Insurgency-Hit Manipur, India’s Safest State For Childbirth
School children perform during the Republic Day celebrations in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of...
0.21% Of Infrastructure Projects In Health Sector, Reflecting Low Priority
Patients sleep in the corridor of a government-run hospital in the eastern Indian city of Siliguri. The lack of health...
Programme Keeps Mothers Safe But Boosts Population
More mothers are being kept safe and alive thanks to a government programme, but its unintended consequence in...
Rural India Healthier Than Urban India, Malayalees Sickest
As much as 86% of the rural population and 82% of the urban population is without health-expenditure support. ...
Swine-Flu Toll Rises, Panic Need Not
Earlier this week, the Shani mandir—dedicated to Shani Dev, a Hindu god who wards off evil—in Jaipur’s Janta Colony saw...
As India Ages, Dementia Threat Looms
India is a youthful country, for now. According to the Census of India, the population of the country below 35 years of...
