投稿者: Amrit Dhillon in Delhi
Modi’s Ayushman Bharat scheme put hospital treatment within reach of tens of millions of Indians for the first time. But the government’s unpaid bills may derail the reformsWhen the world’s biggest healthcare scheme works, it allows tens of thousands o…
On the road for weeks at a time, STDs are rife among lorry drivers. Now, volunteers are teaching them about safe sexAt a roadside booth, a volunteer pulls a condom over a wooden phallus. “Feel the packet first. If it feels dry, don’t use it, it’s past …
Protests reflect anger at 31-year-old’s killing, as well as a failure to address the daily struggles faced by many womenAt the stroke of midnight, thousands of women holding flaming torches and blowing conch shells began to march through dark streets a…
Sister of the Congress party leader, Rahul Gandhi, is stepping out of the wings to play a bigger role on India’s political stageFor years, Priyanka Gandhi has been a mystery to the Indian public. Considered the most charismatic member of the Nehru-Gan…
Call for better safety measures as ‘civic volunteer’ arrested after attack on female trainee doctor in KolkataDoctors at government hospitals in several Indian states have gone on strike in a protest after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kol…
Rights groups protesting at Modi government’s view that criminalising sexual assault violates ‘sanctity’ of marriageCampaigners angry that marital rape is not to be criminalised under India’s long-awaited new penal code have been promised a ruling on t…
Over 200 signatories urge government to reverse decision enabling action against writer under anti-terrorism lawMore than 200 Indian academics, activists and journalists have published an open letter urging the Indian government to withdraw last week’s…
Increasing use of fans, air coolers and air conditioners is placing ‘serious’ strain on grid in north of countryEngineers in India have warned of the possibility of prolonged power outages in the north, where a heatwave has brought misery for millions …
On his 4,000-mile march across the country, congressman tells voters to wake up to the vast gulf between them and the richHis voice hoarse from all the speeches he had made during his 4,000-mile march across the breadth of India, Rahul Gandhi urged peo…
Junior minister accuses tech firm of violating country’s IT laws with ‘downright malicious’ answersA response from Google’s AI platform suggesting that some experts believe the policies of the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, polices to be “fascis…
Exclusive: $9bn port, airport and military base on Great Nicobar Island will cause ‘genocide’ of isolated Shompen, academics warnAcademics from around the world have urged India to cancel a huge construction project on Great Nicobar Island, warning it …
Photograph taken at wildlife reserve shows baby nestled with his mother after his return A baby elephant who was separated from his mother and the rest of his herd in a wildlife park in Tamil Nadu, south India, has been reunited with them by park offic…
The portable unit, comprising mini cubes of medical equipment, enables surgeons to be operating within an hour, designers claimIndia has designed and built a “flatpack” field hospital that can be flown to a disaster area by helicopter and assembled fas…
Drilling machine stalls metres away from where men have been trapped for 13 days since roof collapseHopes are high that in a few hours’ time the 41 workers who have been trapped in a tunnel for 13 days in north India will emerge to freedom and fresh ai…