Debarati Choudhury

Abstract Community-acquired UTI is the most common bacterial infection. We assessed whether gut Escherichia coli profiles are associated with UTI risk and pathogen antibiotic susceptibility in women aged ≥50, antibiotics-free for ≥1 year. In an 18-month prospective observational study, 1,804 participants provided a baseline fecal sample screened for E.

When a Dalit woman of the Sansi nomadic community in Rajasthan’s Churu was raped by dominant caste men in 2018, the village panchayat ordered that the survivor’s family be denied any work in the village and not have access to essential commodities. The panchayat also proclaimed that a fine would be imposed on anyone who would try to help them.

Twelve years after the Forest Rights Act was implemented, many forest-dependent communities are already deriving benefits in many states of India. This is the central question in the People’s Forests Report published by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) recently. The report investigates the implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA), its achievements and challenges through five case studies conducted across the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, West Bengal, and Odisha.