Medicine for drug-resistant TB added to government programme
The drug will be introduced in six tertiary care centers across India
Ayushman Bharat lucrative for insurance companies, burden for beneficiaries
In poor health part 4:Since most Indians are still not covered under any health insurance, Ayushman Bharat, world’s biggest health …
Economics of population
The 15th Finance Commission has recommended the use of Census 2011 instead of the norm of considering Census 1971, and this change has led to …
Unaware people, unavailable options help carbon emitting light bulbs sell
Sale of incandescent bulbs, which consume four times more power than a CFL, accounted for half the total sale of bulbs and tubelights in India …
आजादी का संघर्ष
एक तरफ गांव स्वशासन की घोषणा करते जा रहे हैं, दूसरी तरफ सरकार इसे गैरकानूनी और सख्ती से कुचलने की बात कह रही है।
WHO nod for new TB drug
Issues guidelines for use of bedaquiline that can treat multi-drug resistant tuberculosis
No new vision in BJP manifesto
The document makes the same old promises of doubling farmers’ income by 2022, housing for all and bridging the doctor-patient ratio
NYAY a positive step: UBI pilot study lead researcher
Calling it a good intiative, Sarath Davala questions how the Congress will implement such a scheme
दुनिया में मांस का बढ़ता उपभोग, जमीनों पर डाल रहा दबाव : यूएनसीसीडी
यदि प्रति दिन प्रति व्यक्ति मांस के 100 ग्राम उपभोग में महज 10 ग्राम की कटौती कर दे तो मानव स्वास्थ्य और जलवायु परिवर्तन ...
Are we losing the war on dengue, chikungunya and mystery fever?
Be it heavy breeding, unplanned construction or possible virus mutation, the dengue and chikungunya cases have spiraled out of control this year. …
Victims of rehabilitation
To swindle money from the Narmada dam rehabilitation scheme, lands of thousands of tribal families have been given to the dam-displaced people …
Parliamentary panel recommends reduction of pictorial warnings on tobacco products
The committee has taken the decision in view of the possible loss of livelihood of bidi workers and the increase in illicit trade of tobacco products
Civil society opposes legalising sex determination
Union minister Maneka Gandhi had said that sex determination should be made mandatory as a solution to female foeticide
Vyapam virus
The scam in Madhya Pradesh exposes the criminal nexus which has infected India's medical education system
After India, China rejects patent claim for hepatitis C drug Sovaldi
Activists claim that the drug was developed using previously published information and an existing compound
Will India manage to survive international pressure to save its pro-people patent law?
US continues to question India’s patent regime in its latest report. The country was kept in the category where unfavorable conditions …
Apex court recognises third sex
The verdict will help transgenders who face problems accessing public healthcare
Modi bats for South-South ties, plastic ban at UNCCD meet
PM raises land reclamation target to 26 mln hectares by 2030
India still has a high rate of malnutrition, reveals new National Health Survey
West Bengal has more wasted children than a decade ago
Left to starve: How COVID-19 is hitting India’s children
The COVID-19 lockdown is likely to render millions of children in India malnourished
India’s rate of reducing carbon footprint with greenery a flat line for years
The country has not been able to raise its carbon emission reduction rate from 12 per cent for the last decade
Emergency call
Nearly 140,000 people in India died in road accidents in 2013, more than the death toll from many communicable diseases. But the country does not …
Is the government's Ujjwala target achievable?
The ambit of the Ujjwala scheme is to be increased from five crore to eight crore beneficiaries
एमपी अजब है
मध्य प्रदेश के श्योपुर में कुपोषण ने दो बच्चों की जिंदगी खत्म कर दी। प्रदेश में कुपोषण से पिछले साल 100 से अधिक बच्चों ...
A long wait
In Panna district of Madhya Pradesh, delays in setting up power connections have marred the village residents' hope for a better life