Imagine the relief the kitchen staff of TLM Naini Hospital, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, who make over 400 Chapathis for 150 hospital in-patients every day, have when they received a ‘roti making machine’, which will make the Chapathis in minutes!
It has changed now!
It’s a heartening development that the Supreme Court of India has taken up the issue of bringing in a positive law (an affirmative action law) that recognises the rights of people affected by leprosy and promotes their social inclusion.
It has changed now!
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the Guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of leprosy (full text). The Guidelines provide state-of-the-art knowledge and evidence on leprosy diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
It has changed now!
The Global Disability Summit hosted by the UK Department for International Development (UK DFID), along with the International Disability Alliance, and the Government of Kenya, in London, UK, on July 24, 2018, has resulted in 170 ambitious commitments from all over the world to take action on stigma and discrimination against people with disabilities.
In a function organised on July 5 in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, Indian Bank has released the first instalment of a loan of Rs 12 lakhs to 24 milk producers in Pakkripalayam village in Cuddalore for expanding their dairy business.
