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2.5 Million Deaths In India From Lifestyle Diseases Linked To...
In 2015, 2.5 million of 10.3 million deaths in India due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are linked to pollution,...
With 4th-Highest Shortfall of Specialists, Gujarat Commissions ‘Child Doctors’
New Delhi: With India’s fourth-highest shortfall of specialists nationwide, Gujarat has announced a controversial...

Six Factors That Could Reduce Malnutrition In Madhya Pradesh
Women’s empowerment, better sanitation, and improvement in maternal health could improve the nutritional status of...

Support Groups Welcome New Rare Disease Policy, Seek Incentives For Orphan Drugs
Shashank Tyagi, a 27-year-old Delhi-based businessman, was diagnosed with Gaucher’s disease when he was five. “I still...

While Militancy Made Headlines, Drug Addiction Quietly Spiked In Kashmir
Srinagar: Drug addiction is a bigger challenge than militancy in Jammu & Kashmir today, the state’s director general...

New Toilets In Indian Trains No Better Than Septic Tanks: IIT Study
A new kind of toilet using bacteria to break down human excreta has been deployed in Indian trains over four years to...

Behind Karnataka’s Anger: Rainfall Deficits In 90% Of State
A dried up lake in Dadiganadoddi village, bordering Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, near Biligundlu--where Cauvery water is to...

Understaffed, Underserved: Human Problems Of India’s Public-Health System
On August 15, 2016, in his Independence Day address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised a safety net of up to Rs...
