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Topic: C-section

Andhra has 3rd highest C-section rate in India. How it’s trying to reverse trend, with midwives at helm

Pan-India, C-section increasingly becoming an elective surgery rather than one driven by medical necessity. A state govt pilot project, which has kicked off in Tenali, aims to change this.

SubscriberWrites: The alarming trend of C-section deliveries in India

WHO recommends that the ideal rate of C-section deliveries in any country should be between 10-15%. But in India it has gone up to 23.92%.

3-minute film & songs are the tools in this Telangana district’s battle against c-section surge

The film, made by and starring employees of Rajanna-Sircilla administration, is currently in post-production phase, and is expected to be released by end of this week.

Temple posters, orders to priests: How Telangana district is fighting ‘auspicious’ caesareans

In April, Karimnagar collector issued instructions to doctors & priests against needless surgery. Hope is if 'auspicious date' perk is removed, parents will opt for natural birth.

47.4% babies born in private sector via C-section, far above 14.3% in govt facilities, NFHS shows

The national C-section rate is 21.5%, higher than what the World Health Organization terms “ideal", 10-15%, according to National Family Health Survey.

Caesarean deliveries have become an ‘epidemic’ in India — record 300% jump in last decade

New Delhi: Indians are opting for cesarean operations for delivery of children more than ever, latest government data shows. Since 2008-09, cesarean-section deliveries — also...

On Camera

Dubai Air Show crash needs calm analysis, not outrage and noisy nationalism

Sometimes the machine just gives up, unable to keep pace with the will of the military mind of the air warrior. That’s what happened in Palam 1989 and Dubai 2025.

Chhattisgarh pitches state as hub for ‘specialty steel’, nets investment plans of Rs 6,321 crore

Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector. 

Asim Munir set to take charge as overall commander of Pakistan military, most powerful Army chief ever

In largest overhaul of military command in 5 decades, Field Marshal Asim Munir set to assume post of Chief of Defence Forces tomorrow, as Army claims primacy in Pakistan armed forces.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.