Young India Network for Good Health

Long Working Hours Make Women Turn to Alcohol | MedIndia A new study conducted by researchers from New Zealand suggest that long working hours may be linked to increased use of alcohol among nurses. <http://www.medindia.net/news/long-working-hours-make-women-turn-to-alcohol-98875-1.htm>

Consumption of premium liquor on the rise in India Livemint Per-capita consumption of alcohol in India, while on the rise from 2.9 litres in 2007 to 3.7 in 2010, is well below that in other key emerging markets. In Russia and China, per capita consumption is 16 litres and 8 litres, respectively, according the ... < http://www.livemint.com/2012/ 03/18224301/Consumption-of- pre mium-liquor.html >  

India's former Mr. Universe turns 100, says "He does not smoke and has never touched alcohol,"  He does not smoke and has never touched alcohol, he said. “I never allow any sort of tension to grip me. I had to struggle to earn money since my young days, but whatever the situation, I remained happy,” Aich said, sitting in a room decorated with ... < http://www.washingtonpost. com /world/asia_pacific/ happiness- key-to-living-to- 100-says- indias-pint-sized- former-mr- universe/2012/03/18/ gIQAjchvJS _story.html >

Visit to Bhim Basti and BalBhawan Mandi  Yesterday we visited the Bal Bhavan to see a graduation program of the radio club –a previous activity conducted by Suneel and Pallavi including several students in English class at Bhim Basti.   Dr.Smith in the year 2011at Pehchaan Radio club a project of Nada India   The graduation itself took more than an hour with speeches by several of the teenagers and an announcement of a 500-800 word essay contest (in Hindi of course).  There were about 75 kids aged 6-18 in the multiple graduation of different Nada India programs.  The constructive enthusiastic attention was impressive—considering the range of ages and topics.  This Bal Bhavan (meaning simply ‘children’s building’)is an extensive 20 building park with displays of paintings, drawings, etc, a large bird house, yoga posters, and other activity centers.  It is a product of prior decades when the Indian government emphasized social uplifting in urban...

A sad story of Punjab...........Bustling liquor vends have crowded out the busy milk bars that were once the characteristic feature of the Punjab highway. Now even the tagline in the advertising campaign for Verka, a Punjab government undertaking that specialises in milk and milk products, sounds more like an admonishment. “Je botal hi peeni hai, dudh di piyo”. If you must imbibe, drink milk, it says. If there was an overarching concern in this poll, an issue that resonated across the state’s regions, it is Punjab’s drug problem. Be it in the predominantly rural and Jat-dominated Malwa region, or in the politically volatile Majha region that runs along the border with Pakistan, or in the Doaba belt which is the NRI heartland and home to the largest concentration of Dalits in the country, it was the same despair, the same urgency..... http://www.indianexpress.com/news/where-voters-fret-about-addiction-and-brute-force/905350/

The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the Centre's response on a plea by students of a private school seeking ban on sale of junk food and aerated drinks in and around educational institutions. A bench of Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw sought the Centre's reply on students' plea and listed the matter for further hearing on January 4. While the plea had been made by civil society Uday Foundation, the Father Angel School students today sought to be made party to the court proceeding on the plea for ban on sale of junk food and aerated drinks in and around schools. "Ban such evidently harmful foods and beverages from the canteen of the schools and from their immediate neighbourhoods," said the students' plea. The bench also asked the Centre to file a status report after its counsel said it has asked all the states to take adequate measure in this regard and various states have sent their action-taken-report on the issue. The plea als...

01/12/2011, NOIDA ,Alcohol and other drugs are biggest barriers in HIV/AIDS prevention among young people  says Suneel Vatsyayan Chairman,Nada India Foundation.  source :Amar Ujjala (Hindi daily newspaper published from Delhi NCR ) for further reading. Please visit the link  http://www.unfpa.org/hiv/iatt/docs/mostatrisk.pdf