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Lok Sabha passes epidemic diseases bill to protect healthcare workers
The bill, which had been cleared by Rajya Sabha on Saturday and passed by voice vote in Lok Sabha, moots up to five years' imprisonment for those attacking doctors and healthcare workers during a health crisis.
1 min read22 Sep 2020What would Rabindranath Tagore have made of the covid-19 pandemic?
On the writer’s 159th birth anniversary, a much-loved poem of his holds a mirror to our troubled times
4 min read7 May 2020Epidemic Act: What the 123-year-old law means in times of COVID-19
The government can impose the Act if it thinks that ordinary provisions are insufficient to contain an epidemicUnder the Act, the government can fine people or imprison them for violating rules and regulations
1 min read20 Mar 2020A 123-yr-old Act to combat coronavirus in India; experts say nothing wrong
Constitution experts emphasize that it is not necessary to amend a law because it has been around from the pre-independence era
3 min read14 Mar 2020Indian-origin employee at US pharmacy convicted in illegal opioid scheme
Anmol Singh Kamra of Philadelphia, a pharmacy technician conspired with George Fisher, a physician, and Frank Brown, both charged separately, to illegally distribute thousands of oxycodone pills to people suffering from addiction
1 min read3 Dec 2019Opinion | The crime of silence around the country’s suicide epidemic
Psychosocial intervention in the form of talk therapy can effectively reduce suicide risk
4 min read26 Jul 2019Leptospirosis, Hepatitis A haunt Kerala after floods
Post floods, Kerala has seen a spurt in communicable diseases, including leptospirosis, Hepatitis A and chicken pox, raising fears of an epidemic
2 min read2 Sep 2018Bodies found as floods recede in Kerala, death toll rises to 400
The Kerala floods have caused an estimated $3 billion in damage but the bill is likely to rise as the scale of devastation becomes clearer
2 min read20 Aug 2018Kerala gearing up for disease outbreak after water recedes
Kerala, the best-performing state on the NITI Aayog health index, is witnessing a complete collapse of healthcare services following the devastating flood
2 min read19 Aug 2018Rural India faces epidemic of non-communicable diseases
Non-communicable diseases are increasing at an alarming rate in rural India, with long-term consequences on people's health and finances
5 min read7 Apr 2018Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared