Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby
Duchess taken to the King Edward VII hospital in central London, suffering from very acute morning sickness The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ended months of intense speculation by announcing the...
View ArticleMore cuts or tax rises needed after 2015, thinktank warns
Austerity will force next government to consider 'close to inconceivable cuts' of up to 40%, says Institute for Fiscal Studies Protecting the health, welfare and education budgets would mean every...
View Article'Milk O Mania' held at IIM Raipur
RAIPUR: Indian Institute of Management-Raipur (IIM-R) conducted a marketing...
View ArticleTenders invited for health projects
The Ministry of Health has called for tenders for a controversial new healthy eating initiative. The $3 million programme replaces Labour's Healthy Eating Healthy Action, which was axed in the middle...
View ArticleTop Florida health administrator denies kids are dumped in nursing homes
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida’s top health administrator told lawmakers in at a Senate committee meeting Wednesday she was “enraged” by “sensational” reports that her agency was funneling sick and disabled...
View ArticleNew questions about agency as legal battle over child continues
The Salt Lake Tribune has learned the Utah adoption agency that arranged for a married father’s child to be given up at birth is under scrutiny by state licensing officials and the adoptive parents...
View ArticlePublic expenditure crisis: no cash for decrepit schools, jails – or NHS
As pensions soak up ever larger sums, other areas of the budget face harsh cuts. Our specialist correspondents analyse the impact on some specific areas Data on public expenditure reveals a real-terms...
View ArticleThe African villages declaring an end to female genital mutilation
NGO Tostan is empowering people in west Africa to understand their human rights and encouraging them to abandon FGM Molly Melching of NGO Tostan says the Guinea-Bissau village is making a 'big...
View ArticleMother, child tracking system to be launched
RAIPUR: In a desperate bid to bring down the maternal and infant mortality rate in the state, which remains considerably higher than the national average, the Chhattisgarh government is all set to...
View ArticleSurging demand for domestic help fuelling human trafficking in country
Tweet New Delhi, Dec. 5 (ANI): Economic growth of the past two decades has transformed the lifestyles of many families in the country. Now, almost 30 percent of the country's over 1.2 billion people...
View ArticleImmigration Clinic Students Argue for Suspending Deportations to Haiti...
Law student Alanna McCoy delivered Immigration Clinic's presentation. From left, Farrin Anello, Supervising Attorney at Immigration Clinic; Misato Sawada, 2L; Francesse Lucius, 2L; Marleine Bastien,...
View ArticleAttitude towards girls stinks, says charity head
THERE is a "real stink attitude" towards girls in Jamaica, an official of an international charity organisation that works with children and inner-city youth here has said. Moira Morgan, director of...
View ArticleMentor mothers show moms how to do it
THE toddler bolts towards the hut the moment he spots Funeka Xhalisa. Walking at a steady pace down the hill towards the toddler’s homestead, Xhalisa cracks a broad smile when she spots the little...
View Article889 health posts vacant; officials saddled with additional charge
A whopping 889 posts are vacant in the state health department, in the public health division and medical colleges and hospitals unit, an RTI query by The Indian Express has revealed. This has saddled...
View ArticleCity enacts Gender and Development Code
MEMBERS of the Tacloban City Council last Wednesday enacted a Gender and Equality Code to promote gender and equality here during the conduct of their 108th regular session. The GAD Code aims to...
View ArticleRI backs OIC on women’s development
Paper Edition | Page: 2 Indonesia has renewed its commitment to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), especially in promoting women’s participation in development and peace-building. Vice...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne slashes welfare and extends austerity in autumn statement
Cuts in corporation tax, higher infrastructure spending and delay to fuel duty rise among measures announced by chancellor Danny Alexander, George Osborne and David Cameron react as shadow chancellor...
View ArticleChildren left out in 'no-aid' India
By A D McKenzie PARIS - As India forges ahead with a host of trade agreements with various European countries, including France, some Indian commentators say the country can well do without the...
View Article'Beyond illegal' - Gomes laments treatment of children in State care
DR Carolyn Gomes, one of Jamaica's foremost human rights advocates, has described as "beyond illegal" the treatment of children and teenagers in State care across the island. "A study by the Child...
View ArticleWVU to improve access to mental health care in state through graduate...
A West Virginia University professor is using a grant to improve the access to mental health care in West Virginia for children, members of the military and veterans. Carrie Rishel, Ph.D., an...
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