Atul Gawande: What ails India's public health system

What do you make of India's under-performing, poorly-funded, leaky public health system, smothered by high population and appalling sanitation? It is the same health system...

India Slashes Health Budget, Already Among World's Lowest:

The government has ordered a cut of nearly 20 percent in its 2014/15 healthcare budget due to fiscal strains, putting at risk key disease control initiatives in a country w...

Amitabh, Priyanka, Sonakshi sign up for Swachh Bharat

Amitabh Bachchan was appointed as the brand ambassador for the NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India initiative. In this unique 12-hour Cleanathon campaign, the aim is to create ...

Shruti Haasan lends her voice for AIDS awareness campaign

Known for having an edgy and eclectic persona and of course her distinct voice, actress Shruti Haasan decided to this time lend her support to a digital campaign called Tea...

Mother?? Death Shows Bribes Buy India Worst G-20 Maternal Care

Aid organization Save the Children puts India last in the G-20 in its Mothers??Index, which measures pregnancy-related deaths; child mortality; and the economic, educationa...

Stars Record Videos For Advent Calendar To Cure Blood Cancer

Anthony Nolan ??the UK?? blood cancer charity and bone marrow register ??has launched a star-studded advent calendar, which could cure blood cancer. Every day until Christm...

A New Direction for Global Health

It is easy to be discouraged about the state of international cooperation today, but global health remains an area in which the world has come together to do significant go...

Obama’s All-Women Press Conference Deals Glancing Blow to Patriarchy

It was a rough day for men who spend their days asking President Barack Obama questions. At the president’s year-end press conference, Obama called only on women, fie...

Thespo 16 Culminares With A Sparkling Awards Night

~ Honours Joy Michael with Lifetime Achievement award ~

~ Shines bright in Bollywoo...