Rotavirus vaccine can reduce 26,985 deaths in India

The central government’s decision to introduce rotavirus vaccine in India’s Universal Immunization Programme can reduce as many as 26,985 deaths annually due to...

How to Talk About Climate Change So People Will Listen

Not long ago, my newspaper informed me that glaciers in the western Antarctic, undermined by the warmer seas of a hotter world, were collapsing, and their disappearance ?no...

The real shoots of economic revival lie in agriculture

The rains have fallen short. An agrarian crisis is seemingly upon us. The Green Revolution was supposed to take care of everything. It was supposed to reduce dependence on ...

Habits of Highly Humanistic Doctors

Even in these times of highly commercialized health care you might still come across doctors and physicians who are humanistic.

How are they different?

I re...

Cotton Candy

The train was late the third day in a row. It meant that there would be a crowd again and I wouldn?t get to stand with my back to the wall. Of course it is just a 30 minute...

South Africa Leads in HIV Prevention Among Gay Groups

As homophobic discrimination continues to sweep across the African continent, we should be acutely mindful of the diverse ways it harms societies. While we are most aware o...

Experts in Pune chalk out strategy to counter Ebola threat

The National Institute of Virology (NIV) and the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) will collaborate on strategies to counter the Ebola threat that has resurfaced in the A...

The Youngest Are Hungriest

WHY are Indian children so short? Over 40 percent of those 5 and under are stunted — meaning they are in the bottom 2 to 3 percent of the worldwide height distributio...

Only Four Per Cent of Indian Company Directors Are Women

Only four percent of the directors of publicly listed Indian companies are women, but a landmark law passed last year means companies must act quickly to put more women on ...