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8 years on, poor compliance with sexual harassment law at workplace

While many women in formal employment can take advantage of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act, the majority of India's women, who work in the informal sector, have no such access

Why another lockdown may not be a solution to rising Covid numbers in India

Experts point out that lockdowns will once again destroy livelihoods and squeeze the economy. Instead, they say, India must double down on genomic sequencing to spot new variants

Data discrepancy obstructing rehabilitation of manual scavengers

Govt introduced the Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (SRMS) in 2007 to aid the rehabilitation of 'former' manual scavengers transitioning to other occupations

India's ageing dams pose a safety risk, nation must conduct reviews: Study

India must analyse the costs versus benefits of its ageing dams, and conduct timely safety reviews in order to ensure safety of the structures, and the safety of those who inhabit the areas downstream

From lasting damage to resilience: How communal riots affect children

A month after Mumbai riots in 1992-93, a study found more than half of Class 3-4 municipal school students in a riot-affected area reported sleep disturbances including nightmares; a third had anxiety

4 in 5 Bihar women have never used the internet; Sikkim tops the chart

The data show that people in urban areas and men have more access to the internet than those in rural areas, and women

Internet shutdowns in India jump 27 times since 2012, shows data

Between 2012 and 2021, 468 incidents of internet shutdowns have taken place in the country

India's gender budget was almost same for 13 years; here's what it achieved

While India's gender budgets have succeeded in drawing attention to gender issues, experts say ministries and departments consider them as an aggregation exercise only

Only 7% of MPs in current Lok Sabha claim to be farmers, majority from BJP

This is in sharp contrast to the 15th Lok Sabha between 2009 and 2014 when 27% of the MPs claimed that they were farmers

Poor infection control, slow recovery: Dual TB-Covid-19 load hits states

Preliminary studies in India show a 0.37% to 4% prevalence of TB among Covid-19 patients while 1.14% of the TB patients screened for Covid-19 were diagnosed with the disease

10 mn cases in 2020: More Indians got Covid-19 than any infectious disease

By the end of 2020, India officially had just over 10 million laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19, nearly twice as many as cases of typhoid, tuberculosis, malaria and pneumonia in 2018

Migrant inclusivity lowest in India in 2020, integration 'denied': Study

The index, a policy tool that measures a country's national policies on international immigrants across eight parameters, is published jointly by two European think-tanks

Insufficient, inconsistent: Mental health pension rarely reach the affected

Government financial support during and since the lockdown for persons with psychosocial disabilities from low-income families, many of which had lost income, was inadequate

Primary health to insurance: Five non-Covid-19 areas to focus on in 2021

Issues such as tackling tuberculosis and health insurance, which could have been addressed in 2020, were sidelined

Need worker protection, migrant data: Will labour laws drive job creation?

We take a look at what transpired on the jobs and labour fronts in 2020 and what experts have to say as we step into 2021

The year that was: What made news other than coronavirus in 2020

The year that started with nationwide protests against CAA and NRC has ended with ongoing protests against Farm Laws

Why avoiding a nation-wide two-child policy is the right decision

Health ministry has said that it will not implement a mandatory two-child policy by denying government jobs, subsidies and certain rights to larger families

Major rise in domestic violence during Covid, many gains could be reversed

In Bihar, as many as 40% of women continue to be victims of spousal violence even though the figure has come down from 43.7% in 2015-16

Child nutrition: India may be reversing decades of progress, show govt data

On the positive side, fewer women in 15 of the 22 states and union territories (UTs) for which data were released reported that they experienced marital violence compared to 2015-16

Covid impact: Women workforce disappearing, most affected in urban India

Women entrepreneurs are struggling to survive, women employed as domestic help in cities, at construction sites and in call centres, and in handicraft and retail units, have lost jobs