Social security of workers
It is welcome to note that The Ministry of Labour and Employment has proposed to develop the National Database of unorganized workers. This will be a comprehensive database of the unorganized workers, including the Building and other Construction Workers and Migrant workers, seeded with Aadhaar. It will have details of name, occupation, address, occupation type, […]
Public healthcare under MCD in peril
Dr Vinay Aggarwal Too many Cooks spoil the Broth. This saying aptly fits Delhi’s healthcare system. It is highly heterogeneous with multiple stake holders. Though Health is a state subject, Delhi’s healthcare is provided by Central government, State government, ESI, Railways, NDMC, MCD, Cantonment board, Delhi Univ. etc from the government sector alone. Besides these […]
No classification please
Rayees Ahmad Kumar The most common misunderstanding among the people especially among those having materialistic approach is that, a lady working in a government department/ sector or a private company or in any MNC is regarded as a working lady while as a lady who isn’t working in such departments or companies but is doing […]
The world of ‘hello’
K S S Pillai When I saw a full-page advertisement for a smartphone in a leading newspaper recently, I could not help comparing the present situation with that prevailed a few years ago. Mobile phones were unheard of. The only telephone service provider was the Post and Telegraph department of the government of India. If […]
Devotion to God
Dr. Sheikh Arshid There was yet another shocking incident that took place before few days when a young woman, Ishrat Jan, Aripal Tral, died due to heart attack. The death was quite surprising as she was married just a year back. After giving birth to a beautiful baby she left her infant into the arms […]
Muslims in a Whirlpool
Asad Mirza It seems as if the forces inimical to the Indian Muslims have made it a strategy to challenge the community on one issue or the other in a sustained manner. Moreover, these challenges are thrown mostly when the political scenario at the central or state level is hot due to the elections. Beginning […]
Colours spell life!
Desh Bir The two contrary colours that we are wont to think of are black and white. The light that nature has given to us is white light and it contains in itself an amalgam of seven colours. Absence of natural light automatically scripts darkness which stands for the black color. We often talk of […]
The will to decide
Mohammad Rizwan One cannot imagine how rapidly have humans progressed in recent times. There is rarely any field where one can get stuck. Be it in medical sciences or transportation or modern machinery, there is rarely any field we have not conquered. Everything is at the fingertips of a person. Whether you need medicines or […]
Extrapulmonary TB affecting spinal cord can be life threatening
Dr. Satnam Singh Chhabra It is a common notion that tuberculosis affects the pulmonary system (lungs), but very few people are aware that the life-threatening ailment is also known to affect other parts of the body than the lungs alone. As per the recent medical statistics, around 12-15% of the total TB patients in India […]
A punishing act
Dr Sheikh Arshid The former Chairman of Shia waqf board, Waseem Rizvi’s remarks about the Quran and filing of a petition in the SC seeking to remove 26 verses of the Quran has evoked widespread condemnation and even protests. The Valley-based mass protestation by all Muslim religious organisation in condemnation of sacreligist, shia leader, remarked […]
