Health

Access to safe water, sanitation has improved, says WHO-UNICEF report

Some 2.5 billion people still use unimproved sanitation facilities; can the world achieve MDG target by 2015? The latest global status report on access to drinking water and s...

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Mayo Clinic Researchers May Have Discovered a Cure for Cancer Hidden in an Unlikely Vaccine

In the past few years, we’ve seen the introduction of a cervical cancer vaccine and a prostate cancer vaccine — but what if a vaccine could actually cure cancer, i...

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Ralph Lauren’s Drive To Fight Breast Cancer

Ralph Lauren has been committed to the fight against breast cancer for more than 20 years. The Royal Marsden, one of Princess Diana’s favourite charities, is the largest...

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Vivek Oberoi hosts ‘The Amazing Spiderman 2’ special screening for cancer patients in Mumbai

Vivek Oberoi recently hosted a special screening of ‘ The Amazing Spiderman 2’ for kids suffering from cancer in Mumbai The 37-year-old actor, who is the brand am...

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Rice remedy

ROTAVIRUSES are one of the leading causes of severe diarrhea in children across the world. According to WHO estimates, 527,000 children under five, most of them from low-incom...

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Burden of birth

Maternal deaths in Bihar go unreported, while state claims maternal mortality ratio has decreased Urvi Devi, 20, was in her ninth month of pregnancy. She woke up one night to ...

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Bollywood Superstar Farhan Performs at Arena Theatre

Houston had the privilege of welcoming one of Bollywood’s most famous superstars, Farhan Akhtar, to the Arena Theatre, where he put on a special concert to benefit Magic...

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Polio’s Return After Near Eradication Prompts a Global Health Warning

Alarmed by the spread of polio to several fragile countries, the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency on Monday for only the second time since regulati...

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Access to safe water and sanitation has improved, says WHO-UNICEF report

The latest global status report on access to drinking water and sanitation shows a jump in the number of people who now avail basic civic facilities. But at the same time, the...

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Drink Your Greens

I’ve never been one to eat or drink a particular food just because it’s good for you. So for years I’ve been rolling my eyes whenever anyone starts talking a...

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POLITICS: WHY INDIA MUST QUESTION A DECADE OF FAILED LEADERSHIP

"Why should the people of India continue to vote for a politics that, after ten years in...

May 25 2024

FESTIVALS: GRAND FINALE AT KASHISH PRIDE FILM FESTIVAL

Indian Trans and Non-Binary filmmakers, actors win big at 15th KASHISH Pride Film Festiv...

May 23 2024

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: REVERSING ROLES IN CHAALCHITRA EKHON

‘Chaalchitra Ekhon’ serves as a reflective piece on the generational shift f...

May 22 2024