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1 Year Left For Swachh Bharat Deadline; 54% Rural Households Defecate...
New Delhi: About four (38.9%) of ten Indian households defecated in the open, according to the latest national health...
Indian Babies Heavier Than Ever--And That’s A Good Thing
New Delhi: Indian babies are being born heavier than ever, a sign of better-educated, richer and more aware mothers and...
How A ‘Pro-Poor’ Budget Downplays Programmes That Fund The Poor
Budget speeches are all about messaging. While we all speculated on what the budget will hold for the social sector,...
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...
Budget 2018: 522 Mn Indians Still Defecate In The Open, Putting Them At Risk Of Disease & Poverty
More Indians than ever before now have access to a toilet, but little attention to education and changing attitudes...
Budget 2018: India’s Healthcare Crisis Is Holding back National Potential
India has the world’s highest population of stunted children--short for their age--and the country’s failing primary...
Institutional Births Have Doubled In 10 Years
The percentage of institutional births in India has doubled from 38.7% to 78.9% in the decade to 2015-16, according to...
India Is Unprepared For Its Gathering Teen Sexual Revolution
New Delhi: One in four Indian women (26.8%) is married before 18, and 7.8% of women aged 15 to 19 are pregnant or...
