A recipient of the Bharat Ratna Award in 1961, the Government of India declared July 1 as Doctor's Day as a mark of respect to Dr Roy and his contribution to the field.
The National Crime Records Bureau stated that a total of 326 incidents of child marriages had been reported in the country in 2016. Officials fear that the actual number is far higher than this.
At an ambitious budget of Rs 30 crore, this national size survey will sample 25,000 people using high-tech 3D whole-body scanners. Of the overall budget, the ministry will contribute Rs 21 crore, while the NIFT will pool Rs 9 crore.
The pollution levels in Delhi/NCR become a concern during Diwali - and then all the concern seems to vanish. I wish the alarming pollutants would also just vanish.