However, India’s dialogue on air pollution is far more developed than a decade ago. Air quality monitors display real-time PM2.5 figures on public websites. Cities release their respective plans on clean air action. People examine the pollution index before going out. However, amidst all this progress, there has been one particular aspect of the ongoing…
The Scale of the Shift India is in the midst of a demographic transition. Within the next five years, for the first time in human history, the number of Indian women aged 40 -55 years will exceed the number in peak childbearing age of 20-35 years. More adult women will be in a non-reproductive phase…
Four Class 12 students from a government school in Hisar, Haryana — Pallavi Kaswan, Neha Loura, Pritam Suthar, and Anand Bansal — are challenging the silence around menstrual pain through a student-led innovation called Her Ease, a portable menstrual comfort kit designed for discreet pain relief in schools and public spaces. Every month, in classrooms…
What happened in Bengaluru this week? Branch International, a digital financial services company, teamed up with Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled and ran a health initiative in the city. India CSR reported it on May 5, 2026. They reached over 220 people most of which were women or persons with disabilities and provided them with…
Here’s what the WRI analysis actually shows. The team reviewed 46 World Bank-financed health projects across low- and middle-income countries and came up with numbers that belong in every health ministry’s budget talks. For a country of 25 million people, putting money into seven areas of climate-health preparedness such as disease surveillance, climate-informed planning, resilient…
The IAS Officer Who Noticed The Children Were Thin An IAS officer who had been deputed to Etapalli district, Gadchiroli, the tribal area of Maharashtra, visited the Todsa Ashram School in 2023. The records at the school indicated one thing, but what the officer witnessed contradicted those records. The students were being fed meals funded…
The Doctor Who Couldn’t Trust the Algorithm Meera Krishnamurthy is a pulmonologist practicing at a district hospital in Hyderabad. The implementation of the AI-driven diagnosis of chest X-rays by a private company began in 2024 at the place of Dr. Krishnamurthy’s work. Even though this method is fast and definite, there were errors made by…
IndiaAI and ICMR’s new partnership aims to use AI-powered diagnostics and public health tools to address India’s rural healthcare gaps, especially in diseases like tuberculosis and maternal complications. The initiative could transform healthcare access in underserved regions, but its success will depend on transparent implementation, accountability, and real deployment beyond major cities. The Test She…
Children living near India’s landfills face severe health risks from toxic waste, polluted water, and poor sanitation, leading to stunting, disease, and developmental harm. The article argues that this is not merely an infrastructure failure but a serious child rights and environmental justice crisis demanding urgent policy action. She plays where the city throws its waste One…
Delhi’s waste crisis in Ward 42 highlights how decades of unequal urban planning and poor sanitation continue to impact low-income colonies like Mangolpuri and Sultanpuri. Overflowing dhalaos, weak waste segregation, and failing civic infrastructure have turned a sanitation issue into a major public health and social development concern. When Delhi’s MCD staff visited Ward 42 in Rohini Zone on…
