With aim to end tuberculosis by 2020, Harsh Vardhan announces free treatment for all

“TB is a by-product of poverty,” Harsh Vardhan pointed out. “I strongly believe TB control should be taken up by everyone as a development issue. The resp...

Bob Geld of Reportedly Planning Band Aid Single to Fight Ebola

Bob Geldof is reportedly considering releasing a fourth version of the charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” reported The Sun.

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Waves of Change

My recent visits to the beach have been rather fulfilling, owing to my new found passion, Surfing. My perception of it was altered by my very first experience of a wipeout....

Seth Rogen’s Hilarity for Charity Brings Laughs for a Good Cause

Seth Rogen and friends dressed in their spiffiest prom attire and laughed for a good cause Friday night at the third annual Hilarity for Charity fundraiser presented by Gen...

Indigenous Daredevilry Dance Show

Just three years old and Life OK has proved itself as a channel with an edge, a spin and loads of out- of- the- box programming. It?s doing a great job with its content mix...

Rice and Reason

A recent and disturbing study conducted by Harvard University has established that consuming just one cup of white rice (polished rice) everyday can put you at risk to diab...

Drug-resistant TB now epidemic among HIV+ people in Mumbai

A recent study has revealed that many HIV-positive patients in Mumbai have now developed drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). The study was conducted by international non-p...

Jairam Ramesh to Head Panel on Global Research Platform

Former Union minister Jairam Ramesh has been named to chair a global research platform panel on sustainable development instituted by an alliance of organisations such as U...

Injectable polio vaccine more effective than oral one: Experts

The Injectable Polio Vaccine (IPV) is more effective than the oral one, experts said here on Tuesday. They emphasised that though the IPV was expensive, it carries the inac...