The ministry feels that prevention and awareness about non-communicable diseases which are largely linked with lifestyle, dietary habits, lack of exercise, etc. will go a long way in ensuring that the country remains healthy. India can reap the benefits of its demographic dividend only when the youth of the country grow up to be healthy…
mHealth devices can play a significant role in improving care outcomes, but that is dependent upon the level of patient engagement, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. The study, led by a team of Army researchers, examined an mHealth communications app called mCare. The app facilitated conversations…
On the face of it, the Right to Information (RTI) Act has empowered the citizen to a large extent. However, it seems obvious that the RTI has not been understood properly, given that the impulse to take shelter under the Official Secrets Act (by the Executive), the Parliament Privileges (by the Legislature), the Contempt of…
Telecom companies might seek a ‘bypass’ solution and build an intranet, undermining net neutrality as we see it. While this can be used for only proprietary content, a walled garden threatens TRAI’s net neutrality order.
The US Department of State’s 2015 country report on human rights practices in India has raised concerns over the central monitoring system (CMS), which provides for authorised interception of voice calls and emails of all phone/internet subscribers in India, highlighting how it allowed government agencies to monitor electronic communications in real time “without informing the…
Taking up the matter of rampant child labour in the state, a Delhi-based lawyer on Friday addressed a petition to chief minister Vasundhara Raje as well as the national commissions for child and human rights and the Union ministry for women and child welfare. The matter became urgent after a Hindi daily on Friday reported…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday expressed deep concern over the human rights violations in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) and called upon the international community to take notice of the situation. “Pakistan is deeply concerned at the ongoing action by the Indian security forces against helpless Kashmiris in Handwara Jammu and Kashmir,” Foreign Office Spokesman Nafees Zakaria…
The government of India will today launch an online trading platform for farmers, connecting them to a network of wholesale agricultural markets. To begin with, only 12 different farm commodities will be traded on the online platform, and only 21regulated wholesale markets (mandis) from eight different states are being considered under the pilot launch. The platform is…
The incidence of ATM, credit, debit card and net banking-related fraud has gone up by more than 35 percent between 2012-13 and 2015-16 in India, according to country’s federal bank Reserve Bank of India (RBI). According to RBI data, 8,765 cases were reported by banks in 2012-13 and the corresponding figures for subsequent three years…
Mobile internet has been shut down in some parts of Kashmir due to protests over the death of 4 people in clashes with the security forces, reports The Hindu. The report added that the internet shut down was to ‘curb the menace of rumor mongering.’ NDTV statesthat the affected areas for internet were: Srinagar, Kupwara,…