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Preventing adolescent pregnancy : key facts
- May 16, 2012
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Key facts About 16 million adolescent girls give birth every year – most in low- and middle-income countries. An estimated three million girls aged 15-19 undergo unsafe abortions every year. In low- and middle-income countries, complications from pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death among girls aged 15-19 years. Stillbirths and newborn deaths are 50% higher among infants [...]
Rural restaurants for food security – and jobs too – Anil K. Rajvanshi
- May 16, 2012
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In every religion, culture and civilization, feeding the poor and hungry is considered amongst the most noble deeds. In the Hindu religion, for instance, one is able to do one’s ‘punya’ (good work) by feeding the poor. However, such large-scale feeding will require huge investment in both resources and time. A better alternative is to create conditions by which proper [...]
Kashmiri Handicrafts – Ghulam Abbas
- May 16, 2012
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Jammu and Kashmir is not only home to the vast cultural and ethnic diversity but also the heaven for arts and crafts that have been carefully nurtured for the centuries. A variety of motifs, techniques and crafts flourished in the land as the people from different regions and many skilled craftsmen decided to settle amidst its charming abundance of natural [...]
Agromet Advisory Services – Farmers Empowerment- Kalpana Palkhiwala
- May 16, 2012
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Growing uncertainties of weather and climate pose a major threat to food security of the country and thus warrant for farmers empowerment of informed decision in agricultural risk management. Besides the possible impacts of climate change also pose major challenges in agriculture sector in the country. The combination of long-term changes and the greater frequency of extreme weather events are [...]
Shrinking space for dead in Hyderabad – Mohammed Shafeeq
- May 16, 2012
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“Mar ke bhi chain na paya to kidhar jayenge? (If there is no peace in death, then where will I go?” This Urdu couplet from Ibrahim Zauq aptly sums up the problem of the dead in Hyderabad. In this booming metropolis, where thousands struggle for a place to live in, even death offers no solution. Rapid urbanisation, burgeoning population, escalating [...]
Services on Track: Over Two Crore Women Beneficiaries Registered with MCTS – Varun Bhardwaj
- May 14, 2012
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Motherhood is a divine feeling, a wonderful experience, but it brings with itself tremendous responsibilities which call for proper care for both mother and the child. For a healthy mother and child, it must be ensured that required medical care is provided to pregnant woman and full immunization course is administered to the child. It is with this spirit in [...]
Crunch Time in Syria: The UN Protocol’s Jihadist Loophole
- May 14, 2012
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Courtesy: Sharmine Narwani , Al Akhbar English, We have arrived at a determining moment in the Syrian crisis. The choices are startlingly simple: 1) Cautious, incremental movement toward political reconciliation and reform spearheaded by the Syrian government and closely monitored by Kofi Annan’s UN mission, Moscow, Tehran and Beijing. 2) Dangerous escalation of violence and militarization that will increasingly include [...]
North East and the Cultural Dimensions of Discrimination – Archana Prasad
- May 14, 2012
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THE murder of Richard Loitam and the suicide of Dana Sangma have once again highlighted the social discrimination and profiling faced by residents of North Eastern origins in mega cities. The significance of the public outcry following these deaths has been exemplified in the light of the fact that more and more youths from North East are migrating to metropolitan [...]
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Whatever it is, law is not taking its course in Andhra Pradesh. The legal course is being guided by political interests of ruling party, not in accordance with public interesting investigating the accused for their white collar political crimes with misuse of state authority. The apprehension is that the High Command of Congress party is commanding CBI to selectively ‘use’ [...]
THE veto exercised by Russia and China on February 4 in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the resolution against Syria and the retreat by the rebels from cities like Homs and Idlib in March have put the plans for regime change in Syria, hatched in western capitals, on hold. The West and its allies in the Arab world, [...]
EVEN after 64 years of independence, the condition of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes continues to be appalling, both socially and economically. They lag behind even the minimum parameters in all aspects. The discrimination both economic and social continues. Despite all the tall promises made and schemes announced, not much progress has been made and most of these promises have [...]
Despite the global recession originating in the US economy and even as the debt crisis still looms large on it , the United States currency dollar still remains powerful in the global economy . In fact in the wake of the recent developments, the global confidence in the strength of Us dollar is declining. The global capital and the countries [...]
Contemporary Indian popular fiction that narrates “desi” cosmopolitan stories has been mirroring the changing man-woman relationship in a more open and accepting urban India, a leading literary agent says. Even 10 years ago, romantic novels spun stories about a man and one woman, whose sacrosanct monogamous love twisted and turned its way to the altar after epic struggles. Brazen romantic [...]
Preventing adolescent pregnancy : key facts
- May 16, 2012
- By India Current Affairs
- Features/ Articles, Focus
- no comments
Key facts About 16 million adolescent girls give birth every year – most in low- and middle-income countries. An estimated three million girls aged 15-19 undergo unsafe abortions every year. In low- and middle-income countries, complications from pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death among girls aged 15-19 years. Stillbirths and newborn deaths are 50% higher among infants [...]
- May 16, 2012
- By India Current Affairs
- Features/ Articles, Focus
In every religion, culture and civilization, feeding the poor and hungry is considered amongst the most noble deeds. In the Hindu religion, for instance, one is able to do one’s ‘punya’ (good work) by feeding the poor. However, such large-scale feeding will require huge investment in both resources and time. A better alternative is to create conditions by which proper [...]