Keeping it clean: Why the family of a Delhi man who beat lung cancer won’t burst crackers on Diwali

Businessman Atul Kumar Jain lives in one of Delhi’s most polluted neighbourhoods. His kids don’t want to add to the contaminants that made their father sick.

Ishan Tankha

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Aruna Chandrasekhar

· Nov 07, 2018 · 09:00 am

Nine days after detecting Nipah, Kerala is yet to nail the carrier of the deadly virus

Fruit bats are the primary suspects but the animal husbandry department is struggling to collect enough samples for testing.

TA Ameerudheen

· May 29, 2018 · 01:48 pm

Nine days after detecting Nipah, Kerala is yet to nail the carrier of the deadly virus

Fruit bats are the primary suspects but the animal husbandry department is struggling to collect enough samples for testing.

TA Ameerudheen

· May 29, 2018 · 06:30 am

India 12th worst among 52 lower middle-income nations for newborns, says Unicef report

However, 1.2 lakh fewer children below the age of five died in the country in 2016 than the previous year.

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· Feb 20, 2018 · 10:24 am

Doctors treating North Korean soldier who defected to the South find 11-inch worm in his stomach

Dozens of parasitic worms were found in the soldier’s digestive tract, highlighting the levels of malnutrition and poor hygiene in the isolated nation.

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· Nov 18, 2017 · 10:28 am

Rajasthan: BJP Mandalgarh MLA Kirti Kumari dies of swine flu

She was 50 years old.

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· Aug 28, 2017 · 10:07 am

Cholera killed nearly 2,000 people during the past four months in Yemen, says WHO report

The organisation said that nearly 2,000 people have died of the disease across 96% of the country’s governorates.

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· Aug 14, 2017 · 08:27 pm

Month after India promised treatment for all HIV+ people, stocks of medicines run out in six states

In May, the Health Ministry launched the ‘Test and Treat’ policy that assures treatment to all HIV positive patients, regardless of their immunity levels.

Menaka Rao

· Jun 05, 2017 · 02:30 pm

India has one of the smallest pools of anaesthesiologists in the world

This is a little acknowledged crisis in medical and surgical care, especially for rural India.

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· May 26, 2017 · 05:30 am

1.2 million deaths in India annually because of air pollution: Greenpeace 'Airpocalypse' report

New Delhi topped the list of 20 most polluted cities in the country.

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· Jan 11, 2017 · 09:06 pm

In Bangalore, a new case of possible HIV infection through blood transfusion

Of the 86,000 new HIV infections in the past year, more than 2,200 have been via blood transfusions says NACO.

Aarthi Gunnupuri

· Dec 29, 2016 · 02:30 pm

During Cauvery row, Karnataka fights chikungunya epidemic as 911 people test positive for disease

Data from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare shows the state currently has more than 50% of the total number of suspected cases in the country.

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· Sep 15, 2016 · 09:47 pm