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Newsmakers

This auto-rickshaw driver helps leprosy patients lead a dignified life

Setting aside eight hours of his day for the patients, the driver has been treating the patients for the last 20 years.

15 Oct 2017 11:41 AM GMT

Newsmakers

I have an ocean of opportunities awaiting me: Manushi Chillar

Chillar has mixed emotions about life-changing journey she has been on, says year has seen her growing and evolving as...

19 Nov 2018 10:59 AM GMT

Metros

Leprosy awareness drive begins

Currently there is very little awareness regarding leprosy.

21 Jan 2019 8:22 PM GMT

Life

Photo exhibition to generate leprosy awareness

According to World Health Organisation, in 2016, a total of 2,14,783 cases of leprosy were reported worldwide.

3 May 2018 2:11 AM GMT

Life

Six common types of disgust that protect us from disease revealed for...

Our long coevolution with disease has wired in†this intuitive sense of what can cause infection.

5 Jun 2018 1:05 PM GMT

India

Frame scheme for rehabilitation of leprosy patients: SC tells Centre,...

The apex court said the scheme shall be aimed at eliminating stigma associated with people afflicted with leprosy.

14 Sep 2018 3:01 PM GMT

India

Leprosy patient, 30, raped in UP hospital

The victim belongs to Ranchi in Jharkhand and had been admitted by the government railway police, hospital sources said.

26 Aug 2017 7:33 PM GMT

Metros

Maharashtra tops list of child lepers

We had 99,417 suspected cases and out of these 3,855 cases were tested positive for leprosy, says Dr Sanjeev Kamble.

23 Nov 2016 9:22 PM GMT

Life

India has most number of leprosy cases at 60 percent

The analysis was given by the WHO after it conducted the research in 2015

12 April 2017 4:01 AM GMT