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Treating tobacco-related diseases cost India Rs 16,800 crore in 2011

Spending on treating such diseases is just a little less than revenue from tobacco products; Union health minister, Harsh Vardhan, says he would press for increase in tax o...

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Low-Cost Water Is Hard Sell in Delhi Colony

India — In October last year, the resettlement colony of Sawda Ghevra, tucked away in the north-western outskirts of India’s capital, became the site of an urba...

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Ice-T, Kid Rock, Stevie Nicks And Others Work To House 57,000 Homeless Vets

Over a dozen celebrities and Cumulus Media have come together to help the innovative, Ohio-based Veterans Matter program kick off a campaign on Memorial Day to help house a...

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True Review: Children of War - Nine Months to Freedom

Critics Rating: 3.STARS*

Cast :Indraneil Sengupta, Raima Sen, Pavan Malhotra, Farooque Sheikh, Riddhi Sen Rucha Inamdar, Victor Benerjee,

Direction: Mrityun...

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Dumping of dry ice in rivers is killing marine life

Dry ice used by mechanized boats to preserve fish and dumped in the river over a long period of time can harm more marine life than the little it seeks to preserve on the s...

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Drinking alcohol before pregnancy linked to intestinal birth defect

Women should refrain from drinking alcohol before they try to become pregnant, according to maternal-fetal medicine specialists at Loyola University Health System. “A...

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Emma Stone And Andrew Garfield Use Their Famous Faces For A Good Cause

Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield were snapped after lunch in New York City on Sunday, and the Spiderman co-stars held up handmade cardboard signs promoting the website for Wo...

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MISSING, THE IRANI JOINT

As B Merwan opposite Grant Road Station (East) downs it shutters, a flood of memories takes over the locals and regulars at Merwans, as it was commonly referred to. Minoo S...

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Climate change, air quality and health

The third National Climate Assessment report, due to be released this month, confirms both the role of human activities in causing climate change and the broad range of adv...

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Global warming and our health

Global warming isn’t just bad for the environment. There are several ways that it is expected to take a toll on human health. For starters, the extreme summer heat th...

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