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Friday, April 10, 2026
TopicRural health

Topic: rural health

Char Dham Yatra duty to count as mandatory district training for post-grad medical students—NMC

National Medical Commission chairman says Centre made the suggestion as it received requests from some quarters including state administration to deploy health personnel for the Yatra.

Rural India’s mental health crisis not invisible anymore. Private ‘champions’ are taking charge

Private players like the LiveLoveLaugh Foundation and Mariwala Health Foundation are bridging mental health gaps with their community programmes in villages across India.

SubscriberWrites: Integrating diagnostics into eSanjeevani could transform India’s rural healthcare

The lack of doctors' personal touch causing mistrust among patients during teleconsultation remains a significant concern in rural India, writes Ritubhan Gautam

ANMs unable to detect high-risk pregnancy, but here’s how Assam is fixing it: IAS officer

UNICEF and Assam govt carried out a pilot project in some districts. The main objective was to understand the critical gaps in the state's sub-centres and ANMs.

In Bihar’s Bhojpur, quacks are ‘Gods who save lives’ as hospitals battle Covid burden

According to 2018 data, Bihar has the lowest ratio of doctors in terms of population in the country. So quacks, commonly known as 'jhola-chhaap doctors', command huge respect in rural areas

Surgeons, gynaecologists, paediatricians — rural health report flags huge specialist shortage

Latest Rural Health Statistics report shows 78.9% shortfall of surgeons, 69.7% of obstetricians & gynaecologists, 78.2% of physicians, and 78.2% of paediatricians.

Better than a ‘proper’ ambulance — how Karimul Hak’s free bike service won him a Padma Shri

In ‘Bike Ambulance Dada’, Biswajit Jha writes about how Karimul Hak saved 4,000 lives with his free bike-ambulance service.

Modi govt’s Ayushman Bharat could be behind sharp spike in rural health inflation

Data released by government shows rural health inflation was at 10.14 per cent in December 2018, more than double since September 2018.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.