-The Hindu Chennai (Tamil Nadu): The influx of visitors from the north-eastern regions and States such as Odisha, where malaria is endemic, is a cause for concern to public health officials. The State has been registering a gradual drop in malarial cases since 2010 but it will be several years before the disease is taken off the list of public health problems. The theme for this year's World Malaria Day, observed on...
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Junk games and schoolchildren-Sunita Narain
-The Business Standard There is nothing called junk food. The problem with obesity lies with children who do not exercise enough. What is needed is for them to run and jump, and to do this they need to consume high-calorie food. So, food high in salt, sugar and fat is good for them." This is what was argued vehemently and rudely by representatives of the food industry in the committee set...
More »Gains against malaria but threat remains-Aarti Dhar
-The Hindu Three out of four people are at risk of malaria in World Health Organisation's South-East Asia Region, which is home to a quarter of the world's population despite huge gains in tackling the disease. The WHO has urged the governments, development partners and the corporate sector to invest more to sustain the gains and eliminate malaria. WHO's South-East Asia Region comprises 11 member-states: Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Democratic People's Republic of...
More »The Difficulty Of Being Good-Mukesh Rawat
-Tehelka It is time India had a Good Samaritan law It has been more than a year since the Nirbhaya rape case stirred the nation. Apart from the brutality inflicted upon the victim what else became a stigma for our society was the fact that no one came to the victim's rescue when the two were lying on the street naked and grievously injured. Of course people did cross them in luxurious...
More »The weakest link in development lending-Joe Athialy
-The Business Standard Institutions such as World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) are considered the panacea of all ills that developing countries like India face. Although the amount of money these institutions lend is small, their influence on the economy is high. They continue to be the benchmark for social and environmental policies, good governance, climate change, corruption and so on. A look at some of the reports of these...
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