Health and Wellness

-May 11, 2022

It’s time we talk about women’s reproductive rights

It’s time we talk about women’s reproductive rights

Family planning in India, let alone in the national capital region, is not discussed with much ease. Considering how India is struggling with overpopulation, which is mounting increasing pressure on the already stressed and limited resources, the need to discuss subjects such as contraception, and sexual and reproductive rights becomes more necessary than ever

-April 30, 2022

Gone at 20: Sam passed on too soon

Gone at 20: Sam passed on too soon

The death of Sam, a neurodivergent trans student, yet again highlights the issues faced by the queer community in academia and at home. It also foregrounds the lack of safe spaces for sexual minorities.

-April 28, 2022

Delhi govt gives Rs 1 crore each to families of two frontline workers who died of Covid

Delhi govt gives Rs 1 crore each to families of two frontline workers who died of Covid

The Delhi government on Thursday provided financial assistance of Rs 1 crore each to the families of two frontline workers who contracted COVID-19 on duty and died fighting it.

-April 27, 2022

Cardiovascular diseases: Heart trouble starts young

Cardiovascular diseases: Heart trouble starts young

India has a shockingly large incidence of cardiovascular diseases in youngsters, due to a combination of genetic reasons and changed lifestyle patterns, particularly junk food, sedentary habits and substance abuse 

-April 26, 2022

Delhi HC directs AIIMS nurses on strike to rejoin work

Delhi HC directs AIIMS nurses on strike to rejoin work

Justice Yashant Varma, while dealing with the petition by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), observed that the strike would cause grave prejudice and seriously impede the working of the institution.

-April 26, 2022

Indefinite strike by AIIMS Nurses Union

Indefinite strike by AIIMS Nurses Union

AIIMS Nurses Union has gone on an indefinite strike in response to the suspension of Harish Kajla, nursing officer and president of the Nurses Union

-April 25, 2022

Covid: Over six-fold rise in patients under home isolation

Covid: Over six-fold rise in patients under home isolation

The number of coronavirus patients in home isolation in the national capital has seen an over six-fold increase from 447 on April 11 to 2,812 on April 24, according to official data.

-April 24, 2022

Flash strike by AIIMS nursing staff over night shifts

Flash strike by AIIMS nursing staff over night shifts

The nurses union has been demanding that night shift in the main OT should end by 7 pm as in other specialised OTs due to safety concerns while commuting to their homes in NCR