India makes significant progress in reducing maternal mortality decline, on course to meet SDG targetIndia's maternal health has seen a remarkable transformation, with maternal deaths having fallen significantly, a global achievement. This ...
29 May, 2026, 10.34 PM IST
Train halted for over two hours as pregnant elephant delivers calf on the tracks: Watch viral videoIn Jharkhand, a goods train was stopped for two hours to protect a pregnant elephant giving birth on the tracks. Forest officials intervene...
09 Jul, 2025, 01.07 PM IST
Air pollution in Indian districts significantly increased death risk across age groups, study findsA study led by the International Institute for Population Sciences identified a correlation between air pollution and increased mortality r...
27 Aug, 2024, 02.18 PM IST
India, Norway extend health cooperation with 4th phase of NIPIA health initiative between Government of India and Government of Norway, the Norway India Partnership Initiative (NIPI) Phase 3 builds on ...
02 May, 2024, 08.47 AM IST
India's DPI great model for world to learn from: Gates Foundation presidentOn the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, the foundation's president of global development, Christopher J Elias also sai...
16 Jan, 2024, 12.45 PM IST
Newborns born on the day of India's conquest of moon named 'Chandrayaan' in OdishaThe successful landing of India's Chandrayaan on the Moon has inspired families in Odisha's Kendrapara district to name their newborns afte...
24 Aug, 2023, 01.40 PM IST
Odia woman gets PM Modi's praise for making solar energy medium of employmentIn his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat, Modi also hailed the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar, for developing a batte...
30 Oct, 2022, 06.58 PM IST
Over 300 births recorded amid cyclone fury, parents rush to name newborns 'Yaas'Several of these children were born on Tuesday night, when the cyclonic storm was approaching the country's eastern coast, while there are ...
27 May, 2021, 05.58 PM IST
Mega reforms in medical education sector, e-cigarettes ban highlights of health ministry in 2019In a huge step towards boosting the availability of human resources for the health sector, the ministry in 2019 initiated the process of co...
29 Dec, 2019, 12.46 PM IST
How a telemedicine innovation is preventing blindness in premature babiesA unique tele-imaging screening model that originated in Karnataka and has been taken to other states offers hope to premature babies at a ...
13 Dec, 2015, 02.43 PM IST
Maternal and infant mortality increased steadily in GajapatiMaternal and infant mortality in Odisha's tribal-dominated Gajapati district increased steadily amid ill-equipped healthcare facilities.
07 Sep, 2015, 12.46 PM IST
Cuttack Sishu Bhawan death toll rises to 27Twenty seven children have died over the last five days at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Paediatrics, known as Si...
25 Aug, 2015, 08.10 PM IST
How two low-cost, made-in-India innovations MiraCradle & Embrace Nest are helping save the lives of newbornsThe machines — MiraCradle & Embrace Nest — that would help cool the newborns cost over Rs 15 lakh and most hospitals in India do not have t...
02 Aug, 2015, 11.16 AM IST
Elephants to arrive in Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary next monthWildlife enthusiasts willing to visit Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary to watch elephant herds in action from close will have to wait for some more...
23 Apr, 2014, 12.42 AM IST
- Chhattisgarh's state bird Bastar Hill Mynah back from the brink
He said like other winged creatures, Mynahs also move from one place to another in search of food.
16 Feb, 2014, 12.41 PM IST
Babies born on cyclone night to be named 'Phailin'They were born at a time when cyclone Phailin hit land close to the Gopalpur coast on the October 12 night.
21 Oct, 2013, 05.36 PM IST
- Goa, Kerala best states in which to be born in India
Goa and Kerala seem to be the best place to be born in India, while Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha are the worst.
02 Feb, 2012, 06.43 AM IST