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Lokmata Devi Ahilyabai: Pioneer Of Good Governance And Women Empowerment
Heartfelt salutations on the 300th birth anniversary of Devi Ahilyabai Holkar. On this occasion, the Lokmata Devi Ahilyabai Women Empowerment Grand Convention was organised on Saturday in Bhopal.
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Heatwaves are harming women’s health in ways we’re not tracking
It’s tempting to see heatwaves as indiscriminate forces, touching all under the same sun. But that view wilfully ignores a ...
TheHealthSite23d
Punjab Records 2nd Consecutive Drop In Maternal Mortality, Reaches 111
Punjab has suffered a dip in the maternal mortality ratio which decreased from 117 in 2023 to 111 in 2024 and 2025. According to the data from the state health department, this is the second ...
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At 111, maternal mortality in Punjab dips for 2nd straight year
000 live births in a given time period Punjab’s maternal mortality ratio (MMR) saw a dip for the second consecutive year, falling from 117 in 2023-24 to 111 in 2024-25, according to data from ...
Indiatimes27d
State surpasses devpt goals in maternal, child mortality rates
Report 2021.Union health ministry release stated Maharashtra is among the handful of states that have attained SDG targets in Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), Neonatal ...
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India Makes Strides in Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality, Nearing SDG 2030 Targets
The report highlights a substantial decrease in the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), which has fallen by 37 points from 130 per lakh live births in 2014-16 to 93 in 2019-21. This achievement marks ...
The Telegraph29d
Assam's maternal mortality rate sees the highest drop among all other states
Assam's maternal mortality rate (MMR) has seen the highest drop among all other states — a development Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said helped the state shed the tag of a “state with the ...
Indiatimes29d
State sees decline in maternal mortality ratio, IMR improves
Guwahati: Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) for Assam dropped from 195 to 167 deaths per lakh live births, as per the latest Sample Registration System (SRS) report. This marks a record 28-point fall ...
The Financial Express29d
Why maternal mortality still haunts rural India- A Mother’s Day campaign calls attention
The latest Sample Registration System (SRS) 2022 report places India’s Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) at 97 deaths per 100,000 live births and the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) at 28 per 1,000 ...
The Hindu29d
India’s latest Maternal Mortality Ratio shows a declining trend
The Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in India declined to 93 per lakh live births in 2019-21 from 97 in 2018-20, and 103 in 2017-2019, according to the latest data released by the Office of the ...
The Hill1mon
Maternal deaths rise, reversing two-year trend
The maternal mortality rate rose to 19 deaths per 100,000 in December 2024, an increase from 18.6 the year before. Maternal deaths spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, bumping the nation’s ...