The World Health Organization Says Yes To An Experimental Ebola Drug

A panel of experts convened by the World Health Organization has unanimously endorsed the idea of offering unproven vaccines or treatments to help combat the unprecedented ...

Tobacco use by adults below 25 may soon become illegal

Government mulls changes in law to prevent surrogate ads by tobacco companies Adults aged below 25 years, who are in the habit of smoking or using other tobacco products, t...

Tough Acts To Follow

It’s that time of the year, when a few odd serials have drawn their curtains, and new shows are up for grabs. Last week television audiences witnessed the closure of ...

Philanthropy Power Duo: How Edward Norton and Shauna Robertson Have Raised $150M With Hollywood Charity Game Changer

In 2009, producer Shauna Robertson was capping off a string of box-office hits that included The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up and Super bad when she decided, at the age o...

Four charts that suggest the problem isn't just the lack of girls' toilets

States that have a low number of government schools with girls’ toilets also tend not to have toilets for boys or household latrines, suggesting that this may be an o...

Solar push for Railways

Indian Railways can reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 239 tonnes per year per train by fixing solar panels atop coaches The railways’ decision to experiment with...

WHO approves experimental Ebola drugs, Canada decides to donate 1,000 doses

Amid the controversy over clinical trials of possible cure to Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday authorised the use of experimental drugs to fight Ebola....

Safety First – A Trial on Error

Errors and mishaps in a hospital set-up that lead to harm, have dual effects; on patients as well as on the clinicians Richie Williams was young boy of 12. He was suffering...

True Review: The Giver

Critics Ratings:1.5 stars

Cast: Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Skarsgård.

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