Five Billion People Have No access to Surgery

Two-thirds of the world's population have no access to safe and affordable surgery, according to a new study in The Lancet - more than double the number in previous estimat...

The Road To Better Data

When Moses went to Mount Sinai more than 3,000 years ago, he came back with 10 commandments. When the world’s presidents and prime ministers go to New York City in la...

Doordarshan Looks To Offer TV channels On Smartphones; Prasar Bharati Writes To I&B Ministry With Blueprint

NEW DELHI: Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati is experimenting with a pilot project to let people watch TV channels directly on their smartphones, without using Internet or ...

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 for...

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 ...

‘Mere Paas Maths Hai’

As per the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) in January, only 25.3 per cent Class III student can attempt a two-digit subtraction while the percentage of Class II st...

Jessie J Tour Top Fetches $3,200 For Charity

British pop star Jessie J has raised more than $3,200 (£2,000) for cancer research by selling a stage outfit from her recent tour to the highest bidder. The Price Tag...

SAAS BAHU AND TRADITION

??India lives in her villages,? is a quote attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. ?This isn't the exact quote, though. Gandhiji actually wrote, ?India is not Calcutta and Bombay. In...

What Do 13 of the Strongest Women on TV Have in Common? They’re All Tatiana Maslany

Orphan Black’s star creates clones with endless individuality

The short years ago, Tatiana Maslany was an up-and-coming actress with improv comedy chops, so...