Gender-based Violence is a global health concern that affects most age groups across the globe. A significantly vulnerable section of population being both victims and potential changemakers for the same is the Adolescent population.
National Safe Motherhood Day must, therefore, be more than a symbolic gesture. It must act as a catalyst for deeper reforms, pushing for improved last-mile delivery of services, cultural sensitization, and robust monitoring of maternal health schemes.
Harsh V Pant & Kalpit A Mankikar This year marks the 75th anniversary of India and China establishing diplomatic relations. While India was the first non-socialist nation to recognise China, the relationship has been marred by several ups and downs. The unsettled…
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) is a flagship Mission of the Government of India implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched the scheme on 25th June 2015, while presenting The Budget 2014-15, announcing the set up of a Mission on low-cost affordable housing to be anchored by the National Housing Bank (NHB). The Mission tried to address the urban housing shortage among the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Low-Income Groups (LIG) including the slum dwellers by ensuring a pucca house to all eligible urban households by the year 2022 when the Nation completes 75 years of its Independence.
Muhammad Yunus aims to position Bangladesh as China's gateway to South Asia by emphasizing its strategic role. This shift in foreign policy may strain Bangladesh's relations with India, especially with issues like the persecution of Hindu minorities and Hasina's extradition request, while strengthening ties with Beijing.
The Google Tax was slated to die, but Donald Trump has removed the rationale for its dignified death. Now, removal of the digital tax is achieved by US bullying, by means of the tariff threat.