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    • Bill Gates says Musk-driven US aid cuts fuel 'tragic' global surge in child mortality

      Bill Gates said global child deaths will rise for the first time this century, blaming severe Western aid cuts. He criticised the US, Europe and Elon Musk’s DOGE for worsening global health outcomes.

    • Bill Gates on the toughest question he's ever had to answer

      Bill Gates shared that he was asked the question 25 years ago and has thought about it every day since.

    • Why India should ignore global rankings, including the ones where it fares well

      Problems with global indices like Ease of Doing Business and the Global Hunger Index, where India didn't even place in the top 100 countries, boil down to methodology.

    • COVID-19 pandemic: India battles to save its newborns in titanic struggle against coronavirus

      Facing the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic are India’s newborn infants, a fact not first acknowledged when the virus broke amidst suggestions that it was only the old and infirm who were in the direct line of fire.

    • India's child mortality rate 48 deaths per 1000 live births

      According to World Bank data of 2015, country's under-five child mortality rate is 48 deaths per 1000 live births. Afghanistan has the highest rate at 91 followed by Pakistan 81.

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