90.6% hospital births, 96% plus vaccinations: NFHS-6 reflects India's "accelerated progress" in family health parametersIndia's National Family Health Survey-6 shows significant improvements in maternal and child health. Vaccinations and antenatal care have i...
29 May, 2026, 11.13 PM IST
Approve maternity leave for third pregnancy: HC to TN govtThe Madras High Court ruled that the government cannot discriminate in approving maternity benefits, including for third pregnancies. A div...
29 Apr, 2026, 12.42 PM IST
BJP's disruptive doles or TMC's tried & tested tactics? Bengal booths brace for a thrilling climaxBJP has launched an aggressive and multi-pronged campaign for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, combining large welfare promises, a ...
29 Apr, 2026, 06.41 AM IST
Cash, culture and security: BJP unveils West Bengal manifestoAmit Shah unveiled the BJP's West Bengal manifesto. It offers cash welfare for women, youth, and farmers. The party also promises a tough s...
22 Apr, 2026, 09.25 PM IST
Cyclone Ditwah: 375 pregnant women shifted to hospitals amid alert in Andhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh authorities are taking swift action as cyclone Ditwah approaches. Nearly 7,900 pregnant women nearing delivery have been ide...
30 Nov, 2025, 10.58 PM IST
Parliamentary standing committee report recommends creation of Anganwadi worker welfare board, doubling honorariumSenior Congress MP Digvijay Singh announced that the Parliamentary Standing Committee has approved recommendations for doubling Anganwadi w...
02 Apr, 2025, 09.11 AM IST
Delhi polls: BJP promises Rs 2,500 monthly for women; Atal canteens in slumsThe BJP unveils its manifesto for the upcoming Delhi assembly polls, emphasizing populist measures including a Rs 2,500 monthly payment for...
18 Jan, 2025, 06.45 PM IST
Pregnant, lactating mothers made aware of side effects of COVID-19 vaccination, Centre tells SCThe Union ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has filed the affidavit on a plea filed by the Delhi Commission for Protection of C...
18 Jan, 2022, 07.22 PM IST
Policy rethink to allow pregnant women get jabs needed: ExpertsExperts said it would be best to explain the risks and benefits to pregnant women and allow them to make an informed choice, while recordin...
14 Jun, 2021, 09.14 AM IST
After Kanpur shelter home case , UP asks juvenile observation centres to decongestA total of 67 centres including child care homes, female shelter homes and juvenile observation centres run by the state house 3,963 inmate...
25 Jun, 2020, 11.56 AM IST
NHRC notice to UP govt on covid-19, pregnancy in Kanpur shelterThe commission said the “contents of the media report, if true, are enough to prima facie believe that the public servants have failed to p...
23 Jun, 2020, 08.17 AM IST
Government looking at enhancing, extending maternity benefitsThe proposal, if it goes through, is likely to cost an additional Rs 400 core to the government if it agrees to reimburse the cost for seve...
04 Jul, 2019, 10.13 AM IST
NCW to take stock of central govt schemes for womenAccording to chairperson Rekha Sharma, the commission has so far surveyed poll bound Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and the state of Bihar.
08 Nov, 2018, 07.13 AM IST
Siddaramaiah to roll out healthy recipe for poor and expecting mothersThe govt is trying to build the programme, Mathrupoorna, on the lines of Anna Bhagya and Ksheera Bhagya, to improve the health of low-incom...
28 Sep, 2017, 11.24 AM IST
Media sees only negatives of Samajwadi govt, says Akhilesh Yadav after criticism for Saifai MahotsavaUP CM Akhilesh Yadav said his government has been running various social welfare schemes also which were not highlighted by the media as mu...
17 Jan, 2014, 03.24 PM IST
Assam to launch five health schemes for over Rs 300 croreThe five different programmes will be launched tomorrow by the Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in the state capital.
31 Aug, 2013, 06.25 PM IST
- Naveen Patnaik woos women voters with sops galore
Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik appears to have got into poll mode like never before by launching a series of welfare schemes.
01 Nov, 2011, 08.26 PM IST