Family Planning: A burden on Indian Women

Women in India alone carry the responsibility of contraception in India, even if it sometimes comes with a health warning. Alka, 35, decided to get sterilized along with the c-section when she had her second child. The process is called ‘postpartum sterilisation’ and is generally considered to be safe. However for Alka, the decision was […]

Continue Reading

Covid cases dip, masks on Metro premises & trains become rare

We have not eased curbs, says BMRCL A crowd of commuters enters Namma Metro stations, many of them with either no masks or their masks hanging on their chins. Sanitizer and thermal screening stations at the entrances remain unused for the most part. Trains are so packed that there is hardly any space to move. […]

Continue Reading

Students in a quandary as Ukraine crisis continues

They are waiting for online classes to begin Indian students studying in Ukraine are worried  about their education and future as uncertainty looms  due to the Russia-Ukraine situation. Anushka Pant, 22, a first-year medical student at the Kharkiv National Medical University in Ukraine, informed The Observer: “Our education has been severely affected by the war […]

Continue Reading

Re-implemented menstrual pads scheme remains on paper

NGOs step in as govt school girls aren’t getting any Despite the re-implementation of the Shuchi scheme by the Karnataka government in the financial year 2021-22, government schools in Bengaluru are still not receiving sanitary napkins. The scheme aims at distributing sanitary pads among adolescent girls in government schools and PU colleges. No school has […]

Continue Reading