Will Things Ever Change for a Girl?
Here’s a case study of Maya (name changed), her trials and tribulations, in office and at her in-law’s place. Hemashri takes a hard look at the life of this...
Cough Campaign to Smoke out TB: 4.32 Lakh Indians Died in 2016 Due to Killer Disease
Earlier this month was held the ‘End-TB Summit’ in New Delhi and prime minister Narendra Modi re-launched the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) “cough”, a national mass...
Foreign Law Firms Prohibited from Setting Offices in India: Sanctity of the Advocates Act Upheld
Here’s a landmark judgement by the Apex Court on the foreign law firms setting offices in India and a weekly round-up of the major judgements from around the country...
Political Delicacies: Congress to Harden Soft Hindutva Line
Political tidbits from various parts of India, for Different Truths. The AICC session, taking place over the next couple of days, is expected to reinforce Congress party’s new line...
The Origin of the Pugree – I
Shameena tells us the origin of the turban or Pugree, in the first part of the regular column, exclusively for Different Truths. Turban, a headdress or Pugree, as a concept...
Government Stand on Primary Health Care Still Unclear
It needs to be recalled that for a country widely credited to have the benefit of demographic dividends with a robust youthful workforce it took 15 long years to...
Wastewater Management: Using Sewerage Water for Agriculture
Kanchan tells us how sewerage water can be treated to make manure and irrigate the farms by making a small plant at a corner of the field. It will...
How Trinamool Splits Anti-BJP Consolidation: Increasing Evidence of Tacit Understanding with BJP
Are the TMC and the BJP in a clandestine tie-up of sorts? Opposition parties in Bengal are convinced that they are. Both the Congress and the CPI(M)-led Left Front...
Is Coenzyme Q10 (COQ10) that Human Body Produces the New Panacea?
Our body manufactures this Coenzyme Q10 and our cells use it to produce energy for growth and repair of the body. It behaves as an antioxidant and protects the...
Wronged Family of Slain Jawan Declines Govt. Cheque
The CRPF jawan Mujahid Khan died fighting militants in Jammu on Monday. He was offered an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh by the NDA government of Bihar, but intriguingly,...