scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Saturday, February 21, 2026
TopicHealthcare scheme

Topic: healthcare scheme

ESIC recruits 1221 doctors, boosting healthcare services

General duty medical officers, assistant professors, and specialists join the team.

‘20 ICU beds & 613 admissions, sign of statewide crisis’: Advocacy group’s report on Nanded deaths

Fact-finding team of Jan Swasthya Abhiyan visited the DSCGMC hospital where 24 patients died in 24 hours last month. Report says these deaths 'just tip of iceberg'.

Financial burden of child births is rising in India – even in free public health facilities

ISEC Bangalore researchers studied NFHS data to find that out-of-pocket expenditure for a normal delivery at a public facility is higher for rural households (Rs 5,368) than urban (Rs 4,330).

Modi govt plans biometrics to fight ‘ghost patients’ of Ayushman Bharat

In an exclusive interview, Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan talks of checking fraud under Ayushman Bharat and govt's plans for second year of the scheme.

Day before Ayushman Bharat launch, Haryana asks where are the beneficiaries

A pilot of Ayushman Bharat struggles with enrolment numbers as Haryana is yet to locate beneficiaries. Modi’s pet project will be launched Sunday.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.