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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicUniversal healthcare

Topic: universal healthcare

Indian healthcare tasted the medicine of public-private partnership. Don’t let it go to waste

India's 28% urban population has access to 66% of the hospital beds. But Covid catalysed both public and private sectors leading to collaborations like never before.

Between ‘Covid is over’ and universal vaccination cheer, India lost sight of strategy

India won't achieve vaccination-assisted herd immunity by July end, the mortalities and serious hospitalisations need to be reduced.

A unique SuperCloud is taking shape above coronavirus-hit India. It is unlike US and China

Through the coronavirus pandemic, we have come to appreciate India's digital infrastructure and the power of our smartphones. It's time to further build our SuperCloud.

India should make SuperCloud, disease tracking a must to overcome pandemics like Covid-19

To avoid another pandemic like Covid-19, health and student records may be linked to give admissions to only those students who are vaccinated.

Interest rates only instrument for enhancing growth, says economist Surjit Bhalla

RBI to announce monetary policy today; interest rates tripled from 1.25 per cent to 3.2 in past 14 months, says Bhalla, a member of PM’s eco advisory panel.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

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.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

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.