3 Million Truckloads Daily: India's Real Trash Problem
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may want a “Swachh Bharat” (clean India) by 2019, but sweeping the streets does not address...
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,...
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...
1 Laboratory For 8.8 Million, As India Faces Food-Safety Crisis
Faced with a growing food- and water-contamination crisis, India has only 148 food-testing laboratories. In...
61% Rise In Heat-Stroke Deaths Over Decade
There was a 61% increase in the number of deaths due to heat stoke across India between 2004 to 2013, according to...
Facts Belie Minister's Immunisation Prediction
A medical worker administers polio drops to an infant at a hospital in Agartala, Tripura. Health Minister J P...
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...
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...
