-The Hindu Doctors in hospital where 30 babies died in a month likely to get clean chit. FARUKKHABAD (U.P.): Shaheen lives in a cramped, two-room tenement in the congested Khatakpura Izzat Khan lane in urban Farukkhabad. Her husband Dishad sells embroidery scraps for a living. They have THRee daughters, aged 15, 10 and 6. In the dimly-lit room, Shaheen waits for Dilshad to return. Short on money, life is tough for the family....

-The Indian Express The Centre has defended their appointments, saying it was cleared unanimously by a THRee-member committee comprising the PM, Home Minister and Leader of Opposition. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a petition challenging the appointment of former Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) head K V Chaudhary as Chief Vigilance Commissioner and former CMD of Indian Bank T M Bhasin as Vigilance Commissioner. A...

-Scroll.in RTI documents show that Niti Aayog largely worked with World Bank and top private healthcare industry. The Niti Aayog’s blueprint to increase the role of private hospitals in treating non-communicable diseases in urban India by handing district hospitals over to the private sector on 30-year leases was built largely on a template provided by the World Bank. The template was fine-tuned in close coordination with top private healthcare industry representatives. State...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The exponential rise in the assets of MPs and MLAs during their tenure as lawmakers has come under judicial scanner with the Supreme Court on Wednesday directing the Centre to file a comprehensive report on what action or probe it has conducted against 289 legislators, including some senior leaders. The MPs and leaders who figure on the list are from all parties and in some cases...

-The Telegraph New Delhi: A leading cancer specialist has called on the government to investigate whether a "tobacco lobby" has influenced arms of the government to initiate action against public health organisations engaged in India's tobacco control efforts. Kailash Sharma, director of academics at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, has cited leaked government and tobacco industry documents to seek a probe into whether a Union home ministry note allegedly depicting tobacco control...