Digvijay Singh Introduction The estimates of the present decade show that worldwide each year nearly half a million women die from complications during pregnancy and childbirth. About 99% of these women belong to the developing world with over 90% concentrated in Africa and Asia. The current … [Read more...]
Role Of Government In Public Health: Current Scenario In India
Digvijay Singh INTRODUCTION The practice of public health has been dynamic in India, and has witnessed many hurdles in its attempt to affect the lives of the people of this country. Since independence, major public health problems like malaria, tuberculosis, leprosy, high maternal and child … [Read more...]
Tobacco Control Policies in India
Digvijay Singh Editor's Note:Tobacco use is a major public health challenge in India with 275 million adults consuming different tobacco products. Government of India has taken various initiatives for tobacco control in the country. Besides enacting comprehensive tobacco control legislation … [Read more...]
Education, Employment And Empowerment Of The Rescued Women Of Trafficking
Prajoy Dutta & Harshit Singh Jadoun Editor's Note:Since the beginning of time, women in India have been objectified and discriminated as items for domestic use. Treated as slaves, sex objects and various other forms of derogatory labour, historically, women had never been allowed to … [Read more...]
Education For Fostering National Integration In India In The 21st Century
Rupali & Harshit Singh Jadoun Editor's Note: If the history of India is examined before the advent of Britishers then the phrase “India being a land of diversity with unity” fits in appropriately. Religion and language in ancient time acted as a main constituent of strengthening … [Read more...]
Conflict, Refugee Situation and Human Rights: A Case Study of Tamil Refugees in the Sri Lankan Conflict
By Anonymous Editor's Note: Refugee situations and statelessness are two of the most pertinent issues today in International Law. There are millions of displaced persons who live in the most inhumane conditions all over the world including India, Iran and Pakistan and their only intention was to … [Read more...]
Harmful Traditional Practices: Crimes Against Women Under The Garb Of Custom And Tradition
By Sonakshi, NLU Jodhpur Editor's Note: Due to some social structures, traditions, stereotypes and attitudes about women and their role in society, they become particularly vulnerable to certain crimes. Fundamentalist groups often center on controlling women, using cultural arguments against … [Read more...]
Interpreting Provisions of The Armed Forces (special Powers) act, 1958
By Chaity, Sonakshi Verma,Yamini Rajora, National Law University, Jodhpur Editor's Note: The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) was implemented by Indian government in 1958 in the context of separatist movements and the violence caused by them. It has received mixed reactions from across … [Read more...]
Public Interest Litigation, Social Action Litigation & Private Attorneys Of Law
By Vasundhara Majithia, Yamini Rajora, National Law University Jodhpur Editor's Note: It is because of a system for Public Interest Litigation that the Indian judiciary has been able to help in cooling down a few controversial policy questions. One could think of the controversy … [Read more...]
Absolutism and the Lutheran Reformation
- Anonymous Martin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a Reformer, German priest and a Professor of theology who strictly opposed the ideology that freedom from God’s punishment of sin could be purchased with money.The main argument of his was that salvation is not the result of good … [Read more...]
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