The 6th National Family Health Survey NFHS fact sheets, when finally released on Friday, May 29, have displayed some ‘Houdini tricks’. A set of crucial data (on ...

Institutional deliveries in India have increased from 88.6 per cent in 2019-2021 to 90.6 per cent in 2023-24, moving closer towards universal coverage, according to the National Family Health Survey-6 ...

The NFHS-6 survey shows a decline in the use of modern contraceptive methods among married women in India and a rise in traditional family planning methods. Experts have expressed concern, warning tha ...

The NFHS-6 survey reports an increase in the number of newborns breastfed in the first hour of life, reaching 50.1% in 2023-24. However, exclusive breastfeeding rates for the first six months have ...

The use of modern contraceptive methods among married women in India has marginally declined over the past few years, while reliance on traditional methods of family planning has seen an increase, ...

The percentage of children under three years of age who were breastfed within an hour of birth increased by nearly 10 percentage points, rising from 41.8 per cent in 2019-2021 (NFHS-5) to 50.1 per ...

New Delhi: Nearly one in three Indian women and more than one in four men are now overweight or obese, while one in five adult men is battling elevated blood sugar, the latest National Family Health ...

How is the SC directing all High Courts to pronounce judgment within 3 months of reserving order important for your UPSC exam ...