Don’t Break a leg!

Anorexia can negatively impact bone density and cause fractures in patients. By Priyanka D Bengaluru, April 12, 2019: People with anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder that is characterized by an irrational fear of weight gain, are likely to experience bone loss and fractures at later stages. The National Center for Biotechnology Information’s website states that anorexia symptoms […]

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The Shame Game

Women candidates standing from different parties being shamed not only affects their mental health and reputation in public, but also the reputation of the party they represent. By Priyanka D Bangalore, April 11, 2019: Lok Sabha elections are seeing a rise in women candidates being shamed on the basis of their gender. Recently, Priyanka Gandhi, […]

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Miners Protest for Free Trade

Mining dependents protest at Freedom Park for preference of Karnataka iron ore over imports. By Priyanka D Bangalore, March 26, 2019: Mining dependents from Bellary, Hospet and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka join in a protest regarding free trade, to ensure regular business for truckers, small scale industries and lakhs of other mining dependents. In 2013, […]

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Get Your Facts Straight!

Newly emerging websites help fact-check people’s questions. Fact-checking websites are coming up with new niche topics to help get people answers that they cannot get factually answered anywhere else. Websites like Check4spam has this exact game plan. Check4spam, a scientific and news checking website, only allows verified researchers and doctors answering questions on their website, […]

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Biases Hurt Gender Nonconforming People

Discrimination against gender nonconforming, non-binary, and transgender people prevails Taking into account how the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights Bill of 2018), and Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection, and Rehabilitation Bill of 2018) saw a huge backlash by the transgender/gender non-conforming community, it can very easily be deduced that no matter how many amendments are […]

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Asexuality Still Invisible in the LGBT Community

Ace-discrimination amongst the community still evident in the country By Priyanka Dhaundiyal Bangalore, Jan. 31, 2019: While the ‘A’ in LGBTQIAPH (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersexual, Asexual, Pansexual, Hijra) acronym stands for ‘Asexual’ and not ‘Ally’, the prevalence of asexual discrimination within the community is still quite prominent. Problems faced by asexual people range […]

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