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Topic: IMR

Improved neonatal care, immunisation push India’s infant mortality rate to record low—37% drop in decade

Sumi Sukanya Dutta -
Data from 2023 Sample Registration Survey shows India’s IMR has been declining faster than global rate. Delhi, Karnataka, Himachal lead in gains, but regional gaps persist.

‘India a superpower or not’ debate can wait, first answer this—how many new mothers live here?

Nilakantan RS -
An average child in India is comparable to one in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Madhya Pradesh is richer than Bihar. So, why is it still lagging behind in health?

+TFP Nilakantan RS -
Compared to Bihar, Madhya Pradesh has better healthcare infrastructure. But at 637 doctors per million, the former has more registered doctors than the latter.

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Opinion

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

Stela Dey -
The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

There’s a new M-Y formula at work in Bihar this time

Sitharaman’s eighth Budget faces fiscal headwinds — and a calendar dilemma

Economy

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

Udit Bubna -
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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