COVID-19 a double whammy for India’s urban poor
There is the shock of the pandemic plus the loss of livelihood
Debate: Should Indian government put a comprehensive ban on commercial surrogacy?
The surrogacy market in India is worth over US $2 billion. India is now planning to regulate this trade. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, …
Ayushman Bharat: Govt appeasing private interests
At an industry organised event, government representatives were seen appeasing concerns of private healthcare providers regarding the …
‘Faults inactive for long period could pose greater hazard’
Chan Lung-sang, professor at Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, speaks to Kundan Pandey about the probability of a bigger …
Concern for increasing population in India just a political rhetoric
India’s population will soon stabilise, but the government is just not noticing the facts
J&J hip implant: govt not sharing report that recommended compensation
There are chances Johnson and Johsnon will try to influence the report, submitted six months ago, say the patients in a letter to the health ministry
Funding crime but claiming immune to judicial process
The IFC-funded power project is destroying livelihood of fishermen in Gujarat, but the funding agency is hiding behind an immunity law
Ujjwala scheme: Are cleaner cooking fuels affordable and accessible?
The Centre’s Ujjwala programme can be a game changer, but a few bottlenecks remain
People are turning to private hospitals despite high costs, shows NSSO data
More than 70 per cent of ailments were treated at private facilities in both rural and urban areas
Commercial surrogacy could soon be illegal in India
Health industry estimates put the size of India's surrogacy business at about Rs 900 crore
एंटी-मलेरिया दवा: दुनिया को दवा के मामले में आत्मनिर्भर होना ही होगा
ऐसा नहीं होना चाहिए कि किसी एक देश के संकट में आने से पूरी दुनिया संकटग्रस्त हो जाए
TRAI supports net neutrality, no differential pricing in India
Decision a huge setback for Facebook’s free internet scheme
COVID-19 will be a roadblock to solar power in India
The lockdown caused by the pandemic will make it difficult for the country to meet its solar power targets
India ratifies nuclear liability convention
The ratification may attract international nuclear suppliers to invest in the country
47 per cent of Indian women still marry before 18, says new Lancet Report on adolescent health
It also says that the rate of rural Indian girls marrying before 18 years is twice that of their urban counterparts
Can Yoga cure cancer?
As Union Minister makes startling claim, Down To Earth speaks to experts on the subject
Government stand against EU ban on Indian drugs much needed, says industry
Standing against the arbitrary ban on 700 drugs, India has decided to defer the proposed talks on the free trade agreement between India and the EU
High prices of food lead to malnutrition, says study
Poorer households have the smallest food reserves and are therefore hardest hit by rising food prices: study
No punitive action to control population, India commits in Nairobi
Global commitment comes at a time when demand for punitive actions have grown back home
महामारी से तब भी पीड़ित थे, अब भी पीड़ित हैं : कांचा इलैया
जब भी कोई महामारी होती है तो कम प्रतिरक्षा और अन्य कारणों से गरीब सबसे अधिक शिकार होते हैं।
Patients pay for high margins of pharma firms
Patients in India end up paying more for medicines and all kinds of treatment as prevailing conditions do not allow the market to function …
कोविड-19: कहां हैं प्राइवेट अस्पतालों की वकालत करने वाले लोग?
सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य सेवाओं के निजीकरण की हमेशा वकालत करने वाला नीति आयोग ने हाल में चुप्पी साध ली है
COVID-19 lockdown will damage more than demonetisation: Pronab Sen
DTE talks to Pronab Sen, head of the Centre's Standing Committee on Economic Statistics, to make sense of the lockdown
Inequality in health indicators on the rise in India: Economic Survey
The Economic Survey says that progress in healthcare has been slower than other countries equal in progress and GDP per capita
Medical draft Bill will commercialise education, say doctors
NITI Aayog is championing privatisation and commercialisation of medical education in India, says the Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare