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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Topic: Health Ministry

Health ministry to use ‘wonder drug’ aggressively as it steps up war on TB

Himani Chandna -
Number of patients getting this drug to go up from 2,000 to 12,000 to help India eliminate TB by 2025.

Modi govt wants to beat WHO standards on doctors with ‘non-doctors’

Prateek Gupta -
India's doctor to population ratio will be 1:902, better than WHO's standard 1:1000, if the 7.63 lakh AUH doctors are included.

Just 1 doctor to treat 11,000 patients: The scary truth of India’s govt healthcare

Himani Chandna -
Data paints a scary picture of India's healthcare, shows country needs at least 5 lakh more doctors to meet world standards

Colleges and universities asked to get India to stop spitting everywhere

Kritika Sharma -
Calling it a ‘social problem’, the higher education regulator said there is a need to raise voice against the practice of spitting in public places.

Mamata Banerjee is in denial mode on Bengal’s dengue crisis

Rajat Roy -
To protect herself, Mamata Banerjee is forcing her administration to turn a blind eye to full-blown public health crisis.

Modi government’s pet e-Sampark database hits privacy roadblock

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Days before Supreme Court judgement on privacy, health and railway ministries had raised concerns over sharing citizens’ details for the new database. Before the Supreme...

Anitha’s suicide over NEET highlights why Centre can’t impose policies on Tamil Nadu

C Lakshmanan -
It is no surprise then that Tamil Nadu, which has a century-long tradition of social justice, was at the forefront of opposing NEET.
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Opinion

The speech PM Modi should deliver this Independence Day

Sagarika Ghose -
For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.

Mumbai fashion weeks need a revamp. Not Dharavi & Girgaon

Caged parrot or fearless eagle? India should give the Shastri formula a try

Economy

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

Sampurna Panigrahi -
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Defence

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

Javaria Rana -
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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