Health, Rural Sector Focus of Budget 2018
Health and agriculture were the focus of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in its last full budget ahead of the 2019...
2 Years To Swachh Bharat Mission Deadline, 62% Districts Still Report Open Defecation
With less than two years remaining until the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) deadline, 62.5%, or 400 of India’s 640...
18 Children Die In Gujarat Hospital, Spotlighting State’s Malnutrition, Infant Mortality
As national attention was focussed on the death of 18 children over three days in Ahmedabad’s main civil hospital in...
C-Section Rates Reveal The Need For Smarter Indian Healthcare Policy
In 2011-12, more than 50% of deliveries in nine of 10 Telangana districts were caesarean section deliveries...
4 Indicators Of India's Cashless Growth -- And Hurdles To Future Expansion
As India's government--fronted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter account--announced a slew of incentives to...
Inside India's Blood Black Market
New Delhi: Pramod sells a rare commodity--blood. Paid ‘blood donation' may have been banned in India by a 1996 Supreme...
Why Bihar Can Treat Only 0.3% Of Malnourished Children
Poona gives water to her 18-month-old daughter, Urmila, who is suffering from severe malnutrition. Witnessed most in the...
As Population Rises, UP's Healthcare System Collapses
In Uttar Pradesh, the number of public health centres (PHCs), the frontline of the government's healthcare system,...
