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Wednesday, September 10, 2025
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Topic: Healthcare

Expired medicines, no doctors & equipment: What audit of India’s govt health scheme found

CAG report shows in 17 states, including Gujarat and West Bengal, equipment for ultrasound, X-ray and ECG lie idle due to lack of doctors.

Made in India, but Modicare owes a lot to China, South Korea and Thailand

PM Narendra Modi is expected to launch Ayushman Bharat, during his Independence Day speech at Red Fort.

Doctor in your pocket: How digital technology is revolutionising healthcare

Mobile apps that manage cardiovascular health or provide mental health support are now changing how healthcare is practised. 

Superbugs win another round after pharma giant quits antibiotics battle

The fight against life-threatening infections suffered another blow when one of the world’s biggest drugmakers waved the white flag.

As China cancer film hails Indian drugs, New Delhi & Beijing plan big pharma trade push

Beijing recently announced the removal of import tariffs on Indian-made generics, especially cancer drugs, in light of rising healthcare costs.

Fortis’s survival rate bleak but not dead yet

Amidst an unprecedented fall in the EBITDA margins of Fortis, whether its two bidders can revive the company's operations is a million dollar question.

Economy, elections, business & healthcare — what needs to be fixed for a modern South Asia

The South Asia Conclave, conducted by the Oxford University Press, attempted to find ways for nations of the region to better understand their roles in a changed world.

Healthcare being neglected, govt needs to pay more attention and funds, say experts

At the South Asia Conclave 2018, panellists discuss the state of healthcare in India in the face of ‘inadequate funding’. New Delhi: A rising diabetes...

India gets ready for first healthcare centre for the aged

PM Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of National Centre for Ageing at the AIIMS in New Delhi today. Another centre is coming up in Chennai.

2019 in its sight, government bulldozes insurance companies to make ‘Modicare’ a success

Government to fine insurance companies for delayed payments to hospitals; states to have final say on rejecting claims.

On Camera

Lifting night shift ban increased female employment in India—only among big firms

Discriminatory laws limit firms from hiring willing women, and removing such barriers can help narrow the economic gap between developing and developed countries.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

‘Foreign policy rests on hard power’—from 1965 Indo-Pak war to Op Sindoor, key takeaways for India

A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?