Communicable Diseases Rise 32 Perccent In 5 Years, Spending Up 7 Percent

Spending on programmes to control India’s three main communicable diseases — malaria, tuberculosis and leprosy A — increased seven percent over five years...

Film Stars Sign In For Cause To Donate Bed Sheets To Old Folks

Tangerine teams up with Bollywood to help India’s old folks

Mumbai, March 2016: In today’s age of celebriti...

Bee Extinction Is Threatening The World’s Food Supply, UN Warns

Last Monday, members of nearly 100 national governments met in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur for a weeklong conference to discuss the threats facing animal pollinators...

Here's Why It's A Very Bad Idea To Wipe Mosquitoes Off The Face Of The Earth

It would be hard to find an insect more despised these days than the mosquito. The blood-sucking pest is considered more lethal to humans than any other animal in the world...

Ideas Thrown Up For Gender Equality

Male chauvinism thrives on the fear of rape among women. When women learn to surpass this fear mentally and physically, it will have no base to exist,” said gender ac...

Why Eradicating Earth’s Mosquitoes To Fight Disease Is Probably A Bad Idea

But what would a world free of mosquitoes look like? Would it be an Earth in which the infectious diseases that plague millions are completely, permanently, and mercifully ...

Opinion: Bill Gates: Here Are My Three Goals For 2016

DAVOS, Switzerland (Project Syndicate) — We live in extraordinary times. Each day seems to bring fresh headlines about an unfolding crisis — whether it is migra...

El Ni?o Worsens Drought In Southern Africa ? And 14 Million People Could Go Hungry

Nearly three million people will be affected in Malawi ? roughly 16 percent of the country's population ? while nearly two million are considered at risk on the Indian Ocea...

Athena Film Festival: Abortion Providers Doc, 'Inside Out,' 'Truth' Highlight Lineup

The festival focused on female leadership will open with the New York premiere of reproductive rights documentary Trapped.The Athena Film Festival on Wednesday unveiled the...