Health

Prioritizing Maternal And Newborn Survival: Time To Look To The Developing World For Affordable Solutions

With America unique among developed and most developing countries in its rising maternal mortality, it's especially encouraging to see significant progress in mothers' and new...

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Govt To Launch Four Health Schemes On Gandhi Jayanti

Health department will launch schemes like "Family Centre Care" for better care of pre-mature babies and underweight babies in sick newborn care units (SNCUs), e-Saadhan for p...

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Non-Communicable Diseases Killed More Indians In 2015

In 2015, India, like other developed countries, had more number of deaths caused by non-communicable diseases. In the case of males, deaths due to non-communicable diseases (3...

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Investing In A Child's Early Years For A Stronger Economy

Over the next two decades, India will have one of the youngest and largest working age populations in the world. On one hand, this is promising news. But for India to capitali...

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Keeping Tab On Child, Maternal Health Gets Smarter In Raj

Accredited social health activists (ASHAs) and Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) carrying heavy registers with hand-written details on pregnant women, antenatal care, post-natal...

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Maternal Mortality Rate In Five Districts 55% Higher Than State Average

A 13-year-old girl in Koppal who was married off at the age of 12 and got pregnant when she was 13, died even before she could get a grasp on life. While her body couldn't bea...

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Maternal Deaths Come Down In Haryana

After a decline in the infant mortality rate, the health department has recorded a 28.8 % decrease in maternal mortality rate during 2015-16, though it is more than Delhi's. A...

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25 Facts In Observance Of World Population Day July 11

In 1989 the United Nations recommended that July 11 should be the day the international community observes World Population Day, a perfect time to highlight population issues ...

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Need For A Robust Steel Framework For Health In India

The latest edition of Unicef’s State of the World’s Children report suggests that 1.2 million children under the age of five died of totally preventable diseases i...

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HPV Vaccination Reduces Cervical Abnormalities In Young Women, Study Finds

Young women immunized against human papilloma virus were significantly less likely to have potentially cancerous cervical abnormalities compared to those who didn't receive th...

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WAR AND PEACE IN CONFLICT

In an age of shifting power, contested truths, and invisible wars, this reflective essay...

March 23 2026

GUJARATI THEATRE PASSION AND PERFORMANCE

Actor Leena Shah reflects on her enduring journey through Gujarati theatre, sharing insi...

March 22 2026

DHURANDHAR REVIEW SPECTACLE VERSUS SUBSTANCE

Dhurandhar – The Revenge unfolds as an ambitious spectacle, blending geopolitics, ...

March 21 2026