Lockdown, demonetisation to CAA, farm laws: How hasty policies have killed Indians

The costs of these measures have been high but their benefits are contested or unknown. Instead of accountability for deaths, there is authoritarian arrogance.

Anjor Bhaskar

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Rajendran Narayanan

· May 24, 2023 · 09:00 am

‘Man-made disaster’: Could the 13 heatstroke deaths at Maharashtra state event have been prevented?

Lakhs were seated in the harsh afternoon sun for nearly seven hours. Opposition says the massive event was organised for ‘political gain’.

Tabassum Barnagarwala

· Apr 18, 2023 · 01:46 pm

In India, waiting for the drug bedaquiline is a matter of life and death for TB patients

Patient Vaishali Shah who has drug-resistant TB has petitioned the Prime Minister’s office for access to the life-saving drug.

Swagata Yadavar, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 13, 2019 · 02:30 pm

The next time you read about shocking numbers of child deaths, don’t just blame the hospital staff

The bigger challenge is the failure of the health system before the child gets there.

Nayantara Narayanan

· Sep 14, 2017 · 02:30 pm

One in four children who die of tuberculosis is from India

Experts say that TB incidence in children is neglected globally, despite it contributing substantially to overall TB cases.

Mouna Nagaraju

· Aug 22, 2017 · 02:30 pm

The 2010 malaria tragedy: Stories of seven lives unnecessarily lost

An excerpt from 'An Atlas of Rural Health' published by Jan Swasthya Sahyog, a health non-profit in rural Chhattisgarh.

Jan Swasthya Sahyog

· Sep 10, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Bihar hooch deaths: What happens to the body during alcohol poisoning

Often, victims are not able to get intensive medical care on time.

Menaka Rao

· Aug 20, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Enough is enough: An open letter to Narendra Modi from five tobacco widows

On World No Tobacco Day, women whose husbands have died of substance-related diseases share their tragic stories.

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· May 31, 2015 · 09:15 am

How can India become a regional naval power if its sailors keep dying in accidents?

Series of naval mishaps have raised concerns about the fleet.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Nov 08, 2014 · 06:30 am