Rising contractual employment in sanitation work draws upon and reproduces historical inequalities of caste and class in urban India

To improve its performance on the sporting stage, India needs to address malnutrition in children.

At a time when India is feeding 80 crore people for free, bizarrely obesity has emerged as a critical public health crisis.

The tragedy that killed 121 people once again highlights the state’s widespread problem of chronic medical staff shortage and lack of emergency preparedness

India is paying a heavy price both in terms of humanitarian crisis and disease spread, say enraged public health experts