A help-desk-cum-counselling system is on its way, to help children deal with various emotional issues. All of us feel the blues on certain days. It could be due to various reasons. A fight with your sibling, scoldings from our parents or poor performance in an exam. Sometimes it could be emotional issues of a more serious nature that could even affect our performance at school. Children often find it difficult to face...
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India malaria deaths hugely underestimated, says report by Ania Lichtarowicz
The number of people dying from malaria in India has been hugely underestimated, according to new research. The data, published in the Lancet, suggests there are 13 times more malaria deaths in India than the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates. The authors conclude that more than 200,000 deaths per year are caused by malaria. The WHO said the estimate produced by this study appears too high. The research was funded by the US National...
More »WHO queries malaria data by GS Mudur
The World Health Organisation today challenged the findings of the study that has suggested that India witnesses far more malaria deaths than is documented by the government or estimated by the WHO. The study by Indian and Canadian researchers indicated that malaria kills about 205,000 people in India each year, a figure 200-fold higher than the health ministry’s count, and 18 times the WHO estimate, as reported in The Telegraph today. A...
More »After Lancet's superbug blow, praise for India's rural Doctors scheme by Aarti Dhar
Lancet dismisses criticisms levelled at the “rural MBBS,” saying they bear little credibility The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry might still be awaiting “formal” clearance for its much debated Bachelor of Rural Health Care course that aims to create a cadre of healthcare workers for the rural areas, but the Centre has received global appreciation for “trying to find an innovative solution to a deeply entrenched problem which is not...
More »Man beaten to death for Rs 10 by Rao Jaswant Singh
Irked over the refusal of a daily wager to contribute Rs 10 as donation for Navratra celebrations,' a group of men beat him to death in Mangalpura crossing of Jhalawar town on Monday morning. The deceased, Tej Karan, was a native of Anta town of Baran district and was working as a labourer in Mangalpura area of Jhalawar. According to the police, Tej Karan was going to work along with his younger...
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