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Unhealthy at 65: India has 76% shortfall in government doctors

 After spending around 1% of gross domestic product (GDP) on health in the past five years, the government is proposing an increase in public spending by half a percentage point to make it 1.58% for the coming five years (2012-17) under the 12th Plan. ....

 Delhiites most obese: Study

NEW DELHI: Delhiites' predilection for fatty foods and sweets is no secret. Not surprisingly, they have beaten south Indians and those from the northeast in a study on obesity. The study focusing on three ethnic groups — Indo-Aryans (from Delhi), Mongoloids (from Manipur) and Dravidians (from Kerala) — found Delhiites to be the most obese.....

PM flags health mission, but policy still unclear

 NEW DELHI: PM Manmohan Singh gave the National Health Mission pride of place in his I-Day speech but a fierce policy row clouds the initiative, highlighting sharp differences over a major policy revamp that includes an ambitious plan for universal health coverage..

RWA asks govt to remove cell tower 

NEW DELHI: Worried over the ill effects of mobile tower radiation, a group of residents from Safdarjung Enclave has moved the government for removal of a mobile tower from their area. ...

SOURCE: TOI