Child Vaccination: How COVID-19 is undoing years of good in India

by Global Indian | Jul 20, 2021

UNICEF data shows 23 million children missed out on childhood vaccines in India last year, the highest number since 2009 and 3.7 million more than in 2019, due to COVID-19. At 3 million, India has the highest number of under-vaccinated or unvaccinated children...

Ontario PNP holds its first In-Demand Skills stream draw as part of new EOI system

by Global Indian | Jul 21, 2021

CAMPUS: IIT-B gets ₹1.25 crore from Singapore-based alumnus for fundamental research

by Global Indian | Jul 22, 2021

(Our Bureau, July 22; 6pm) IIT Bombay has received a grant of $168,000 (₹1.25 crore) from Singapore-based quantitative trading expert Nivesh Kumar, an alumnus from the Class of 2006. The gift is directed towards a fund focused on Industrial Engineering and Operations...

The world has changed and so has healthcare. Urogynecologist Dr Aparna Hegde, who was named as Fortune’s 50 Greatest Leaders, has been working to ensure that women in India’s urban slums can access healthcare using low cost technology. Her work also won her the Skoll Award in 2020

by Global Indian | Jul 26, 2021

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The number of people living in slums is rising worldwide

by Global Indian | Jul 29, 2021

According to the United Nations, more than 1 billion people live in slum areas in the world, and their numbers have been growing as urbanization trends continue. Often, these are areas are depicted in the official information systems of city governments as informal...