Deploying midwives in poor nations could avert millions of maternal and newborn deaths

Researchers have said that a small increase in number of skilled birth attendants in the world’s poorest nations could save the lives of a substantial number of women...

El Nino effect: Mumbai may get only 93% rainfall: Met

Authorities say the monsoon has reached the city, but the currents are weak, causing a period of inactivity; weak monsoon will, almost inevitably, lead to a rise in vegetab...

In Lucknow, one toilet for every 58,844 people!

Lucknow, with a population of nearly three million and the capital of India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, doesn’t have any public toilets for women an...

Katy Perry And Staples Make Roar Happen In Washington, DC

Staples and global pop music superstar Katy Perry continue to “Make Roar Happen” in Washington, D.C. today by announcing 55 local classroom projects have been f...

Huma Qureshi to spread social awareness for LGBT community

Actress Huma Qureshi has joined forces with a poetic campaign called ‘Ishq ki Ijaazat’ which will be launched online to spread awareness about the lesbian, gay,...

Senior citizens need vaccination, say doctors

In elderly with pneumococcal bacteraemia (blood infected with bacteria), the death rate is high, according to CDC surveillance. Another city-based pulmonologist Anil Kanche...

India counts human and economic cost of late monsoon

Record temperatures have left many Indians suffering, causing scientists to explore possible climate link Meteorological researchers in India suspect that climate change is...

No toilets for girls in one-fifth of India?s schools, enrolment on decline

Dip in number of schools providing midday meals to their students

“About 20 per cent schools in India still lack toilet facilities for girls,” says a re...

5th Jagran Film Festival To Open On 5th July In New Delhi

The festival will travel to 14 cities across India

New Delhi, India: The festival that created a furore with its vast span ...