Yadav et al. explore how temperature exposure shapes child undernutrition and mortality across India’s climatic zones. Using NFHS-5, geospatial, and climate-classification data with spatial and regression methods, they find hotter conditions worsen child health, especially amid socioeconomic disadvantage. Maternal education and household wealth reduce these risks, underscoring the need for locally tailored, heat-specific child health interventions across vulnerable Indian communities.

Siddalingaiah assesses Karnataka’s post-crash care readiness by tracing how public spending translates into operational emergency services. Using performance audits and departmental reports, the study identifies delays in ambulance response, hospital transfer, handover, and trauma-centre distribution. Findings show that infrastructure counts can overstate actual capacity, arguing that financing and audits should effectively track the full emergency-care chain from dispatch to treatment.

Siddalingaiah analyses how earmarked road-safety funds translate into services across Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka. Using Comptroller and Auditor General performance audits, the study identifies repeated breaks in fund transfer, allocation, execution, monitoring, and closure. It argues that statutory non-lapsing funds alone are insufficient and recommends linking releases to costed pipelines, commissioning conditions, and expenditure-to-outcome tracking systems for accountable implementation.

Lalruatsanga and Lalzarzoliani study work–life balance among working mothers in Aizawl City and its links with health, psychological distress, family support, and employment conditions. Using cross- sectional data from 120 women, they find longer working hours and psychological distress worsen life balance, while family support improves it. Education, employment type, children, and earners also influence well-being outcomes significantly across employment settings.

Sirur reviews the economic evidence on digital health interventions for maternal and child health in India. Following PRISMA-ScR guidelines, the scoping review identifies eight studies covering cost- effectiveness, service coverage, data quality, and screening efficiency. Findings suggest favourable cost-effectiveness in studied settings, while highlighting major evidence gaps and calling for standardised methods, broader geographic coverage, equity analysis, and consistently stronger reporting.

Tomy et al. review digital and gamified assessments for adolescent and young adult health and wellbeing. Drawing on 117 studies, including 72 in meta-analysis, they find small positive effects, with the strongest gains in engagement, followed by measurement validity and health outcomes. The authors urge cautious interpretation and call for better evidence on usability, psychometrics, accessibility, cultural suitability, and scoring.