{
  "id": 629964,
  "title": "SC asks states, UTs to declare cancer as notifiable disease for early detection",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/sc-asks-states-uts-to-declare-cancer-as-notifiable-disease-for-early",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-12T03:36:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sc-asks-states-uts-to-declare-cancer-as-notifiable-disease-for-early-detection-101786476013642.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked states and union territories to consider issuing notification declaring cancer as a “notifiable disease” observing that a uniform policy is the need of the hour to ensure the burgeoning cancer cases can be effectively remedied",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}