A health scheme in Kerala that is bleeding hospitals dry

A health scheme in Kerala that is bleeding hospitals dry

The outpatient ward at the Municipal Corporation Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Public hospitals in Kerala are paying a heavy price for the State government’s administrative inefficiency in running Ayushman Bharat-Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhathi (KASP), the health insurance scheme covering nearly 42 lakh families. The scheme that wins Kerala laurels from … Read more

Assault on minor domestic help: Delhi’s dirty linen hung out to dry

Assault on minor domestic help: Delhi’s dirty linen hung out to dry

On the morning of July 19, the same day that a video clip of the sexual assault on women in Manipur went viral and shook the country, social media threw up another series of disturbing images. Except these were from a middle-class neighbourhood in Delhi, and featured a couple, the woman in pilot’s uniform, being … Read more

Feeling the heat: Dry red chilli prices hiked by ₹50-70 per kg in open market in Yadgir

Feeling the heat: Dry red chilli prices hiked by ₹50-70 per kg in open market in Yadgir

The price of Guntur red chilli went up from ₹240-260 per kg to ₹310-330 per kg while the cost of Byadgi variety was hiked from ₹430-450 per kg to ₹490-510 per kg, based on the quality, in the last 15 days. file photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu The prices of dry red chilli of … Read more

Know the Signs of ‘Dry Drowning’ and ‘Secondary Drowning’

Know the Signs of ‘Dry Drowning’ and ‘Secondary Drowning’

You pay close attention to your kids when they’re swimming or playing in the pool, splashing in the ocean. You make sure a lifeguard is on hand, and you never leave your little ones alone near any water — even the tub. And that’s the right thing to do. But there’s still more you can … Read more

The alcohol-free ‘off-licence’ helping Dry January

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Laura Willoughby MBE gave up drinking 10 years ago because she felt it would take her to a dangerous place and it was affecting her mental health. The 47-year-old from Newham, east London, founded mindful drinking community Club Soda and opened an alcohol-free ‘off-licence’. The volume of no and low alcohol products in 2021 grew … Read more