Hockey India's High-Performance Director Herman Kruis on Thursday hosted a for leading hockey academy coaches at the Hockey India office here, the focus of which was on enhancing grassroots development and charting out a comprehensive strategy .
Lymphatic filariasis, or elephantiasis, is a neglected tropical disease affecting thousands in India. It is most prevalent in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, where poverty and limited access to healthcare services contribute to its spread. Patients face physical limitations, social stigma, and abandonment by their families.
A female teacher in Bihar took all the schoolchildren to a nearby temple to make them swear in the name of God that they had not stolen her Rs 35 from her purse. Read more about this incident and the reaction of the villagers.