs Aahar centres in Odisha

The decision of Odisha Housing and Urban Development Department has partnered with Mission Shakti to run 167 Aahar centres through women’s self-help groups (SHGs) has shown good results.