With an endowment of $39.6 billion, and an annual grant support of about $4 billion, US-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is one of the leading private found...

Junk Food Ban Is Not Enough: Schools

On Monday, the Maharashtra government issued a resolution instructing schools to stop serving junk food in their canteens, to stem health problems and aid learning. Foods b...

Europe Poised For Total Ban On Bee-Harming Pesticides

Draft regulations seen by the Guardian reveal the European commission wants to prohibit the insecticides that cause ‘acute risks to bees’ The world’s most...

10 Highlights Of The New National Health Policy

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the National Health Policy 2017 which aims to increase public healthcare expenditure to 2.5 percent of GDP with more than two-thirds...

Lok Sabha Passes Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill; Paid Leaves Increase

The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 protects the employment of women in her maternity period and entitles her of maternity benefit (Credit: iStock Images) Almost six months aft...

Time To Ditch The Pill? World's First Contraception App That Is As Effective As A Condom Is Given A Seal Of Approval

An contraception app that uses body temperature to track a woman's menstrual cycle has been given the seal of approval. Natural Cycles records daily temperature and uses an...

Street Children To Get Access To Health Services, Education By Providing Them Aadhaar Cards

Street children will be provided Aadhaar cards to enable them to take admission in schools and access government health services. The Standard Operating Procedure for Care ...

A New Year Reminder: India's HIV Bill Does Little To Ensure Access To Treatment

Since pressure to draft the HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2014, began to be mounted more than a decade ago, socio-political circumstances have considerably ch...

Govt. Approves Inclusion of 15 New Castes in Central OBC List

The government on Wednesday approved inclusion of 15 new castes and modification in 13 other castes in the Central list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
The Union Cab...