Avoidable Deaths
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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 & Rajendran Narayanan
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‘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
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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
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Seven Kashmiri students arrested after row over celebrating India’s World Cup loss
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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Stolen fingerprints, empty bank accounts: How customers are paying for gaps in Aadhaar
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup preview: All you need to know about India’s campaign in Chile
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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
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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
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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
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IFFI Goa: Michael Douglas tries the ‘Naatu Naatu’ hookstep, delivers Amitabh Bachchan’s dialogue
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Caught on camera: Panic after passenger jumps out of emergency exit of plane at US airport
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Watch: Rescuers celebrate after an infant is pulled out alive from the rubble of her home in Gaza
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Watch: This performing duo danced like puppets at an engagement party
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Filmfare OTT Awards: Actor Rajshri Deshpande dedicates her win to Gaza victims, Indian farmers
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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
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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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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
The Reel
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee stars in survival drama ‘Joram’
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Start the week with a film: Darbhanga blues in ‘Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar’
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Eye Spy: What doing the ‘dunki’ means – and where we first heard the term
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In music-themed ‘Chamak’, looking for the ‘spirit of Punjab’ beyond its stereotypes