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
UN report lauds India’s sharp decline in child mortality ratesIndia leads in reducing child deaths. A UN report highlights India's success in improving child survival. Significant drops in under-five a...
18 Mar, 2026, 09.27 PM IST
Yakoob Mansuri lost his twin girls while saving other infants who died in Jhansi hospital fireA devastating fire ripped through the neonatal intensive care unit of Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College, claiming the lives of several inf...
17 Nov, 2024, 04.21 PM IST
UN study says India among 10 countries that make up 60 % of global maternal deaths, still births, new born deathsIndia leads a list of 10 countries that together account for 60 per cent of global maternal deaths, stillbirths and newborn deaths, and 51 ...
10 May, 2023, 12.00 PM IST
Seven-months pregnant Indian tourist dies in Lisbon, Portugal; Health minister resignsShe announced her resignation five hours after the death of the Indian pregnant woman in Lisbon. According to local media reports, the 34-y...
01 Sep, 2022, 02.55 PM IST
NHRC notice to Rajasthan govt for infants' death in hospitalThe NHRC said it has taken a suo motu cognisance of a media report about death of two infants at Amrit Kaur Hospital run in Ajmer in Rajast...
23 Apr, 2022, 08.02 AM IST
Fire: 3 infants died of burns, 7 suffocated, says Maharashtra ministerAccording to doctors, ten newborn babies, aged between a month and three months, died after fire broke out in the Special Newborn Care Unit...
09 Jan, 2021, 11.51 AM IST
India's child mortality rate declined between 1990 and 2019: UNThe 'Levels & Trends in Child Mortality' Report 2020 said that the number of global under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record...
09 Sep, 2020, 10.13 AM IST
With under-5 mortality down, India set to achieve its MDGIn 2014, India averted 1.26 lakh more deaths among children under-five years of age, according to data which are part of sample registratio...
21 Sep, 2016, 11.43 AM IST
Tatas, RIL, Gates Foundation launch save mother & child schemeThe alliance has structured its model in consultation with the National Health Mission and will working in synergy with the governments at ...
04 Nov, 2015, 09.06 PM IST
BJP demands white paper on death of 11 infants in Tamil NaduYesterday, Chief Minister O Panneerselvam said the deaths were due to "natural" causes and not "due to medical negligence."
19 Nov, 2014, 02.41 PM IST
- Malda Crib death toll rises to 27
While three children died this morning, another died last night, hospital sources said today.
28 Nov, 2012, 11.03 AM 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
- Lured by higher salary, nurses make a beeline for govt hospitals in MP
But in a reverse brain drain, 30 nurses from private hospitals in Madhya Pradesh quit last year to work in government-run sick and newborn ...
29 Jan, 2012, 09.22 AM IST
- India accounts for highest newborn deaths: UNICEF
More than one in five children who die within four weeks of birth is an Indian despite improvements in child mortality rates worldwide, the...
22 Jan, 2008, 09.35 PM IST
- Breastfeeding babies can prevent neonatal deaths
Breastfeeding babies immediately after birth can prevent a significant number of neonatal deaths in developing countries, United Nations Ch...
03 Aug, 2007, 10.00 AM IST