CRS 2023: How Big Cities Dominate India’s Birth and Death Registrations
TL;DR India registered 252 lakh births and 87 lakh deaths in 2023, continuing its near-complete…
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CRS 2023 Reveals Fragile Progress in India’s Sex Ratio at Birth
TL;DR India’s 2023 vital statistics report shows the Sex Ratio at Birth has improved to…
Spurious Drugs in India: About 1 in 25 Samples Fail Quality Tests (2014–2025)
TL;DR: Spurious and substandard drugs remain a serious public health threat in India, with about 4%…
Rural-Urban Divide Persists in Causes of Infant Mortality
TL;DR Infant deaths in India remain high, especially in the first 29 days, mostly due…
1 in 4 Foods Fail Safety Tests: Why Food Safety Must be an Important Policy Priority
TL; DR1 in 4 food samples in India fail safety checks. From unsafe to sub-standard…
Heavy Rains, Floods, and the Surge of Water-Borne Diseases in India
TL;DRBetween 2005 and 2022, India reported more than 20.98 crore cases of major water-borne diseases,…
Behind the Baby Racket: Hyderabad Case Sparks Nationwide ART & Surrogacy Scrutiny
TL;DRHyderabad’s illegal surrogacy racket exposed deep-rooted exploitation in India’s fertility sector. As infertility stigma drives…
Data: Disparities Persist Despite Significant Reduction in IMR Across States & Regions
India’s Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) was 80 in 1991 but significantly reduced to 27 in…
Data: Despite Progress, MMR in Many Large States Far Above the National Average & SDG Target
Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is a key health indicator used globally to assess outcomes related…
Data: In the 2011 to 2021 Period, 16 of the 22 Major States Recorded Highest Ever Death Rate in 2021
SRS data for 22 major states (including Delhi) revealed that 16 of these states recorded…
