India's largest health survey has arrived with a striking omission: some of the country's most sensitive public health ...

The Union health ministry has suspended the head of its institution that conducts nationwide family health surveys, citing administrative irregularities but stirring speculation whether data on open ...

The National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) has dropped indicators related to anaemia, sanitation, clean cooking fuel, etc.

The director of the International Institute for Population Sciences, K.S. James was suspended to ensure fair probe into alleged irregularities in appointments, recruitments, compliance matters, the ...

Members of Opposition parties and of the scientific community have expressed their anger and dismay at the Central Government’s move of Friday in suspending Professor K.S. James, Director and senior ...

An academic network has asked the Union health ministry to reinstate the suspended director of an institute involved in nationwide health surveys, saying its suspension order seems to be related to ...

Exclusive breastfeeding has fallen sharply despite rising institutional deliveries, with experts warning that soaring C-section rates and weak breastfeeding support are undermining infant nutrition.

NEW DELHI: In a sudden move, the centre has suspended the director of the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) that prepares the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) over alleged ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...