-The Hindu Lawsuits and regulatory moves in the West suggest that their easy, unchecked expansion may be coming to an end It was a long time coming, but the day of reckoning for the big digital companies may finally have arrived. Despite the growing monopoly power of big tech and their use of anti-competitive practices, earlier attempts to regulate them (such as an attempt by the U.S. Department of Justice in 1998...
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Rise in teenage pregnancy, higher anaemia rate in women: NFHS-5 phase data
-The Hindu It indicates an increase in average out of pocket expenditure (OOPE) per delivery in public health facilities in some States. The 5th National Family Health Survey (NFHS 5) data for 17 States and 5 Union Territories released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has indicated a stark disparity in access to the Internet by men, in contrast to women in a number of States. In Karnataka and Bihar, for...
More »Findings of NFHS-5 show India’s population is stabilising: Population Foundation of India
-The Indian Express The FIRst set of findings from the fifth NFHS, conducted in 2019-20, was released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday, December 12, four years after the last survey (NFHS-4, 2015-16). Pune: India’s population is stabilising, as the total fertility rate (TFR) has decreased across majority of the states. Of 17 states analysed in the fifth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS), except for Bihar,...
More »Malnutrition in kids worsens in key states 2015-19 -Udit Misra and Nushaiba Iqbal
-The Indian Express This is one of the startling revelations in the FIRst-phase data of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2019-20 — released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on December 12 — and marks a shift since the last NFHS in 2015-16. Several states across the country have reversed course and recorded worsening levels of child malnutrition despite dramatic improvements in sanitation and better access to fuel...
More »Anaemia prevalent among women, male participation in family planning low: NFHS-5 -Neetu Chandra Sharma
-Livemint.com * Male engagement in family planning continues to be limited as seen by the low uptake of condoms and male sterilization across states * While spousal violence has generally declined in most of the states and UTs, it has witnessed an increase in five states Majority of Indian women continue to suffer from anaemia and remain on the backseat in taking family planning decisions, showed findings of the FIRst phase of the...
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