Inclusion of the Excluded in 2020- Disability, National Education Policy and India

by- Salil Kumar Tripathy INTRODUCTION The education system in India has evolved in the past decade upon various dimensions such as improved infrastructure, increasing student count and new enrolments. The Right to Education Act 2009 has been a pivotal force in bringing this transformation in the educational map of India. The same soon translated in...

UNFOLDING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: A BOON OR BANE?

By- Harsh Khanchandani & Inesh Bachheria INTRODUCTION In response to India's ratification to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities[i], The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act (RPwD)[ii] was adopted in the year 2016. When this Act was passed, it was considered as a landmark and an important development because it...

TOWARDS BETTER MENTAL HEALTH FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS, MORE EFFICIENT CONTROL OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC

By- Satvik Chaudhary Overview The virus SARS-COV-2 appeared first in the final quarter of 2019 allegedly, and it has been the cause of an omnipresent pandemic ever since. Its effects have been felt cross-sectionally across all age groups, professions, nationalities, races, classes, inter-alia, but perhaps by some more than others. Healthcare Workers (hereinafter, HCWs) have...