Cash Rewards for Meghalaya Tribes to Encourage Baby Boom
... council from launching such a campaign." Women rights groups in Meghalaya have opposed the campaign. "...ble," said Hasina Kharbhih, Meghalaya's best-known rights activist and a Khasi herself. But Shylla is undeterred by such resistance. "We are facing opposit...Women and Children Issues Should Get Priority in India
...ciety. He called upon the children to assert their rights and to grab all opportunities to overcome this situation. Underlying the importance of promoting the self help groups and women welfare programmes, Shri Chatterji expressed the hope that the Women Reservation Bill will finally be passed by the Parlia...Men are from Mars and Women from Venus, but why on Earth are Women so Woefully Wronged?
...iolence. The United Nations campaign for the human rights of women and girls has made notable strides in increasing the awareness about the fallout of gender based violence on the economic, social and cultural health of a Nation. In India too, we are not far behind. Oct 2006, was indeed a milestone perio...Need for Legal Rights to Birth Parents
...ofessionals. 4. It also tells about securing the rights of birth fathers....New Imaging System Surpasses Mammography In Detecting Breast Cancer
...the technology to Koning Corporation giving it the rights to make, use and sell the scanners. The National Cancer Institute along with some private investors has funded the Development. While commenting on the new technology, Dr. Joshua Kalowitz, chief of breast imaging at Maimonides Cancer Center in New ...Indian Scientist Sues International Genetic Centre for $5 Million
...orture, violation of fundamental rights, denial of rights to live with dignity and liberty and causing damage to his reputation". Events leading to the unprecedented litigation involving an international research centre and a top crop scientist - who is a Fellow of Indian National Science Academy and reci...Gene Therapy May Be the Solution for Erectile Dysfunction
...enter for Einstein. Einstein has granted licensing rights for the patent to a company called Ion Channel Innovations, which was founded by Dr. Melman, and under whose sponsorship the clinical trials are being conducted. The two study centers in the trials were Mount Sinai Medical Center and NYU Medical Cent...Equal Opportunity for the Disabled
...world-wide assistance and support, to champion the rights of people living with disabilities. 'E-Accessi... the world will seek to raise the awareness on the rights of persons suffering disabilities. The objective of this day will revolve around exploring better wa...Children of Bhopal Gas Victims Suffer from Deformity
...ial areas have been severely under-studied, allege rights activists, who say, "This has lead to unsystematic treatment of gas victims." "Lack of research into the possible genetic and reproductive ramifications of gas exposure, and now of exposure to contaminated water, have seriously marred efforts to re...Former Chilean Dictator Hospitalised After Heart Attack
...ratulate him. Last Monday, a fourth set of human rights violation charges were pressed against Pinochet, and he was put under house arrest. The charges concern the murders carried out by the so-called caravan of death, the Chilean army squad that executed some 70 people soon after the September 1973 cou...India's Law on Homosexuality Needs Recourse - Hampers HIV Prevention
...nst HIV/AIDS and is an// infringement of the human rights of homosexual men. The law is enforced mainly to bring offenders to book, in cases dealing with sexual abuse of children. There is also fear that if the law is annulled, it may cause a setback to nailing those who commit sexual abuse against child...Former Chilean Dictator Recovering
...eneral is currently been prosecuted in three human rights cases....Indian American Scientist at Work on Multi-targeted Drug
...CDG Therapeutics, which holds exclusive commercial rights to the patent held by the University of Illinois at Chicago, to undertake further tests on cats and dogs before granting permission for human clinical trials. Chakrabarty, who holds five patents in the US, is keen that the proposed Indian research ...Britain Scientists Support the Use of Primates in Research
...ing animals such as transgenic mice etc. Animals rights extremists have protested against the use of animals in experiments and have targeted research organisations, universities and drug companies, threatening violence against anyone involved. Despite the report's emphasis on the more-humane treatment ...Single Women and Lesbians To Enjoy Full Rights in Donor Child Proposals
...day, Gay couples are to be given the same parental rights to children born from fertility// treatment as heterosexual partners - most controversial to the legal clause in the past that suggested the doctors to consider the "need for a father" before going ahead with fertility treatment, by which, many women...Scots Demand Best Quality Treatment For COPD As Christmas Gift
...nt the patients in Scotland to be granted the same rights as patients in England, where a nationwide standard is maintained for the care of COPD patients. The charity members plan to gather outside the Scottish Parliament with their assertive postcards before Christmas. PRI...A World Health Insurance Needed: Report
...he recognition that economic, social, and cultural rights cannot be fully realized in a short period of time...ce" could solve both of these problems by defining rights and duties for both rich and poor states. As a model for how such an insurance scheme might opera...Malnutrition Kills Two Kids In Madhya Pradesh
...rition in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district, child rights activists say //, emblematic of a deep-rooted prob...dhua Mazdoor Mukti Morcha, a group working for the rights of workers. Since the state failed to rehabilitate the rescued families, Jai Prasad of the Morcha k...Looking For A Friend Or Life Partner? Join A Gym
...s greater than membership of environmental, animal rights or women's groups at 3% each.” "My research has shown that its popularity reflects the fact that going to your gym is more than an effort to lose some weight. "Many people are unhappy about their weight but do not join a gym. But on the other han...Synova Acquires Rights to Today Sponge Contraceptive, Plans Advertising Campaign
...val. Allendale in 2000 purchased the manufacturing rights to the sponge, and FDA approved it in April 2005. The Today Sponge had sales of about 250 million from 1983 through 1995 (Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report, 4/25/05). According to Synova, the product costs about $7.99 for a three-pack. Syn...