India is already baking under the weight of summer heat, which the country’s Meteorological Department expects only to get worse in the coming months. And, in extreme cases of extreme heat, recent days have seen India become home to the fifteen hottest cities in the world. On Friday, April 26th, the fifteen hottest cities in […]
Madhya Pradesh
Dust storms rear their head again, fifty killed
Dust storms and heavy rains have again swept across northwestern India, leaving death and destruction in their wake. Numerous lives have been lost in the disaster, which came almost a year after similar high-velocity storms killed more than 127 people in northern parts of India. Almost fifty fatalities have been reported from four states according […]
Centre protests Zika warning, US CDC retracts
The Government reacted with resentment to a travel warning issued by a US agency about the Zika virus, with the agency since withdrawing and modifying its comments. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) previously put out an advisory, cautioning pregnant women from travelling to India following Zika virus outbreaks in two states last […]
What drives India’s unnecessary C-section crisis?
A fifty percent increase in caesarean sections in the Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh has caused alarm and prompted state health minister Tulsiram Silawat to commission an investigation. The reported rise was described by the minister as ‘objectionable’. According to World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, c-sections should not account for more than fifteen percent of […]
How to end a water shortage? A frog marriage.
A marriage ceremony has been held for two frogs in Madhya Pradesh with a Minister of State in attendance, in a bid to end the state’s water shortage. The wedding took place in a bid to “appease the rain gods” and put an end to the state’s drought woes. Lalita Yadav, Minister of State for […]
The high death toll of gender discrimination
Gender discrimination and missing women The price of gender discrimination in India is the lives of almost 240,000 girls under five every year. Much attention is given in India to the issue of female foeticide. Sex-selective abortions are considered the major driver of India’s skewed sex ratio at birth (SRB) and its resultant 63 million […]
Madhya Pradesh to miss targets on reducing child mortality rates
Madhya Pradesh is unlikely to achieve the target of reducing its under-five mortality rate to less than 23 deaths per 1000 live births, claims Alok Ranjan Chaurasia, a former professor of Institute of Economic Growth in Delhi. The goal was set out as a nationwide target in the National Health Policy 2017. This is not […]
Planned improvements for healthcare delivery in Madhya Pradesh
Healthcare services in Madhya Pradesh could become more affordable and state-of-the-art. This is thanks to plans by the state government. The state cabinet on June 13 made the decision to upgrade thirteen hospitals in the state to super-specialty status. These hospitals will be equipped more modern, specialised facilities. Treatment will also be free at the […]
No one questioned the Chief Minister: Double standards in Vyapam scam corruption case?
The Vyapam scam rocking the medical community in Madhya Pradesh implicates the Chief Minister in corruption, according to the Indian National Congress – who are calling for him to stand down. Shivraj Singh Chouhan – who has been Chief Minister since 2005 – is facing heat in the wake of the scandal, which has led to […]
Vyapam scam: hundreds implicated in corruption scandal in Madhya Pradesh
A medical school admissions scandal in Madhya Pradesh has led to India’s Supreme Court revoking 634 medical licences. The latest development in the ‘Vyapam scam’ – named for the Hindi acronym of the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) – has seen the doctors in question accused by the Supreme Court of participating in “acts […]