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‘Silence is not governance’: Calcutta High Court slams ‘uncertainty’ in 10-year-old ASHA recruitment row
February 18, 2026 10:52 am
Noting that recruitment, even when contractual, carries a constitutional responsibility, the Calcutta High Court added that procedural vagueness should not undermine public confidence.
ASHA workers’ protest: If the state takes pride in its public health system, it must also honour those who maintain it
March 27, 2025 11:42 am
These women have no formal employment status, no pension, no insurance, and no leave benefits. That this indifference is coming from a left-wing government is disturbing
Knowledge Nugget: Healthcare frontliners in the spotlight— How are ASHA workers and National Health Mission relevant for UPSC exam?
March 17, 2025 10:50 am
Kerala’s ASHA workers have been on strike for over a month, highlighting their crucial role in the healthcare system. But who are ASHA workers, and why are they indispensable to public health? Also, go 'Beyond the Nugget' to know about the National Health Mission.
Pre-Budget consultations: Need better social security net for ASHA, anganwadi, mid-day meal workers, say Labour Unions
June 25, 2024 8:28 am
The demands also featured a stronger social welfare scheme such as provisions for minimum wages and social security benefits for gig workers.
Congress fights for women, BJP reduced them to election jumla
May 03, 2024 2:04 pm
Whenever heinous attacks occur on women, Rahul Gandhi raises his voice. Our Prime Minister, on the other hand, pretends that women don’t exist
The nari shakti jumla: Six times BJP failed women
March 01, 2024 9:46 am
For all its talk, from Shaheen Bagh clampdown to inaction in Manipur, the Modi government has failed the women of India
Strengths-based coaching interventions can deal with work stress among ASHAs: Study
February 09, 2024 4:59 pm
Anant Bhan is the principal investigator of the study published recently in Social Science and Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal.
Couple’s desperation for a son ends in 11 arrests across 3 Jharkhand districts
March 28, 2023 11:58 am
On March 23, police arrested 11 persons, including five women, from three districts for the alleged sale of a newborn in the state’s Chatra district.
Tribal man from Odisha, who abandoned wife for tubectomy, counselled for family planning for 9 years
February 19, 2023 8:53 pm
Local ASHA worker Bijaylaxmi Biswal told The Indian Express that she had also tried persuading the man for a vasectomy but he never agreed.
Kolhapur health workers brave difficult terrain to give vaccines in remote Maharashtra village, video goes viral
July 15, 2022 6:50 am
A group of ASHA workers walked on foot through thick jungle to remote Dhangarwada village in Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, as part of “Har Ghar Dastak 2.0” campaign and Diarrhoea Control Fortnight.
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