New Delhi: In a move that could transform the way maternal and child healthcare is delivered, the Center has launched a new digital platform – JANANI (Journey to Integrated Antenatal, Perinatal and Newborn Care) to track pregnancy, delivery and newborn care across the country.A key feature is a QR code-based digital maternal and child health … Read more
MK Stalin, Vijay, Edappadi Palaniswami New Delhi: Single largest party, but still short of the throne in Chennai. Tamil Nadu led by super movie star Vijay emerged as a powerful force in Tamil Nadu, breaking the state’s decades-long dominance. DMK and Artificial Intelligence ADMK Along with the wave that swept the movie. However, the path … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Centre’s upgraded child health screening program RBSK 2.0 is facing criticism from disabled doctors’ groups across the country, who say it expands coverage but fails to make disability a core priority, potentially leaving millions of children without access to early diagnosis and care.Disability Doctors: Agents of Change, a group of health professionals … Read more
NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday rejected a Canadian intelligence agency report claiming that India was subject to foreign interference, saying India was a democracy that abides by international norms and respects the sovereignty of other countries. In response to media queries, the Ministry of External Affairs said that India’s position on this issue is … Read more
New Delhi: A Dawoodi Bohra Muslim woman on Thursday questioned the sectarian practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) and said the ritual causes physical harm and irreversible physical and mental trauma to the minor girl, which violates her health and dignity and constitutes an offense under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (Pocso). … Read more
New Delhi: Supreme Court Expressing serious concerns over allowing individuals to challenge religious practices, on Thursday said it would break all religious and constitutional courts as thousands of people would clog courts with PILs seeking annulment of these customs and norms based on their self-assessment of these practices. CJI Surya Kant, a bench of Justices … Read more
New Delhi: The union government on Thursday launched a nationwide free annual health check-up program for all workers aged 40 and above under the new labor laws notified on November 21 last year. Labor Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said free check-ups will be conducted across the country every year as “early detection through health check-ups helps … Read more
New Delhi: A total of 10,546 people in the agriculture sector, including 4,633 farmers/cultivators and 5,913 agricultural workers, died by suicide in 2024, accounting for 6.2 per cent of the total suicide victims (1,70,746) in the country, the latest report from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) said. However, the number of such suicides fell … Read more
New Delhi: The Indian government on Thursday sought Dhaka’s cooperation on the “core issue” of repatriation of illegal Bangladeshis from India. After the announcement of the Bangladesh poll results, the MEA spoke on this issue for the first time, calling on Bangladesh to speed up the nationality verification of nearly 3,000 people to smoothly repatriate … Read more
CHENNAI: VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan and Left party leaders condemned Tamil Nadu Governor RV Arlekar for not inviting TVK chairman Vijay Forming the government, it said it was a ploy by the BJP-led coalition government to “complicate Tamil Nadu politics and Vijay’s stance”.Other DMK allies, including Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam and MDMK, also slammed … Read more