Experts back OTC access to NRT across all formats and dosages, including 2 mg and 4 mg, as India struggles with a Tobacco quit success rate under 5%The report highlights the significant economic burden of tobacco use, particularly among low-income households, and underscores how reducin...
India launches projects with UN under Global Capacity Building Initiative for Asia, Africa and Caribbean countriesIn a post on social media platform X, MEA stated, "Fostering South-South cooperation to achieve SDG goals. The first phase of four projects...
India enters top 100 in UN's global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) rankings for first timeIndia has achieved a spot in the top 100 countries for Sustainable Development Goal progress. The UN report ranks India at 99th. This is a ...
India on track to meet SDG health targets well ahead of 2030: GovtThe Union Cabinet reviewed NHM's progress, noting significant advancements in maternal and child health, disease elimination, and healthcar...
WHO felicitates India for elimination of trachoma as public health problemIndia was honored by the WHO for eliminating trachoma, following Nepal and Myanmar. Other recognitions included Bhutan for achieving cervic...
Significant progress in SDGs, but challenges remain: MoSPIThe report highlights significant gains made in maternal and child health, education, poverty and climate change since 2015-16. The Nationa...
India likely to achieve SDG goals for reduction in newborn deaths: Top WHO official"India has taken important steps to improve the quality of care during labour and childbirth, leading to reductions in maternal deaths. Thi...
Almost 90 per cent of Indians more vulnerable to public health issues, food shortages : StudyA study by the University of Cambridge has warned of increased risks to public health and food shortages due to climate change in India. Al...
India likely to miss 2030 deadline for over half of health SDGs: Lancet studyAn international team of researchers found that over 75 per cent Indian districts are off target for crucial SDG indicators like access to ...
Dawaa Dost raises debt fund from Grameen Impact for business expansionThe SDG-3 goal includes access to safe, effective, quality, and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all, along with focus on st...
NE Region District SDG Index: East Sikkim amongst 103 districts across eight statesIn the composite index, all districts in Sikkim and Tripura fall in the front runner category and there are no districts in the aspirant or...
Localisation of SDGs imperative to achieve 2030 Agenda: India at UNTirumurti said that breaking down goals and implementation to sub-national and local levels is the only way to succeed in achieving SDG tar...
Odisha's SDG performance increased by 10 points: GovernmentThe state ranked Number-1 in SDG-13 relating to action on combating climate change and its impacts. The state also ranked No-1 in SDG-14 re...
India slips two spots to rank 117 on 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted as 2030 agenda: ReportIndia ranks below four South Asian countries -- Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, it said. The overall SDG score of India is 61.9 ou...
Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu lead performers in Niti's SDG indexThe index took into account 13 out of 17 goals specified by United Nation's as SDGs and left out four goals because of lack of data at the ...
India witnessing gender disparities against backdrop of rapid economic growth: Gender indexNew Delhi, Oct 1 () India still witnesses gender disparities against the backdrop of rapid economic growth even as the rate of violence aga...
India ranked 143 among 188 countries in health studyIndia's poor performance on hygiene, air pollution mortality are among factors that place it lower than countries like Bhutan, Botswana, Sy...