Asha Worker

A man has been arrested in Maharashtra's Latur district for allegedly cheating four ASHA (accredited social health activist) workers of more than Rs 24 lakh by promising to get them jobs in the state health department, police said on Wednesday.

A one-day baby boy was allegedly stolen from a government hospital in Odisha's Balasore district following which he was rescued within 12 hours and two women, including an ASHA worker, were detained, police said on Monday.

A doctor and an ASHA worker allegedly involved in conducting illegal pre-natal gender tests of pregnant women in the national capital were busted in a joint raid by the health department of Gurugram and Delhi, an official said.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced a Rs 5,300 Durga Puja bonus for civic volunteers of the West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police, and ASHA workers employed under the health department.

Thousands of rural health workers are on an indefinite strike across Madhya Pradesh demanding a hike in their monthly stipend and permanent employment status.

The march was organised by the CPM and besides farmers, many workers in the unorganised sector, such as ASHA workers, and members of tribal communities participated in it.

Come rain, sun, hail or indeed a contagion, the band of women who form the bedrock of India's rural healthcare system slog on, anonymous, underpaid and mostly unsung until last week when the WHO honoured them for their efforts in controlling Covid.

ASHA, which means "hope"in English, comprises more than one million female volunteers.

In the past five days, around 80 healthcare workers, including doctors and Asha workers, have tested positive for Covid in Bengaluru. The Karnataka government has issued an advisory asking the public to visit hospitals only in case of an emergency.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today accused the Uttar Pradesh government of "insulting" the work done by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) and promised an honorarium of Rs 10,000 per month for ASHA and Anganwadi workers.

Among the candidates who cracked the examination to join Rajasthan Administrative Service is 40-year-old Asha Kandara. But her story is like no one else's.

From sweeping streets as a municipal worker to becoming a Rajasthan government official, Asha Kandara, 40, has shown what true grit can achieve.

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope today announced that ASHA workers will get an increment of Rs 1,000 in their wages and Rs 500 as Covid allowance per month from July besides a smartphone.

In Assam's Jimirigaon village, Asha worker Kanika Rabha and nurse Rashmi Kachari are going door-to-door screening over 400 residents for Covid symptoms.

The NHRC has issued notices to the the centre and the states over allegations of "poor working conditions" of ASHA workers in the rural areas across the country, the rights panel said on Monday.

A man has been arrested in Maharashtra's Latur district for allegedly cheating four ASHA (accredited social health activist) workers of more than Rs 24 lakh by promising to get them jobs in the state health department, police said on Wednesday.

A one-day baby boy was allegedly stolen from a government hospital in Odisha's Balasore district following which he was rescued within 12 hours and two women, including an ASHA worker, were detained, police said on Monday.

A doctor and an ASHA worker allegedly involved in conducting illegal pre-natal gender tests of pregnant women in the national capital were busted in a joint raid by the health department of Gurugram and Delhi, an official said.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced a Rs 5,300 Durga Puja bonus for civic volunteers of the West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police, and ASHA workers employed under the health department.

Thousands of rural health workers are on an indefinite strike across Madhya Pradesh demanding a hike in their monthly stipend and permanent employment status.

The march was organised by the CPM and besides farmers, many workers in the unorganised sector, such as ASHA workers, and members of tribal communities participated in it.

Come rain, sun, hail or indeed a contagion, the band of women who form the bedrock of India's rural healthcare system slog on, anonymous, underpaid and mostly unsung until last week when the WHO honoured them for their efforts in controlling Covid.

ASHA, which means "hope"in English, comprises more than one million female volunteers.

In the past five days, around 80 healthcare workers, including doctors and Asha workers, have tested positive for Covid in Bengaluru. The Karnataka government has issued an advisory asking the public to visit hospitals only in case of an emergency.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today accused the Uttar Pradesh government of "insulting" the work done by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) and promised an honorarium of Rs 10,000 per month for ASHA and Anganwadi workers.

Among the candidates who cracked the examination to join Rajasthan Administrative Service is 40-year-old Asha Kandara. But her story is like no one else's.

From sweeping streets as a municipal worker to becoming a Rajasthan government official, Asha Kandara, 40, has shown what true grit can achieve.

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope today announced that ASHA workers will get an increment of Rs 1,000 in their wages and Rs 500 as Covid allowance per month from July besides a smartphone.

In Assam's Jimirigaon village, Asha worker Kanika Rabha and nurse Rashmi Kachari are going door-to-door screening over 400 residents for Covid symptoms.

The NHRC has issued notices to the the centre and the states over allegations of "poor working conditions" of ASHA workers in the rural areas across the country, the rights panel said on Monday.