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Shobha Shukla
Shobha Shukla, a regular contributor to Blitz is the award-winning founding Managing Editor and Executive Director of Citizen News Service (CNS) and is a feminist, health and development justice advocate. She is a former senior Physics faculty of prestigious Loreto Convent College and current Coordinator of Asia Pacific Regional Media Alliance for Health and Development (APCAT Media).
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India remains one of the top 30 high TB burden countries
“Parents in India and other countries are falling ill with drug-resistant TB every day. We believe these patients should not have to wait, they...
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By leaving older people behind, we can’t end TB
Despite an alarming TB burden among the older people, programmatic response to address it is far from optimal, said Dr Vijay Kumar Arora, Chairperson...
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Gender-based violence is one of the biggest human rights violations
Although the world gave unprecedented attention to the COVID-19 pandemic, yet it has long ignored paying heed to one of the most widespread violations...
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Whither women’s reproductive health in Asia Pacific
While the world has made many advancements in healthcare, millions of women and girls in low- and low-middle income countries are still far away...
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Prime Minister advised to be alert from Kovid, the number of patients is increasing continuously
Amid rising cases of Covid infection in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today directed officials to conduct regular mock drills in hospitals, increase the coverage of genome sequencing of positive cases and ensure that people take preventive measures against COVID-19. Take all necessary precautions.
The Prime Minister...
PM launches 6G mission, will be 100 times faster than 5G
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated India's 6G mission. It aims to focus on next generation technology initiatives in India and work on an official 6G testbed project. This will enable research on the technology of the upcoming new network.
Government has launched the India...
Adani loses 3 thousand crores every week
The Hindenburg Research Report came out in January this year. It alleged that the Adani group had openly manipulated shares, falsified accounts, took undue advantage of countries with very low taxes and the group's debt was huge.
The M3M Hurun Global Rich List report stated that after...
Sales of gold jewelery slow on Gudi Padwa due to inflation
The first day of the Hindu New Year Vikram Samvat (2080) is celebrated as Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra. Shopping for jewelery is considered auspicious on this day in Maharashtra. This is the reason why today there is a crowd of buyers in gold and silver showrooms. Due...
List of Padma Awardees at Rashtrapati Bhavan
President Draupadi Murmu on Wednesday conferred Padma awards to former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna, noted industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, renowned playback singer Suman Kalyanpur, etc. at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Apart from this, renowned stock market investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala was posthumously given the...
Ramzan moon not visible in India, the first fast will be on Friday
The moon of the month of Ramzan has not been sighted in any part of the country including Delhi on Wednesday and the first fast will be on March 24. Shahi Imam of Fatehpuri Masjid, Chandni Chowk, Maulana Mufti Mukarram Ahmed said that there was no...
Chance of rain in Delhi today, AQI recorded in moderate category
The national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 14.8 degrees Celsius on Thursday, which is two notches below the season's average. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) gave this information.
According to the department, the day is likely to be partly cloudy and the maximum temperature will be...
IIT-Delhi in top 50 institutes for engineering studies
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi has made it to the list of top 50 institutes in the world for engineering studies. This ranking was released on Wednesday by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).
QS has released the list of world's top universities and institutes 2023 based on curriculum. ...
Railways restores AC 3-tier economy class fare in trains
The Railways on Wednesday ordered restoration of fares for travel in air-conditioned 3-tier economy class (3E), which was withdrawn last November by merging it with AC 3-tier.
As per the order, despite the reinstatement of the fee, the Railways will continue to provide chadars to the passengers.
With this...
After 140 days, new cases of Kovid in the country again crossed thousand
After the arrival of 1,300 new cases of corona virus infection in India in one day, the number of people infected so far in the country has increased to 4,46,99,418. At the same time, the number of patients under treatment has increased to 7,605.
According to the...
Rahul Gandhi convicted in defamation case, Surat court verdict
A Surat court on Thursday convicted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case lodged against him in 2019 over his "Modi surname" remark.
The case has been registered against Rahul Gandhi over his remark in which he had allegedly said, "Why all thieves have the same...
Rahul Gandhi sentenced to two years, bail granted
A Surat court on Thursday sentenced Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to two years imprisonment in a criminal defamation case lodged against him in 2019 over his "Modi surname" remark.
The court also granted bail to Rahul Gandhi and stayed his sentence for 30 days, so that the Congress...