Centre proposes National Health Right Act
Draft national health policy which proposes making health a fundamental right also envisages increased role of community in planning and …
Boost for global polio eradication campaign
India's triumph can help other polio-endemic countries understand how to deal with the challenge, Deepak Kapur, chairperson of Rotary’s …
Air India admonished for sale, promotion of e-cigarettes aboard flights
Airline has flouted COTPA law, which prohibits all direct and indirect advertisement of cigarettes and tobacco products
Cess excess: How India’s states remain deprived of what revenue Centre collects
Collection of cesses, surcharges strong tool for central govt to generate revenue, but at cost of states’ share
Cabinet approves National Population Register update
The exercise will be held in 2020 from April to September, along with the house-listing phase of Census 2021
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ओईसीडी के इकोनॉमिक सर्वे ऑफ इंडिया में कहा गया है कि भारत में पुरुष और महिलाओं की बेरोजगारी दर के बीच 52 प्रतिशत अंक की ...
Champaran Satyagraha continues
A century ago, Gandhi tested the idea of satyagraha to fight for indigo farmers. While the crop is seeing a revival in the south, Champaran is in …
Building toilets won’t make India open defecation free: World Bank study
The research analysed attitudes of people in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur, all of whom had toilets in their houses. Almost half were unwilling …
Almost all states in red zone on gender equality: NITI Aayog
Latest report by think tank says that women and girls in the country experience inequalities in every aspect of life
क्या एग्जिट पोल हो सकते हैं गलत, जानिए पूरा गणित
आइए, जानते हैं कि आखिरकार ये एजेंसियों कैसे चुनाव सर्वेक्षण करती हैं और किस पार्टी को कितनी सीट मिलेगी, इसका आकलन कैसे होता है
Can Ayushman Bharat reduce out-of-pocket expenditure?
In poor health part 3: Data shows that most health insurance schemes in India have not provided significant relief to beneficiaries
In Poor Health: Thanks to Ayushman Bharat, free institutional delivery now costs Rs 9,000
First story in the series that explores whether Centre’s flagship scheme will ensure affordable and quality health care for all
Farrukhabad children deaths show the rampant mismanagement in government hospitals
49 children have reportedly died in a month in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad district hospital due to lack of oxygen supply, but the …
Land grab forcing Madhya Pradesh tribals to migrate
The struggle for land recognition is still on with tribals denied rights to own and cultivate even ancestral lands
Study shows social stigma comes in the way of alcoholics opting for treatment
A study says that almost half of the affected were too embarrassed to undertake treatment
Treated but not cured
Ten years after India declared itself leprosy-free, drug-resistant strains emerge. The environment facilitates the spread of the disease
GM flies promise a good night
Amid global protests, scientists find a new way to control malaria by modifying mosquito sperm to produce only male offspring
India shows the way for other polio-endemic nations
After India’s unexpected feat of freeing itself from polio, the target to eradicate the debilitating disease from the world, set in 1988, …
How Aadhaar evolved into an invisible tool to monitor almost all our transactions
Sold as a concept to plug leakages in welfare schemes, Aadhaar is now creating more problems than what it had set out to resolve
Punjab's cold storage owners struggle to stay in business
As potato farmers abandon their produce in cold stores for over a year, storage owners are paying from their pockets to dispose old stock and …
Modi govt may tweak SEZ rules to power up Adani Group
The Department of Commerce has proposed a change in guidelines to let the conglomerate set up a power plant in Jharkhand’s Godda district
1.5 crore people didn’t avail Ujjwala loan benefit, 1.2 crore didn’t go for refill
While the scheme is touted as one providing free LPG connections to the poor, the cost of the first connection under PMUY is set at Rs 3,200
COVID-19: Where are those pushing for privatised healthcare?
NITI Aayog, which has always advocated privatisation of public health infrastructure, has been silent recently
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भारत के पहाड़ी राज्यों को भी मरुस्थलीकरण ने अपनी जद में ले लिया है। हिमाचल प्रदेश और नागालैंड में हालात की पड़ताल करती डाउन ...
Congress manifesto promises jobs, welfare steps
Five focus areas include: Unemployment, poverty, farm distress, access to quality education and healthcare