6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (549+ words) After more than a decade of dog vaccination, surveillance and community action, Bhutan has achieved a landmark public-health victory against rabies. Bhutan Becomes First South-East Asian Country To Eliminate Dog-Transmitted Human Rabies, WHO Confirms The World Health Organization (WHO) has…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1225+ words) For Dr. Hariprakash Hadial, Co-founder of Niramay Charitable Trust, that moment stayed with him. There were no statistics, no presentation slides and no impact reports in that moment. There was simply a little girl discovering something she had never been…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (371+ words) Odisha’s Tanisha Agrawal Makes History As Bargarh District’s First Female Commercial Pilot The Logical Indian Odisha’s Tanisha Agrawal Makes History As Bargarh District’s First Female Commercial Pilot Tanisha Agrawal from Odisha’s Bargarh district has become the first woman from the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (208+ words) Medical interns across Jammu and Kashmir began protests on August 31 demanding that their monthly stipend be increased from around Rs 12,300 to Rs 30,000, saying the existing amount is inadequate for the long hours, clinical responsibilities and rising cost of living they…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (218+ words) The Gujarat government has extended its statewide ban on the manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of gutkha and pan masala containing tobacco or nicotine for another year, starting September 13, 2026. The extension will remain in force until September 12, 2027, continuing a prohibition…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (734+ words) India’s packaged-food labelling debate has taken a significant turn. On August 28, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India proposed putting prominent red warning symbols on the front of packaged foods high in specified levels of saturated fat, sugar or…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (597+ words) The leak occurred at the Godhani water treatment plant near Collector’s Colony during the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. According to officials and local reports, chlorine began escaping from a 900-kg-capacity cylinder at around 1 am, with the gas spreading…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (299+ words) Delhi is stepping up surveillance and hospital preparedness after 1,777 H1N1 (swine flu) infections were reported in 2026, with the strain emerging as the dominant influenza subtype in the capital. The development comes amid a broader rise in seasonal influenza, with Delhi recording…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1602+ words) Today, Muskan Foundation runs six centres across Mumbai and has provided services to about 15,000 children in the last 20 years, according to Dipti. Its work combines special education, multiple therapies, parent empowerment and awareness programmes, with a focus on children with…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (311+ words) India is witnessing a significant surge in H1N1 (swine flu) infections, with Delhi reporting a nearly sixfold increase in cases compared to last year. The statistics paint a worrying picture of the current influenza outbreak. In Delhi, over 1,300 H1N1 infections have been…...