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The minor rape survivor, who was denied abortion by Supreme Court, delivered a baby through C-section on Thursday in Chandigarh. (Photo: DC/Representational)

At least 9 newborn babies die in 24 hours in Ahmedabad govt hospital

Recently, the continuous death of children in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur and Farrukhabad created headlines across the...

29 Oct 2017 8:07 AM GMT

Bombay High Court. (Photo: PTI)

Bombay HC asks state to take steps to save tribal kids

The directions were issued on Monday after the petitioners informed the court of the various schemes that were initiated...

9 Oct 2017 9:05 PM GMT

Health department officials said that a number of measures had been taken since last year with the aim of reducing malnutrition-related infant mortality.

Infant malnutrition deaths fall in Palghar

Deaths were reported in Jawhar, Mokhada and Vikramgad areas of Palghar.

10 Nov 2017 8:19 PM GMT

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath further said, there has not been a single appointment made since 2012 over which an accusing finger has not been raised. (Photo: PTI)

58, including 32 children die in 4 days at UP's BRD hospital

Earlier in August, over 60 children had died within a week at Uttar Pradesh's Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital.

6 Nov 2017 11:10 AM GMT

Bombay high court

HC tells state to take measures to curb infant deaths

The court expressed concern over the number of deaths of children infants in these areas.

17 Oct 2018 8:35 PM GMT

The report also shows that more than four million of these deaths -- over a third -- could be easily averted with concerted action to improve rates of vaccination, treatment and nutrition. (Representational Image)

Pneumonia may kill over 1.7 million children in India by 2030: Study

The disease is likely to kill nearly 11 million children under five by 2030, says the study released on World Pneumonia...

12 Nov 2018 6:42 AM GMT

Global increase was driven in part by economic growth and access to antibiotics (Photo: Pixabay)

Drug-resistant sepsis causes deaths of 57000 infants every year in...

The study highlights the need for better enforcement of laws in the global fight against superbugs.

22 July 2018 2:06 PM GMT

Khan was accused of negligence and corruption and was suspended and subsequently arrested following the outrage over the deaths at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College. His suspension is yet to be revoked. (Photo: PTI)

Gorakhpur tragedy: Dr Kafeel gets 'clean chit' from govt, demands to...

Many infants died allegedly because of disruption in oxygen supply on the night of August 10, 2017 in BRD hospital.

28 Sep 2019 1:39 PM GMT

As many as 107 children have died in the hospital. This is very painful. Our response to the entire matter was not satisfactory to some extent. The response could have been more sensitive and we should have been more compassionate, the Rajasthan Dy CM said. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

'We could have been more sensitive': Pilot on response to infant...

Pilot said it was not a small incident and also stressed that accountability for the entire episode should be fixed.

4 Jan 2020 12:28 PM GMT

Infants undergo treatment at the JK Lone hospital in Kota district on Thursday. At least 104 infants have died at a government-run hospital in Kota in the past month. (PTI)

Deaths in Kota: Have we failed India's children?

The internal inquiry report pegged close to one half of the fatality figure to extreme weather conditions and exposure.

3 Jan 2020 6:41 PM GMT

Infants undergo treatment at the JK Lone hospital in Kota district on Thursday. At least 104 infants have died at a government-run hospital in Kota in the past month. (PTI)

Mayawati and Yogi Adityanath attack Cong on infant deaths

The BSP supremo further asked the people of Uttar Pradesh to remain alert about the Congress' political opportunism, and...

2 Jan 2020 11:46 PM GMT

A woman who had been born without a uterus gave birth to the baby at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. (Photo: Pixabay)

Gujarat's Adani-run hospital sees death of 111 infants in 5 months,...

The hospital management cited reasons such as delayed admission or malnutrition for the high mortality rate.

26 May 2018 9:34 AM GMT