Health

?? Woke Up And I Couldn?? Walk?? This Is The Polio That Should Become Just A Memory

At the age of four, I quickly had to come to terms with the devastating reality of contracting polio. I was born in Israel in 1945, but it would be another decade before the c...

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Truckers Ferrying Deadly HIV Virus Into NE: Survey

Most truck drivers live an isolated life– far from their near and dear ones– for months together. And their carnal desires are mostly fulfilled by commercial sex w...

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Pregnant Women Advised To Get Flu Vaccination

Considering the contagious nature of influenza, doctors recommend that pregnant women get immunised against the disease. The Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societi...

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Holistic Approach To Farming Can Mitigate Agrarian Crisis: M S Swaminathan

M S Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, has flagged the issue of absence of integrated advice for farmers trapped in agrarian crisis. To address the growing dichot...

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Lack Of Political Will To Address Complex Health Issues: Vikram Patel

Vikram Patel, an Indian psychiatrist and global mental health researcher, has been dubbed a “wellbeing warrior: by Time magazine, which recently listed him among the 100...

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12% Pregnant Women In West Bengal Diabetic: Study

KOLKATA: It is believed to be one of the least known and rarely detected routes through which diabetes has been spreading in the country. Gestational diabetes — a form o...

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Doing much with little

Despite limited resources and political instability, Nepal is doing well on health, social indicators. Recently, on April 10, India?? The Hindu published an article under the...

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TMC may rope in pvt hosps for delivery cases

In the wake of a rise in delivery deaths, the public health department of the Thane corporation is pushing for a complete overhaul of its five maternity clinics by involving p...

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India Hopes To attain MDGs On Child Mortality, Maternal Health

With increased funding and stepped-up investments in health systems, India today said it expects to achieve the Millennium Development Goals of reducing child mortality and im...

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Suicide Will Soon Become India's Number 1 Killer': Vikram Patel

LONDON: India's foremost mental health expert who spends most of his time between Goa and London has now been named as among TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the...

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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