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Uttar Pradesh and Bihar rank low on the Health Index while Kerala is at the top

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Kerala is yet again the undisputed king of healthcare management according to a recent report titled “Healthy States, Progressive India” compiled by Niti Aayog, on the state of India’s health. For the year 2017-18, Kerala topped the ranking of states and union territories with an overall score of 74.01, while Uttar Pradesh was the worst-performing …

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Plastic import ban comes into effect in August

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In March this year, the Indian government announced a measure to curb pollution — banning the importation of waste plastic. This policy will come into force from August. The measure was suggested following similar policies being implemented in China in order to curb the amount of plastic waste imported from other nations, particularly those in …

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Malnutrition in Muzaffarpur – hotspot of Bihar’s encephalitis deaths

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The outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district has raised eyebrows about the efficacy of healthcare infrastructure in the state. Now, one initiative aimed at combating malnutrition – implicated as a cause behind the crisis of encephalitis deaths among the district’s children – has come under scrutiny. The district ranked eighteenth out …

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Climate crisis concerns echo in the Indian Parliament

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As India battles the implications of its climate crisis, a war of words broke out in Parliament’s upper house, Rajya Sabha, on Thursday with the Opposition accusing the government of giving priority to business over environmental concerns. Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar denied the charges, asserting that he would both ensure economic development and protect …

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HPV vaccination saves lives. As we have been reminded again.

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New research confirms again what public health experts have long asserted: vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) is an effective tool in reducing the spread of cervical cancer. For India, the news is important. Given the high death toll of cervical cancer in the country, and stalled efforts to roll out HPV vaccination, the finding …

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The Auli VIP Wedding is over. Who will manage the waste crisis?

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The picturesque hill station of Auli in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand is battling the aftereffects of a grand Indian wedding. Weeklong celebrations have turned the town into a dump yard with forty quintal (4,000 kilograms) of garbage. The town is paying the price for wedding grandeur worth Rs 200 crore. After the wedding celebrations …

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Endometriosis affects 26 million Indian women

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Roughly 176 million women suffer from endometriosis worldwide. Around 26 million of them are Indian. This was revealed during a national meeting in Mumbai, convening experts in the field. Endometriosis is a condition in which tissue that normally lines the inside of the uterus — also known as the endometrium — grows outside the uterus. …

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Goa under pressure to ban e-cigarettes

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The Goa state government is under renewed pressure to ban e-cigarettes, a move already undertaken by a number of other states. NGOs Consumer Voice and the National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) appealed to the state government to ban the devices, with Consumer Voice chief operating officer Ashim Sanyal asserting that “several research studies have …

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China population set to be overtaken by India

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Could India become the world’s most populous country — overtaking China — within the decade? Statistics suggest this is likely. China and India are the world’s most populous and second most populous states respectively. They hold unique positions as the only nations on earth whose populations exceed that of a billion people. The two nations …

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Bridge course gets a boost in Maharashtra

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The bridge course allowing alternative and traditional medicine practitioners to fill the role of allopathic physicians was widely criticised when it was first announced last year as a means of plugging the nation’s doctor shortages. Maharashtra, however, continues to embrace it. The first group of Ayurvedic practitioners assumed positions in government-run health and wellness centres …

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