From mashal marches to daily dharnas to letters written in blood to PM Narendra Modi, Uttarakhand’s hill districts are fighting for the right to healthcare.
Fewer than 50 specialised dementia care centres exist nationwide, most in big cities and run by private hospitals or nonprofits. Millions of families and elders in rural and semi-urban India continue to struggle alone.
The 4-day camp is held under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Bayu Swasthya Seva’ initiative, with a team of doctors from Cuttack airlifted to the location for specialised treatments including surgeries.
ASHA workers in Kerala are demanding a raise in their honorarium from current Rs 7,000 to Rs 21,000, a one-time retirement benefit of Rs 5 lakh, and clearing of their pending dues.
Small & Medium Enterprise hospitals deliver 60% of healthcare services & are growing at 12.9% CAGR. But infra gaps, financial constraints & competition from premium chains are top challenges.
Global media also takes note of how decades of caste discrimination has resulted in higher levels of child stunting rates in India & SC’s outlaw of ‘bulldozer justice’.
Comprehensive Annual Modular (CAM) survey covered 3,02,086 households (1,73,096 in rural areas and 1,28,990 in urban areas) across India, except for some villages in Andaman & Nicobar.
Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.
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.
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