-Down to Earth India’s public spending on health is among the lowest in South East Asia and BRIC countries The burden of aspirations and expectations seems to be taking a toll on young India, especially males who succumb to suicidal deaths more than their female counterparts, according to the data published by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI). The data showed that over 67 per cent cases of suicidal deaths in...
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National Health Profile highlights poor doctor-patient ratio -Rukmini S
-The Hindu India spends less of its GDP on health than some of the world’s poorest countries’ Every government hospital serves an estimated 61,000 people in India, with one bed for every 1833 people, new official data shows. In undivided Andhra Pradesh, every government hospital serves over 3 lakh patients while in Bihar, there is only one bed for every 8800 people. Union Minister for Health J.P. Nadda released the National Health Profile...
More »Power outages likely as state run generators ask discoms to clear dues or face supply cuts -Debjoy Sengupta
-The Times of India KOLKATA: Consumers could face long power outages in the coming days as a deficient monsoon and sweltering heat in most parts of the country have raised electricity demand while state run power generators are threatening to cut off supplies to distribution companies (discoms) unless they pay up Rs 20,000-crore outstanding bills. As nearly 80 per cent of the dues are owed by northern and eastern utilities, states like...
More »Water levels in reservoirs dip across country -Neha Madaan
-The Times of India PUNE: The water situation is grim as the total storage in 91 main reservoirs across the country has gone below the last 10-year average, says the report of the Central Water Commission (CWC). The reservoirs currently hold 91 billion cubic metre (BCM) water, which is 58% of their total live storage capacity. During the same period last year, these reservoirs had 103.5 BCM water. The current storage is...
More »Southwest monsoon fails South
-Deccan Herald Chennai: The Southwest Monsoon, which is nearing the final stage, might be good in North and North-East India. However, it is not so kind as should when it comes to the Southern region. Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala have received deficit rainfall. The latest statistics released by the Regional Meteorological Centre here on Thursday said though few districts received normal rain, Tamil Nadu registered three per cent deficit rainfall...
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