The World Health Organisation has, on 5 September 2026, certified that Thailand has achieved elimination of rubella as a public health problem, making Thailand the seventh country in the South-East Asia region of the WHO to achieve this goal. This certification has been granted following an assessment of the country’s data on rubella surveillance, laboratories,…
When more than 3,800 children are rescued from labour, the number is both a measure of enforcement and a reminder of the problem that still exists beneath the surface. A recent Press Information Bureau (PIB) release says the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), in collaboration with State governments and Union Territory administrations, rescued over 3,800…
This Case is one of several “recovery-to-livelihood” accounts published as the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment marks six years of its national anti-substance-abuse campaign According to a September 3, 2026, Press Information Bureau (PIB) release from the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, a government-run rehabilitation centre successfully treated a 29-year-old man for alcoholism….
The Rice Paradox More than one billion people in India depend on rice fields for their sustenance. They also are becoming one of the most intractable climate issues on earth. The same flooded and glistening paddies that contribute to food security and export economics are also extracting a greenhouse gas – one that is 25…
Time to Reimagine Elder Care, Dignity and Inclusion India is undergoing one of the most profound demographic transformations in its history. For decades, we have celebrated the demographic dividend of a young nation. Today, however, another equally significant reality is unfolding before us, the rapid growth of the elderly population. Ageing is no longer a…
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) recovered 77,692 lost or stolen mobile handsets in July, the first time the citizen-facing Sanchar Saathi platform has reached 75,000 recoveries in a single month since its launch in May 2023, the Ministry of Communications reported on August 28 via Press Information Bureau. Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia attributed…
India’s latest ₹2.82-crore ABS disbursement shows that benefit-sharing from biological resources is gaining momentum. But gaps in traceability and community participation raise questions about whether these payments are reaching the people who helped preserve India’s genetic diversity.
India is intensifying its fight against narcotics trafficking, but limited treatment and rehabilitation capacity raises questions about whether enforcement alone can address the country’s drug crisis.
Nearly two decades after Parliament passed India’s only Law specifically for older people, the bill’s fundamental flaws continue to lie unresolved as the judiciary strains the existing legislation to bridge them – a new bill to correct these issues has been pending in Parliament since 2019. India’s population of individuals aged 60 and above was…
In March 1969, huge pavilions were being constructed at Gandhi Darshan, for an exhibition honouring Gandhi’s birth centenary. A young member of the Centenary Planning Committee, Meera Mahadevan, noted the plight of children at the site. Infants lay in the flying dust, toddlers wandered around cement mixers and sledgehammers, older children helped their parents fetch…
