Health

Why Sterilization Is The Most Popular Form Of Family Planning

For women, sterilization is usually done as tubal ligation, a minimally invasive surgery where the Fallopian tubes are cut and tied off. For men, it’s the vasectomy, a p...

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Cases of rising infant deaths in tribal hamlets worry officials

Efforts to counsel Lambada tribal women on the importance of protecting girl child notwithstanding, the Women and Child Welfare Department is worried over the increasing incid...

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Sanofi Introduces Pentavalent Paediatric Vaccine ‘Shan5’ in India

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, has launched its paediatric pentavalent vaccine, ‘Shan5’, developed and manufactured by its affiliate Shantha in I...

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A Study Bolsters a Call to Use Long-Acting Contraceptives

Marlice House was determined to take a different path from her mother, who had gotten pregnant with her at 17.“I do not want that to be me,” she said.So when Ms. H...

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Pfizer and Aid Groups Team Up on Depo-Provera Contraceptive for Developing World

Depo-Provera, an injectable contraceptive given once every three months, is already a popular choice of women in developing countries, who value the convenience and discretion...

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Children’s Day special: Stark reality of child health in India

It is Children’s Day today. As the nation celebrates the day, there is a need to analyse the real state of affairs that the children in the country face. In a picture t...

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War on the ‘Malaria mayhem’ in Mumbai reduces infection by 80%

How did the local government, a thinktank, tiffin box delivery men and a superhero reduce infections so dramatically? Indians take to the streets in celebration as monsoon cl...

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Mother’s hair could hold key to preventing underdeveloped babies

Scientists at Gravida, Auckland University’s National Centre for brain Growth and Development, have discovered that chemicals in the hair of pregnant women may increase ...

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Drugs on EMI

People in an extremely backward Haryana town, where almost every fifth person has hepatitis C, are forced to seek treatment on EMIs High incidence of hepatitis C in Ratia and...

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A mobile key to maternal health

Dr Anita, who just goes by her first name, has a flourishing practice in Bihar. She is the most sought-after consulting gynecologist in a state with India’s highest fert...

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REVIEW: HAPPY PATEL - KHATARNAK JASOOS IS BIG ON INTENT, LIGHT ON LAUGHS

The actor-director’s spy spoof aims for absurdist satire but collapses under stere...

January 21 2026

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