Priorities

2?C rise will be a disaster say leading scientists

Governments have set the wrong target to limit climate change. The goal at present ? to limit global warming to a maximum of 2?C higher than the average for most of human hist...

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Timing of Baby’s First Solids May Affect Allergy Risk

Breast-feeding exclusively for 4 to 6 months, and introducing solid foods while breast-feeding continues, may be a good way to reduce the risk for food allergies in children, ...

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80% of medicines not covered by price control order

About 38 million people in India (which is more than Canada’s population) fall below the poverty line every year due to healthcare expenses, of which 70% is on purchase ...

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Urban Schools Aim for Environmental Revolution

Six big-city school systems are combining their purchasing power to persuade suppliers to sell healthier and more environment-friendly products, like compostable food trays, a...

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Pacific faces big economic losses from climate change: Asian Development Bank

The Pacific region faces serious economic losses due to?climate change?and it is critical that nations causing the problem step in to help, the?Asian Development Bank?said?on ...

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Survival of small farms crucial for food security

Some of the most respected food analysts in the world such as Miguel Altieri, after a decade of study have categorically concluded that small farms are the most efficient food...

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Whooping Cough Study May Offer Clue on Surge

Scientists said a finding — that baboons vaccinated against the illness could still carry and spread it — could provide insight on the increase in the incidence of...

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A New Zealand judge on Tuesday rejected a Kiribati man's claim that he should be granted refugee status because of climate change

Ioane Teitiota and his wife moved to New Zealand from the low-lying Pacific island nation in 2007. He argued that rising sea levels make it too dangerous for him and his famil...

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UN Calls on Asian Businesses to Unlock Economic, Development Potential of all of Asia-Pacific

Policy makers, business leaders and experts from Asia-Pacific countries ended two days of discussions led by the United Nations in Bangkok yesterday, calling for Asian busines...

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Eye Makeup Used To Protect Children Can Poison Them Instead

The parents said they were using the kajal to promote eye health.   When health workers tested the kajal in the family’s home, the eyeliner turned out to be 54...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: 55 YEARS ON, MERE APNE’S RELEVANCE

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with the indefatigable poet, lyricist, story-script-write...

January 20 2026

KALEIDOSCOPE: LUCKNOW BETWEEN PAST AND NOW

Cultures are never frozen in time, they keep moving, keep evolving.Filmmaker and writer ...

January 19 2026

HEALTH: WHEN CANCER GETS PERSONAL

As cancer treatment continues to rely on averages and probabilities, a breakthrough appr...

January 18 2026