Hospitals May Put Off Elective Surgeries Until After COVID-19 Peaks
Mumbai: The central government, in its advisory released on March 20, had directed hospitals and medical institutions to...
In 2015, India Lost 2 Children Below Age 5 Every Minute
Nearly 1.08 million Indian children under the age of five years died in 2015--that’s 2,959 deaths every day or two each...
More Male Foeticides Than Female: Govt. Data Indicate Vast Under-reporting
More male babies were victims of foeticide than female in 2014, the latest year for which data are available, according...
Heat-Wave Death Toll Up 3 Times Over 23 Years
Heat-wave deaths in India have increased 296%, or three times, over the last 23 years with more than 150 already dead...
70% Of Urban India's Sewage Is Untreated
There are four years left for the government target of ensuring all Indians use toilets, but in urban India alone, no...
Quality Of Death: UK Tops, India 67th, Above China
India has been ranked 67th of 80 countries on the 2015 Quality of Death Index, lower than South Africa (34), Brazil...
In 3 Months, Swine Flu Deaths Top Worst Annual Toll
The H1N1 influenza, commonly known as swine flu, has claimed 1,947 lives and infected 32,663 people across India...
How 46 Million Indians Are Being Slowly Poisoned
Around 46 million people in India—or the size of the population of Spain—are exposed everyday to contaminated water,...
