Political Apathy, Unplanned Urbanisation Make Vector-Borne Diseases Hard To Control in India

Only 60 per cent of the total plan outlay for vector-borne diseases spent between 2007 to2013; lack of co-ordination between ministries and state agencies a major hurdle in...

March Had Lowest Air Pollution In 4 Years, IITM Scientists Say

This March recorded the lowest particulate matter (PM2.5) levels-fine, respirable pollutants-in the past four years. While this could seem like a relief at the moment, scie...

Tata Power Delhi Distribution wins ‘Innovation for India Awards – 2014

Tata Power Delhi Distribution (TPDDL) has won the ‘Innovation for India Awards 2014’, under Business Category, for developing tamper evident and defraud electri...

Is This Our Democracy?

While watching the show Satyamev Jayate hosted by Aamir Khan, running on Sunday mornings on Star Plus, last week, I began to feel faint.

Our acceptance of a flawed ...

Reproductive rights and wrongs: How discrimination blights maternity care

Last week, Brazil becomes the first country to pay compensation to the family of a woman who died in childbirth as a result of negligence and discriminatory practices in ma...

Domestic market driver of India's economic development

India has crucially placed the domestic market as the driver of its economic development, which strategy is also a major prescription for sustainable recovery of the global...

India ranks 102 out of 132 nations on social development index

India ranks 102nd among the 132 countries on the Social Progress Index, a measure of human well being that goes beyond traditional economic measures such as GDP or per capi...

Child’s first 1,000 days critical to future health, experts say

Washington D.C., Apr 1, 2014 / 02:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The earliest days of a child’s development, both in the womb and after birth, are essential to human develop...

India's Shift to a Sustainable Energy Future

India is the world’s fourth-largest energy consumer and will likely overtake China in the next decade as the primary source of growth in global energy demand. As NBR ...