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IMPRI TeamOur eyes are the points of primary access to the world around us. They allow us to interact with it and facilitate physical, emotional, and mental well-being. There is mounting evidence indicating that vision loss affects more than...
Simi Mehta, Sunidhi Agarwal, Anshula Mehta, Ritika Gupta, Sakshi Sharda, Ishika ChaudharyAny society that fails to harness the energy and creativity of its women is at a huge disadvantage in the modern world. Gender balance and diversity need to be...
IMPRI TeamIndia was the first country to launch a publicly funded program solely dedicated to eye care and controlling blindness and visual impairment, with the National Programme for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment in 1976. Since then, conscious...
IMPRI TeamAt 8 Million, India houses the 2nd highest number of blind people in the world. India was the first country to launch a publicly funded program solely dedicated to controlling blindness and visual impairment, with the National Programme...
IMPRI TeamOur eyes are the points of primary access to the world around us. They allow us to interact with it and facilitate physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Blindness and visual impairments are serious impediments to the same. Vision...
IMPRI TeamIndia was the first country to launch a publicly funded program solely dedicated to controlling blindness and visual impairment, with the National Programme for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment in 1976. Since then, conscious steps have been...
There is a wave in the Indian stock market. The index continues to set a record high making Investors extremely happy. About 30 stocks have given 100% returns since February. The enthusiasm of investors can be guessed from the fact that in the first two months of the current financial year alone, 44.7 lakh retail investors have opened their accounts. So is the stock market reaching record highs the expectation of the Indian economy?
Krishna RajThe interrelationship between climate change, public health, and Covid-19 is well established. Especially, the Economic Cost of Climate change is pervasive and increasingly observed in Public health in the recent Covid-19 pandemic. This begs a very genuine question...
Although women are disadvantaged in different walks of life everywhere, they enjoy much better status in some societies than others. Perception regarding women’s rights and abilities vary starkly across countries. For instance, while only 1.8% and 5.2% of respondents of the World Values Survey[1] agree with the statements that “men make better political leaders than women do” and “men should have more right to a job than women in times of scarcity” in Iceland, the corresponding numbers are 89.4% and 83% for Egypt. The averages from over 130,000 responses from 83 countries for the two statements are 36.1% and 32.4%, respectively.
Arjun Kumar, Anshula Mehta, Sunidhi Agarwal, Ritika Gupta, Mahima Kapoor, Swati SolankiIn 2020, the Union Government of India finalized rule under 4 labour codes, with the aim of rebooting the economy and building a future of work that is...