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Anwar Karakkadan, the district coordinator of the Childline, said around 80 percent of the child abuse cases here had a connection with drug and sexual abuses.

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Parental neglect, emotional, physical abuse can have a life-long...

The sad part is that these parents are not criminals, sociopaths or psychopaths.

12 Nov 2017 2:13 AM IST

Poverty-related factors can lead to frustrations and consequent stressors that can lead to child abuse. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Abusive parents, don't skip this page

In India, it's the child welfare committees that would ascertain what would be in the best interest of the child.

12 Nov 2017 2:09 AM IST

The freedom from corruption factor is something that affects all citizens. (Representational image)

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When will India learn to be happy?

The UN gets the views of around 3,000 persons from each country on six attributes.

7 Nov 2017 1:33 AM IST

If you fall back into your original nature, joyfulness is the only way you will be.

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Learn to be in sync with your existence

Life strikes back because you are not in tune with your own basic existence and not because there is something wrong...

7 Nov 2017 1:31 AM IST

Happiness is a world where no one is left behind.

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Happiness lies, Buddhism says, within you

The fundamental point of the practice of Buddhism lies in our behaviour as human beings.

7 Nov 2017 1:28 AM IST

Indias GDP per capita for 2016 was $6,572, making it one of the poorer countries in the world. (Representational image)

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A tolerant India would be a happier India

A growth agenda alone is not enough to promote happiness, social values too have dramatic effects on well-being.

7 Nov 2017 1:19 AM IST

Though a doctors knowledge and skills are a social product, doctors use this knowledge either in a private or public set-up.

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Ailing healthcare needs a booster

Mandatory use of standard treatment guidelines is way forward.

29 Oct 2017 2:42 AM IST

The revenue from international patients has grown at the rate of more than 20 per cent over the last three years for the large hospital chains analysed by Icra.

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A patient gets a doctor he deserves

The doctor's fall from grace is a symptom of the mounting trust deficit between the two.

29 Oct 2017 2:33 AM IST

Voluntary Health Services (VHS) organised Third Meena Subramaniam Oration on Cutting Edge of Interventional Cardiology and Cost Cutting in Cardiac services on Friday as part of 10th Anniversary of the VHS Institute of Cardio Vascular Sciences and Research.

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Looking for a healing touch

It is the state's responsibility to ensure each and every individual has access to healthcare.

29 Oct 2017 2:26 AM IST

The NGT too has fallen victim to the malaise of dilatory tactics that have logjammed courts.

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Justice must be a fundamental right

With 2.81 crore cases pending before Indian courts, the judiciary needs to get its act right and deliver speedy and...

24 Oct 2017 2:07 AM IST

Plea bargaining is one of the ways towards reformation of the guilty. It also provides some solace for the victim by way of compensation for the loss or harm caused to them due to the act of the accused, says another senior criminal lawyer, C. Mallesh Rao.

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India's legal logjam

In absence of enforceability of law, liberty becomes obsolete.

24 Oct 2017 1:59 AM IST

$The woman claimed that the godman, who hails from Kundapur , was present in the house ,\ he said. According to the woman, Kumbhar left the house after which the godman raped her. (Representational Image)$ Discourse

You Idiot, A No Means No!

It is all about the right to chose to say no and mean it.

15 Oct 2017 12:56 AM IST