A pregnant woman experiencing severe labour pain had to be carried on a cot through an unmotorable slushy road to an ambulance as the vehicle could not reach her house in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district.
In Madhya Pradesh, the weight of unemployment is heaviest among Other Backward Classes (OBCs), who form the largest group of job-seekers in the state.
As the condition of roads continues to deteriorate across Madhya Pradesh during the ongoing monsoon season, a political war of words has erupted between the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress.
The Madhya Pradesh government has revealed that 74 per cent of the sanctioned Assistant Professor posts in government universities remain vacant. Of the 1,069 sanctioned posts across 17 government universities, a staggering 793 have not been filled.
Bureaucratic apathy and shocking administrative negligence have once again come to light in Madhya Pradesh's Satna district where official documents certified one man as having zero income and another earning just Rs 3 a year.
In a muddy field in Bhopal's Misrod, over 150 gleaming hearse vans lie rusting under the sun and rain, waiting for a grand political launch.
The Supreme Court will hear on Monday the case involving Madhya Pradesh Tribal Affairs Minister Vijay Shah's controversial remarks against Colonel Sofia Qureshi.
In a village of Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district, a tribal woman, Preeti Rawat, gave birth not in a hospital bed but in an ambulance parked two kilometres away because there is no road to her village.
Officials soon scrambled into action, and by July 25, a new certificate was issued, boosting the farmer's reported annual income to Rs 30,000, i.e., Rs 2,500 per month.
Four members of a family died by suicide in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, police said on Saturday.
Can elected representatives protest in Madhya Pradesh assembly? The state secretariat has answered in the negative.
On the morning of July 24, the narrow, crowded alleys of Bhopal's Banganga area suddenly turned into a theatre of chants and colour.
Four members of a family, including a 45-year-old man and his two teenage children, allegedly committed suicide on Saturday by consuming sulphas tablets in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, police said.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has drawn a shocking parallel between the treatment of district and high court judges, referring to the relationship between the higher and lower judiciary as that of "serfs" under feudal lords.
Three years after Madhya Pradesh made headlines as the first Indian state to introduce MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) education in Hindi, the ambitious project is still struggling to find its pulse.
The prospects of a repeat of Madhya Pradesh cannot be ruled out in Karnataka. Rahul is running out of both time and options.
They kept hearing promises and reassurances and saw no action being taken. But the residents of a small, tribal hamlet deep inside Madhya Pradesh's Barwani district decided they couldn't wait any longer.
Nursing graduates from the 2018 batch were promised government jobs. In return, they signed a bond: Serve wherever the state sends you, and if you refuse, pay a fine of Rs 2 lakh. Seven years later, only nine of 130 have received placements.
Nursing graduates from the 2018 batch were promised government jobs. In return, they signed a bond: Serve wherever the state sends you, and if you refuse, pay a fine of Rs 2 lakh. Seven years later, only nine of 130 have received placements.
A trial court in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur has sentenced a 26-year-old man to death for murdering a woman who had adopted him as her son and concealing the body in a wall to usurp her fixed deposit of Rs 32 lakh.
In a spine-chilling incident from Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, a student narrowly escaped death after a highly venomous Russell's Viper was found hidden under the fuel tank of his Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle.
The horses began fighting furiously at the busy Nagrath Chowk on Wednesday, ignoring attempts by locals to chase them away. In the chaos, the animals barged into a nearby showroom, damaging property, before their fight spilled back onto the road.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav played a key role in the formation of Ratapani Tiger Reserve, spread across Raisen and Sehore districts in Madhya Pradesh.
Bhopal's glittering nightlife and gym culture have been jolted by a sensational police revelation that exposes a chilling nexus of drug trafficking, blackmail, and sexual exploitation all allegedly backed by political influence.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced a total lockdown in India from midnight for 21 days to fight the spread of coronavirus.
India must also straight away allow internationally-recognized testing kits to be used here - these are already in use in the USA and Europe (do not delay by waiting for Indian clearance).
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Hopefully, you are following social distancing and not mingling, especially with large groups or in crowded places. Can wearing a mask help? Here's what doctors say:
People across the world are worried about the rising cases of COVID-19, a highly contagious disease caused by the Novel Coronavirus that was first detected in China's Wuhan in December last year. What should you do if you're feeling any little ill, flu-ish and you are worried that you have symptoms of coronavirus?
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With some 400 positive cases within a population of 1.3 billion, the burning question in the minds of many is whether India is under-reporting. Until a couple of days ago, there were strict, conservative criteria for COVID 19 testing.
Soap and water is still the best way to clean your hands. Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
Wash hands with warm or cold water. Lather soap to get it on the backs of hands, between fingers and under finger nails before rinsing off. According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the time spent should be 20 seconds (or the time taken to sing the “Happy Birthday” song from beginning to end twice).
If soap and water are not available, use a hand sanitizer with at least 60 per cent alcohol.
The hand sanitizer should be applied to one palm before rubbing the hands together. While rubbing, the gel should be spread all over the hands and fingers, covering all surfaces until completely dry.
Cleansers and wipes are effective in cleaning and disinfecting objects and surfaces that are frequently touched.
Alcohol is effective at killing different types of microbes, including both viruses and bacteria. Coronavirus is the type of virus with an outer wrapping, called an envelope, which alcohol can kills.
Despite many DIY sites and programmes suggesting it, vodka doesn’t have enough alcohol content to effectively kill microbes.
India Coming Together Against COVID-19 campaign, an RB and NDTV initiative, aims to provide a platform to highlight the works of the unsung heroes, NGOs and community leaders at the frontline of the hygiene battle against COVID-19.
It is a small effort to keep Indians well informed with medical facts and the news that matters the most in their daily lives during the current lock-down. A campaign of hope despite of all of us being isolated.
The campaign will recognise and acknowledge the unsung heroes who are at the forefront of this battle against the coronavirus – doctors, the police, community kitchens, the suppliers of essential commodities. Pan-India stories on the effort being made to combat the virus – narrated by the administrators, the police and government bodies. We will also showcase how hygiene and handwashing are critical in this fight against Novel Coronavirus.