Injectable polio vaccine to be introduced from October

India will introduce injectable polio vaccine in its universal immunisation programme from October. This is a part of the World health Organisation’s polio endgame st...

The gender of a sound byte

Dear Barkha, This is taking up from where we last left off. The last time we met at a dinner party in Mumbai, you had enquired why I always turned down requests to appear o...

Sam Simon Named As Honorary Director Of PETA

Sam Simon – co-creator of The Simpsons and renowned philanthropist- has been named an honorary director of PETA. Simon was diagnosed with terminal cancer in...

Alia Bhatt joins charity fundraiser

Actress Alia Bhatt has joined a charity fundraiser to support proper nutrition for cancer-stricken children. The Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania star has associated herself with ...

Laughter Is Power

The many comedy shows on television and Internet make us laugh because they make fun of others, usually those who we want to mock: Politicians, Bollywood stars, macho men, ...

Follow Narendra Modi On Climate Change, Says Arnold Schwarzenegger

Hollywood action-movie star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today said he would be a “terminator” for climate change and asked state govern...

The Dangers of Vaccine Denial

First, a word on vaccines: They have revolutionized public health. Can you name the discoverer of the smallpox vaccine? Probably not: Edward Jenner is little known today. H...

TN aims to bring down maternal mortality rate, says TNHSP Director

The Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project (TNHSP) is working towards reducing Tamil Nadu’s maternal mortality rate (MMR) to 45 per one lakh live births by 2017 from the c...

Jupiter Ascending

Critics rating: 1.5 Stars

Cast: Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean.

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