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  • How Goa manages to certify all deaths, while the rest of India struggles to even register them

    How Goa manages to certify all deaths, while the rest of India struggles to even register them

    Tabassum Barnagarwala
    · Jun 06, 2022 · 06:30 am
  • Urban living makes us miserable. This city is trying to change that

    Urban living makes us miserable. This city is trying to change that

    Fleur Macdonald, Mosaic.com
    · Nov 09, 2019 · 11:30 pm
  • When is the moment of death? A study on pig brains shows that dying is not what we think

    When is the moment of death? A study on pig brains shows that dying is not what we think

    Katharina Busl, The Conversation
    · May 04, 2019 · 08:30 pm
  • 15% fewer deaths reported due to TB in India last year: WHO report

    15% fewer deaths reported due to TB in India last year: WHO report

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 30, 2017 · 09:41 pm
  • India needs more than just hospital deliveries to save its newborns

    India needs more than just hospital deliveries to save its newborns

    Swagata Yadavar, IndiaSpend.com
    · Jun 27, 2017 · 01:30 pm
  • A small rise in summer temperatures in India could result in a big jump in heat-related deaths

    A small rise in summer temperatures in India could result in a big jump in heat-related deaths

    Nayantara Narayanan
    · Jun 12, 2017 · 05:30 pm
  • India’s infant mortality has dropped 68% in 41 yrs – but it still lags behind its neighbours

    India’s infant mortality has dropped 68% in 41 yrs – but it still lags behind its neighbours

    Swagata Yadavar, IndiaSpend.com
    · May 06, 2017 · 09:30 pm
  • Poor sanitation and unsafe water are killing children in India

    Poor sanitation and unsafe water are killing children in India

    Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com
    · Apr 28, 2017 · 09:30 pm
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    Trying to understand chikungunya? Everyone, including Delhi's health minister, is

    Priyanka Vora
    · Sep 17, 2016 · 05:45 am