ASHA workers protest in front of the State secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, to press their demand for a hike in honorarium, retirement benefits and improved service conditions | Photo Credit: TH ...

For weeks, in Kerala, tens of thousands of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) have been fighting for fair remuneration, retirement benefits, and formal recognition of their occupation.

On Monday, Shashi Tharoor, an MP from Kerala, said the Asha volunteers were "unsung heroes" of India's healthcare system and the "protests highlight the systemic undervaluation of community health ...

Amid ASHA workers’ agitation and with Assembly elections due next year, Congress MPs from Kerala Monday sought Centre’s intervention to resolve the issues of wage hike and social security cover, and ...

It is also said that the CPM has been attempting to undermine the ASHA workers' agitation, claiming that it is politically motivated and that the agitators do not have the support of the majority ...

A photo of Asha Degree at age nine (left) and an age-progressed photo released 20 years after she disappeared. (FBI) Degree was 9 years old when she disappeared from her home in Shelby, North Carolina ...

Claim: The video shows the police arresting ASHA workers during the ‘Chalo Vijayawada’ dharna held on March 6, 2025. Fact: The claim is false. The video is old. The AP government confirmed it shows ...

Asha Degree vanished from her Shelby home in 2000. WBTV reported that Degree was last seen being pulled into a 1970s green Lincoln Thunderbird, or a similar vehicle. Degree was reported missing by her ...