The initial postmortem report attributed the deaths to malnourishment/starvation, prompting the city govt to order a magisterial probe into...

The apex court said the exception in the rape law was contrary to the philosophy of other statutes and violates the bodily integrity of a g...

The direction came on a petition that alleged that the vaccines were unproven when they were administrated.

The Supreme Court asked the Union government to produce the files related to the administration of HPV vaccines, which prevent cervical can...

The infant mortality rate in Delhi in 2013 stood at 24 per 1,000 live births while the number of children born in the city was 3.66 lakh

An annual estimated mortality of 2, 70,000 deaths means that tuberculosis claims one life in India every two minutes.

Delhi, which boasts near-double digit economic growth, has almost half of the population living in slums, and over a couple of lakhs homele...

With nearly 73,000 women dying every year, India now tops the world in cervical cancer deaths according to a new report.

Mistaken identity in a government ad, however, is a trifle for the tree sparrow. It has been up against much worse in the neighbourhood.

India loses $20 billion due to road accidents annually, which the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates is enough to feed 50% of the na...

Calling malnourishment "a national shame", Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said India cannot hope for a healthy future with 42%...

Between 2009 and 2010, the infant mortality rate has increased 18.5%, from 18.96 per thousand to 22.47 per thousand.

The Supreme Court directed the government to allocate additional five million tonnes of food grains to the 150 poorest districts of the cou...

Demanding an increase in the health budget, Save the Children CEO Thomas Chandy said children were dying of preventable and treatable cause...

A new report suggests that 175 million children will be affected every year by frequent natural disasters caused due to climate change.

India is failing its rural poor with 230 million people being undernourished.

Stung by the Congress’ criticism of the Left Front government in West Bengal, the CPM on Tuesday retaliated saying that it should worry abo...