Maharashtra

Chandini Mulukutla who works as Infection Prevention Control Nurse at Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai, travelled from Vishakhapatnam during lockdown to join COVID duty post her maternity leave ...

Observing that effective approaches have tapped the skills and dedication of community members, the World Bank said that in Mumbai, city officials were able to stem the rapid spread of the coronavirus in Dharavi, one of the city's largest urban settlements ...

Dr Prashant Borade started with COVID-19 patients in critical care in March and contracted COVID-19 in the line of duty in June but now he is back to treating patients ...

Under the 'My family-My responsibility' COIVD-19 campaign, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will reach out to every family residing in the financial capital and will provide medical help and guidance if needed ...

According to Rajesh Deshmukh, Collector, Pune, the reason behind the surge in COVID-19 cases is the aggressive testing strategy adopted by the district administration ...

Dr. Shruti Tandan, Consultant Critical Care Medicine at Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre in Mumbai talks about fighting the pandemic from the frontline and shares the challenges and learnings ...

Along with being the second-cleanest state in the country, Maharashtra’s 20 urban local bodies made their way to the country’s 25 cleanest cities ...

Swachh Survekshan 2020: In the first and second quarter of Swachh Survekshan league, Navi Mumbai showed consistent improvement and attained eighth and third rank respectively ...

Keeping in view the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, an artist in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area has made 'sanitiser Ganesha idols' which dispense sanitiser every time people place their hands under it ...

Child malnutrition has emerged as a silent national emergency and the greatest human development challenge for India. According to the World Health Organization, child malnutrition accounts of 68 per cent of all infant mortality rate in India. In 2019, Reckitt Benckiser conceptualised Nutrition India Programme with an aim to work together with the communities, to push for solutions more rapidly on the ground. The programme is presently working with the Maharashtra government to end malnutrition in state’s Amravati and Nandurbar districts, considered to be one of the toughest regions. Here's an excerpt from the report explaining the impact of the programme so far. ...

Reckitt Benckiser’s Nutrition India Programme shows why investing in the country’s healthcare system is so important ...

Amitabh Bachchan who is undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at Mumbai's Nanavati Hospital penned a note on social media, calling doctors as 'God's own angels in white PPE units' ...