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Seeking ‘respectable pay, job regularisation’, Haryana ASHA workers on strike for a month & counting

ASHA workers allege brief being widened without a pay hike. Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij says he has called a meeting of the representatives of ASHA workers on 13 September.

7 home childbirths, grandma at 36 — In Bihar’s Musahar villages, few can access healthcare

Shanti Manjhi was 36 years old when she became a grandmother for the first time in January this year. That night, she notched up...

Patiala ASHA worker’s kids blame her for ‘bringing’ virus that killed dad. But duty calls

Karamjeet Kaur, ASHA worker whose duties include visiting Covid patients, has no option but to work. She has to look after her children, and she is sole earning member.

Community engagement by ASHA workers behind India’s successful Covid response — WHO panel

The independent panel also notes that WHO and China acted slowly to the Covid-19 outbreak. It questions the global health body for not declaring the pandemic earlier.

50-yr-old anganwadi worker ‘gang-raped at Budaun temple she visited for prayers, murdered’

The prime suspect in the case is the temple priest, who is on the run. His two aides have been arrested and a station house officer suspended amid allegations of negligence.

20,000 to be tested, 30% of them children — Delhi sero survey is on to know infection scale

ASHA workers and ANMs will collect samples from their allotted wards in each of the 11 Delhi districts. Samples of 20,000 people will be tested to check for IgG antibody.

Maternal mortality drops 22%, India meets UN millennium development goal

According to data released by the registrar general of India, Kerala registered the lowest maternal mortality ratio in 2014-16, at 46, emerging as one of the few states with a double-digit figure.

On Camera

Let there be no doubt that scientist Rohini Godbole left us unwillingly

If Rohini Godbole had a better collaborative environment, no doubt her name would have been in the mix for the JJ Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

As IDF unveils robotic combat task force, Israeli maker says open to working with India

Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.