UNHEARD Voices from the Lockdown

While those who attended 'Livelihoods in Lockdown' learnt a lot, was anyone from the government listening? asks Jyoti Punwani *IMAGE: ASHA workers stage a protest at the Shivamogga deputy......

Pope's views on condom-use create a stir

Pope Benedict XVI, on a week-long visit to Africa, has enraged AIDS activists for stating that the use of condoms is aggravating the spread of the disease. According to the Pope, combating the......

Decoding Zakir Naik: A TV preacher or a threat?

  Islamic preacher Zakir Naik has been in the news lately after it was disclosed that one of the five Bangladeshi terrorists who killed 22 people at a restaurant in Dhaka last week was......

Govt to study female condom acceptability

The government is planning a pilot study soon to examine acceptability of the female condom before including it in the national programmes of family planning and AIDS control."It is a pilot project......

Finance Minister P Chidambaram's speech

Mr. Speaker, Sir It is my privilege to present the Budget for 2007-08. I. A MID-TERM REPORT CARD ON THE ECONOMY 2. In November 2006, the UPA Government crossed the midpoint of its term of office. A......