Posts by Neena Bhandari

India V/s Australia: सिडनी का ग्राउंड गुलाबी क्यों हो गया था?

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नीना भंडारी सिडनी से, बीबीसी हिंदी के लिए

भारत और ऑस्ट्रेलिया के बीच खेले जा रहे पिंक टेस्ट मैच के तीसरे दिन सिडनी का हरा-भरा ग्राउंड गुलाबी हो गया. स्तन कैंसर के प्रति जागरुकता फैलाने के लिए यहां क्रिकेट और संस्कृति का अनोखा संगम देखने को मिला. मीडिया रिपोर्ट्स के मुताबिक ग्राउंड पर गुलाबी साड़ी पहने कम-से-कम सौ महिलाएं मौजूद थीं, जो ब्रेस्ट स्क्रीनिंग और केयर के प्रति जागरुकता फैलाने के लिए आईं थीं. ना सिर्फ औरतों बल्कि मर्दों ने भी गुलाबी पगड़ी, कमीज़ और टोपी पहनकर इस अभियान का समर्थन किया.

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BBC Telugu: https://www.bbc.com/telugu/international-46772983

English Translation: English Translation of Pink Sari

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Sunderbans – Wild Water Adeventure

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By Neena Bhandari

Gothkali (West Bengal, India), 28.12.2018 (The Weekend, Khaleej Times): Three cubs frolicking around a tigress sprawled under the shade of a Sal (Shorea robusta) tree is one of the many enduring images I have of tigers in the wild. Encounters with big cats are not uncommon in India’s 50 tiger reserves, but in the mangrove forests of the Sunderbans, this shy predator remains elusive.

A common refrain from visitors to the 2,585 square kilometre Sunderban Tiger Reserve, comprising the world’s largest delta formed by the confluence of three rivers – the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna – flowing into the Bay of Bengal, is that sighting a Royal Bengal Tiger is near impossible.

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Healthcare eludes poorer women in rural Asia Pacific

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By Neena Bhandari

Sydney, 21.12.2018 (SciDev.Net): Rural women in low-income households cannot access healthcare services due to distance and financial reasons. However, overall, healthcare access has improved in 27 countries of the Asia Pacific region over the past decade, says a new joint report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Health at a Glance Asia-Pacific 2018 notes that in Nepal and the Solomon Islands, about three in four women with the lowest household income reported difficulties in accessing healthcare due to financial reasons; two in three reported having unmet care needs due to distance.

The report highlights that achieving Universal Health Coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is based on the “leave no one behind” premise.

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