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Modi govt’s last full budget: Health, agriculture, education to get boost

One of the major moves could be a national scheme to extend medical insurance worth Rs 5 lakh each to over 20 crore people.

Wealthy, urban & Jain: Data reveals who is undergoing the most caesareans in India

The National Family Health Survey reveals where caesarean sections are used most and the concerns the data raises.

52% Indian women think it’s okay for their husbands to beat them. Only 42% men agree

Data from the National Family Health Survey found that the number of men who say physical abuse is justified has fallen faster over the past 10 years. 

India’s gender gap slide has been years in the making, and there’s no quick fix

India has slipped to its worst ranking of 108, and experts say improvements are needed across the board – from political representation to healthcare.

Talk Point: Is the Indian economic progress of the past decade failing its women?

The World Economic Forum report says India dropped 21 places since 2016, and 10 positions since 2006 in the Global Gender Gap score. Is India's economic progress failing its women?

Yogi government likely to train ‘quacks’ to check encephalitis deaths

Steps are also being taken to ensure adequate human resources and improved diagnostic facilities are available at primary health centres.

Former head of Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College likely to take charge again

Pediatrician Dr. K.P. Kushwaha, who campaigned for use of vaccination to prevent Japanese encephalitis, has been tapped by CM Adityanath.  Kumar Anshuman in Gorakhpur

Global Pulse: Kushner says ‘I did not collude’, NATO offers to broker German-Turkish deal and McCain’s returns to rescue Obamacare replacement

KUSHNER TO CONGRESS: ‘I DID NOT COLLUDE’ In closed testimony to the U.S. Senate Monday, President Trump’s son-in-law and Senior White House Advisor Jared Kushner boldly denied colluding with the Russian government’s intrusion into the 2016 U.S.

Global Pulse: Erdogan rallies support, Macron aimed to charm Trump back to Paris & Israel reopens holy site

TURKISH LEADER RALLY’S SUPPORT ON ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF COUP Hundreds of thousands of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s supporters gathered across the country to commemorate one-year since the failure of a coup designed to remove the nation’s leader from power.

On Camera

Maratha Mandir is a time machine. Young SRK is a tequila shot

The only reason most of us like Raj is because he comes in a SRK-wrapped package. There simply is no other reason. Imagine any other actor playing Raj and you will get the ick.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.