14th World Congress on Public Health held in Kolkata

Kolkata recently hosted the 14th World Congress on Public Health (WCPH) at the city’s Science City auditorium. Kolkata last hosted the Congress in 1981.

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ASHA workers roped in to check swine flu cases in pregnant women

JAIPUR: More than 46,000 accredited social health activists (ASHAs) workers, who are instrumental in keeping a check on maternal health, have been roped in to prevent the s...

How Crowdfunding Helped 3 Rural Mothers Turn Their Lives Around

These are the stories of three inspiring rural Indian mothers, and how they conquered difficulties to set a precedent for progress in their communities. Shobha, Manguben, a...

Kailash Kher joins Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme

Singer Kailash Kher recently sang Beti, a hard hitting song, for Woman from the East and dedicated it to the movement Kailash Kher extended his hand to Prime Minister Naren...

Many young Indian women underweight, their babies too – research

Researchers have long puzzled over why children in India, despite being wealthier, are shorter and smaller than children in sub-Saharan Africa. At least part of the answer ...

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At UN, Bollywood’s Farhan Akhtar leads push to involve more men to end violence against women

When the moderator of a panel discussion on Wednesday at United Nations Headquarters in New York on how to end violence against women looked a little disappointedly at her ...

‘Crime Patrol’ completes 12 years

While criminal cases have always been a societal problem, it has always been a fascination for crime writers to include it as a narrative for television audiences. One such...

India has joined the climate change challenge: John Kerry

India has joined the climate change challenge, US Secretary of State John Kerry today said as he praised Indian efforts to combat the growing menace. ?During President Obam...