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Elon Musk's tweet on India's falling birth rate goes viralElon Musk's comment on India's falling birth rate has gone viral. India's total fertility rate has now dropped below the replacement level....07 Jun, 2026, 12.18 AM IST- Haryana's infant mortality rate falls to 24 deaths per 1,000 live births, matches national averageHaryana's infant mortality rate has dropped to 24 deaths per 1,000 live births, reaching the national average. This significant achievement...06 Jun, 2026, 08.08 PM IST
- Is India winning the wrong battle on infant mortality?India's infant mortality rate has significantly dropped to 24 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024. This progress is largely due to a surge...02 Jun, 2026, 04.16 PM IST
- Private hospitals drive surge in C-section deliveries across IndiaCaesarean sections are now the norm in Indian private hospitals, accounting for over half of all births. Eastern and southern states show p...30 May, 2026, 06.36 PM IST
- Health services, medical education expansion to be driven by modern tech: Yogi AdityanathUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed health and medical education. He stressed improving treatment quality and expanding s...26 May, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
- India ready to provide technical guidance, support in maternal, child healthcare: NaddaIndia is a leader in delivering healthcare interventions with fairness. Union Health Minister JP Nadda highlighted this at the World Health...20 May, 2026, 10.59 PM IST
- How ultrasound plays critical role in healthcare and why PC-PNDT Act deserves careful reformIndia's PC-PNDT Act, enacted to curb female foeticide, has had a modest impact on sex ratios over 30 years. While the law's intent is valid...08 May, 2026, 11.48 PM IST
- India’s maternal mortality drops nearly 80% since 1990: Global studyIndia has achieved a remarkable reduction in maternal deaths, dropping from 508 to 116 per lakh livebirths since 1990. This progress exceed...28 Mar, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
- Govt sets up taskforce to examine maternal mortality rate, age of motherhoodThe 10-member taskforce will be headed under the chairmanship of Jaya Jaitly.06 Jun, 2020, 03.04 PM IST
- India's maternal mortality rate decreasesIndian MMR is declining, slowly but steadily. The maternal mortality rate is the annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births fro...19 Dec, 2016, 06.27 PM IST
- Need to 'promote population': Chandrababu NaiduThe Chief Minister also launched the Rota virus vaccination and Inactivated Polio virus Vaccine immunisation programme on the occasion.20 Apr, 2016, 03.19 PM IST
- Non-communicable, lifestyle diseases a challenge: JP Nadda"We have made a definite progress in the health sector, but many things are still required to be done," Nadda said.07 Jan, 2016, 05.25 PM IST
- 'Bring boys along' in women's empowerment: UnicefReducing infant and maternal mortality rate in India will not be possible if men do not change their mindset and are not involved in the em...27 Aug, 2015, 10.37 PM IST
- Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik plans Rs 50 crore expenditure to reduce maternal mortality rateThe government through its rural health workers would identify the high risk mothers and provide special attention towards health.19 May, 2015, 05.07 PM IST
- Gujarat behind national average in fall in maternal mortality rateGujarat has fared worse than the national average in achieving decline in Total Fertility Rate and Maternal Mortality Rate.06 Jan, 2014, 12.56 PM IST
- Developing world lags on food and nutrition targets: StudyDeveloping nations, including India, lag on meeting targets to provide food & nutrition to their citizens, & child & maternal mortality rat...22 Apr, 2012, 03.53 PM IST
- 13 lakh kids in India die before 1st birthdayOver 55,000 women die due to child birth in India every year. Of the total children born in one year, a mind boggling 13 lakh die before th...16 Jan, 2012, 12.25 PM IST
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