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40 ASHA workers detained in UP for taking pregnant women to illegally-run nursing homes

The administration was informed that ASHA workers were also being given gifts as allurements for bringing more expectant mothers to these nursing homes.

Who should be first in line for India’s Covid vaccine? Lal Bahadur Shastri gave us a clue

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that 250 million Indians would be covered with a two-dose Covid-19 vaccine by July 2021.

ASHA workers are hailed as Covid warriors but only 62% have gloves, 25% have no masks

While many Indians have shifted to work from home during the lockdown, ASHA workers are performing additional Covid duties apart from their regular tasks.

Over 10,000 healthcare workers tested positive across 10 states, UTs since Covid struck

Doctors, nurses, paramedical staff, lab technicians and ASHA workers were among workforce that got infected. General practitioners & those in out-patient facilities were most vulnerable.

India’s army of 6 lakh virus-hunting ASHA workers go on strike today

Months of harassment, underpayment and lack of protection from coronavirus have pushed about 6 lakh ASHA workers to go on a two-day strike.

Surveying 400 houses, meeting Covid cases up close — a day in the life of a Delhi ASHA worker

Rekha Balhara has been an ASHA worker for 9 years. During Covid, she has become a frontline warrior. ThePrint followed her for a day to see what life was like for people like her.

BJP’s rant of Congress not having done anything in 70 years has expiry date: Priyanka Gandhi

Congress' eastern UP general secretary Priyanka Gandhi said that under CM Yogi Adityanath, all sections of society have felt harassed.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.