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CHILD LABOUR

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                                                               CHILD LABOUR How many child labourers are there in India? According to the ILO, there are around  12.9 million  Indian children engaged in work between the ages of 7 to 17. According to the ILO, there are around  12.9 million Indian children  engaged in work between the ages of 7 to 17 years old. When children are employed or doing unpaid work, they are less likely to attend school or attend only intermittingly, trapping them in the cycle of poverty. Millions of Indian girls and boys are going to work every day in quarries and factories, or selling cigarettes on the street. The majority of these children are between 12 and 17 years old and work up to 16 hours a day to help their families make ends meet. But child labour in India can start even earl...

SWATCH BHARAT

  Skip Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi is the man who led the nation-wide cleanliness campaign named as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. It can be translated into English as Clean India Mission. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a restructured version of Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) implemented in 1999 by the then government, which was later renamed as Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) in 2012. This drive was formulated to cover all the cities and towns of India to make them clean. It was launched on October 2, 2014 in order to coincide with the vision of a Clean India of Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. The first cleanliness drive of this mission was started on September 25, 2014 before its formal launch. Clean India was a dream of Mahatma Gandhi regarding which he once said, “Sanitation is more important than Independence”. During his time, he was very well aware of the poor and dirty condition of the country. The concept of Swachh Bharat is to provide sanitation facilities, including toile...
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              MENTAL HEALTH Mental health refers to cognitive, behavioral, and emotional well-being. It is all about how people think, feel, and behave. People sometimes use the term “mental health” to mean the absence of a mental disorder. Mental health can affect daily living, relationships, and physical health. However, this link also works in the other direction. Factors in people’s lives, interpersonal connections, and physical factors can all contribute to mental health disruptions. Looking after mental health can preserve a person’s ability to enjoy life. Doing this involves reaching a balance between life activities, responsibilities, and efforts to achieve psychological resilience. Conditions such as stress, depression, and anxiety can all affect mental health and disrupt a person’s routine. Although the term mental health is in common use, many conditions that doctors recognize as psychological disorders have physical roots. In this article, ...