How India's birth control battle falters in rural district
The Kishanganj district has the highest fertility rate of any district in India, soon to be the world's most populous nation.
Tue Apr 11 2023
Bottle-fed babies ingest 'millions' of microplastics: Study
Sterilisation and exposure to high water temperatures had the biggest effect on microplastic release.
Tue Oct 20 2020
Easing of China one-child policy too late for those who lost only child
Easing of China's one-child policy is said to be too late for parents who have lost their only child.
Fri Nov 27 2015
India police detain sterilisation surgeon after 13 women die
R.K Gupta was detained for questioning amid mounting anger over the surgeries conducted at a health camp on the weekend.
Thu Nov 13 2014
Eight Indian women die, dozens critical after mass sterilisation
Eight women have died in India and dozens more are in a critical condition after a state-run sterilisation programme designed to control the country's billion-plus population went badly wrong.
Tue Nov 11 2014