Health

Domestic Violence Affects Maternal And Child Health: Study

A recent research has established the link between domestic violence and pregnancy complications. The study, conducted in 225 villages across 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh, pr...

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High Prices Of Food Lead To Malnutrition, Says Study

High food prices result in malnutrition in India, says a study done on children from Andhra Pradesh. The research published in the Journal of Nutrition says spikes in food pri...

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The UN Fell Short On Helping Women

A critical push for universal progress, launched by the United Nations in 2000, has reached an official close. On Monday, the U.N. released its report on the initiative known ...

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MDG Report: India On Track In Reducing Poverty

‘But it still remains home to one quarter of global underfed population’ India has halved its incidence of extreme poverty, from 49.4 per cent in 1994 to 24.7 per ...

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Cuba Wipes Out Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission by Emphasizing Maternal Health and Universal Health Coverage, Says WHO

After a flurry of reports surfaced earlier this year that Cuba was the host of a particularly aggressive strain of HIV, the Caribbean island is now being lauded by the World H...

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Climate Change Concert Calls For More Investment In Green Energy

Around 100 people gathered on the Alberta legislature grounds Saturday afternoon, trying to convince politicians that a strong economy and healthy environment are not mutually...

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Significant Mother

How Maharashtra laboured for 12 years to bring down the state’s maternal mortality rate by 54% and what it’s doing to become the country’s primary pre and po...

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A Dose Of Culinary Medicine Sends Med Students To The Kitchen

When it comes to premature death and disease, what we eat ranks as the single most important factor, according to a study in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Associat...

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WHO: Insecticides Lindane, DDT Linked To Cancer

IARC said high exposures to lindane have previously been reported among agricultural workers and pesticide applicators. The insecticide lindane, once widely used in agricultur...

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MDR-TB Spreads Less Within Households

There are greater chances of controlling the spread due to its lower fitness Unlike people with drug-susceptible TB, those with multi drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) are less likel...

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THOUGHT FACTORY: LOVE LANGUAGES GUIDE TO MOHABBAT KI DUKAAN

Discover how to express and receive love through the five love languages, nurturing rela...

October 8 2024

FESTIVALS: THE CHANGING FACE OF DURGA PUJA

Religious Fest? Reality Show? Sponsored Program? A little of all these? Monojit Lahiri l...

October 6 2024

POLITICS: GLOBAL VIOLENCE AND THE HUMAN TOLL

As wars and violence surge worldwide, this article explores the tragic human cost, globa...

October 5 2024