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Telangana Records Decline In Child Marriage

Telangana Records Decline In Child Marriage

JRC, which works on child protection and campaigns against child marriage, claimed that its nine partner organisations...

6 Sept 2026 2:14 AM IST

Dev 360 | India’s Child Health: What’s Measured, What’s Missing | Patralekha Chatterjee

Dev 360 | India’s Child Health: What’s Measured, What’s Missing | ...

The National Family Health Survey-6 (NFHS-6) fact sheets, released on May 29, 2026, bring good news. The most...

5 Jun 2026 11:10 PM IST

AP Shines in Healthcare Gains, But Lifestyle Diseases Raise Alarm

AP Shines in Healthcare Gains, But Lifestyle Diseases Raise Alarm

The latest survey notes that the state has made remarkable strides in traditional development indicators

31 May 2026 10:11 PM IST

Rise In Obesity, Blood Sugars Among Men, Women In Telangana

Rise In Obesity, Blood Sugars Among Men, Women In Telangana

The survey recorded improvements in women’s empowerment indicators. Women participating in household decisions increased...

30 May 2026 1:10 AM IST

AP Records Sharp Decline in Child Malnutrition; Women Internet Users More Than Double: NFHS-6

AP Records Sharp Decline in Child Malnutrition; Women Internet Users...

Stunting, underweight and wasting decline as maternal care and immunisation coverage rise

29 May 2026 11:38 PM IST

Nearly 2,000 Cancer Cases Identified Through Free Cancer Care Project

Nearly 2,000 Cancer Cases Identified Through Free Cancer Care Project

The camps are part of the Comprehensive Cancer Care Project (APCCC) launched on February 4 last year to address the gap...

10 Sept 2025 1:39 AM IST

World No Tobacco Day, observed on May 31. The theme for this year, We need food, not tobacco, is an apt one, say, doctors, citing tobacco use as a leading cause of preventable death worldwide. (Image Source:Freepik.com)

Health and Wellbeing

Telangana: 22.3Pc of Men Over 15 Use Tobacco

Hyderabad: The ticking time bomb of tobacco use in India is evident in the alarming statistics. With nearly 267 million...

6 Aug 2024 6:19 PM IST

The road leading to Charminar wears a deserted look. (PTI photo)

Hyderabad is 4th best city for women in India

Hyderabad: Hyderabad, widely regarded as the country's IT hub with a conducive working environment for women, was...

6 Jan 2023 12:01 AM IST

Pregnant women recorded anaemia of 53.7 per cent in the fifth edition of the survey against 52.9 per cent in the fourth edition, showing a rise by 0.8 per cent. (Representational Photo: AP)

AP turns anaemic; problem mainly among kids, pregnant women

AP is anaemic as regards its children in the age of 6-59 months and pregnant women from 15 to 49 years

17 May 2022 12:40 AM IST

A doctor checks a woman at a Basti Dawakhana. (DC file photo)

Weighty worry: TS people grow more obese

Obesity among urban women is at 41.7 per cent, even higher than men

9 May 2022 1:37 AM IST

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Child nutrition crisis may derail Indiaâ€™s aspirations

The underfed hugely outnumber the overfed but alongside the crisis of child under-nutrition, we are also seeing a rise...

17 Dec 2020 7:38 AM IST

Since 2005-06, the number of obese people has almost doubled. (Representational image)

India's big fat problem

Obesity is now a serious issue even as vast areas of the country continue to battle malnutrition.

28 Jan 2016 6:19 AM IST