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Budget 2021 updates: Focus on healthcare, Covid, boost for infra in poll-bound states

137% hike in health and wellness budget, agri infra cess, infra push — Nirmala Sitharaman announced a slew of allocations as she presented Budget 2021 Monday. Follow updates here.

Cancer cases needing surgery to rise by 5 million by 2040 globally — Lancet Oncology study

Another paper, an observational study in The Lancet, highlights that patients in low- and middle-income countries are 4 times more likely to die from colorectal or gastric cancer.

Lack of access to contraceptives in 2020 is a pushback for India’s population plans

Women are at the frontline of India’s pandemic response, yet they suffered the most when it came to healthcare in 2020.

Pharma companies to cut prices of news drugs by 51% to access Chinese market

Patients will only need to pay a small fraction of the cost of these drugs as the lion’s share of the bill will be footed by China’s $373 billion national medical insurance fund.

Lancet forms panel led by Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, others for India’s universal health coverage

The aim of the initiative is to ‘harness citizens’ engagement to address the long-standing need for India to move towards genuine Universal Health Care’.

Covid pandemic has shown India the utility of smaller facilities over mega hospitals

In 'Till We Win', public health expert Chadrakant Lahariya, scientist Gagandeep Kang and AIIMS director Randeep Guleria write that Covid has shown the link between India’s health and economy.

India needs to ensure mothers’ higher education to eradicate child malnutrition, study says

The study by Indian Council for Research on International Relations found that mortality and nutritional security are closely interlinked.

Investing in public health most important lesson of Covid pandemic, says WHO chief scientist

Addressing the 15th JRD Tata Memorial Oration, Soumya Swaminathan highlighted the impact of the pandemic on education, violence against women, reproductive health and services.

Breathe new life into public health. Far too many Indians rely on Baba Ramdev, Akshay Kumar

A marginal patient opts for private healthcare over govt services the moment it becomes affordable, despite the distrust. The goal should be to reverse this.

More than half of France in red zone, hospitals in Jakarta lack capacity & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

On Camera

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.