Lack Of Political Will To Address Complex Health Issues: Vikram Patel

Vikram Patel, an Indian psychiatrist and global mental health researcher, has been dubbed a “wellbeing warrior: by Time magazine, which recently listed him among the ...

Avril Lavigne Debuts Song For Special Olympics

The song is exclusively available today, April 16, on iTunes 100 days before the start of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games, which will be the world’s largest spo...

12% Pregnant Women In West Bengal Diabetic: Study

KOLKATA: It is believed to be one of the least known and rarely detected routes through which diabetes has been spreading in the country. Gestational diabetes — a for...

India Needs To Take The Lead On Climate Change Action, Says US Ambassador Richard Verma

India needs to take the lead in spearheading the cause of climate change even as the US will help it realise a low carbon and clean energy future, US ambassador to India Ri...

Nikhil Seth: A New Vision For Sustainable Development

In his more than two decades with the United Nations, Nikhil Seth has played a pivotal role in the development of first the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 and now the...

Meryl Streep Funds Lab for Women Screenwriters Over 40

Meryl Streep has funded a screenwriters lab for women writers over 40, to be run by New York Women in Film and Television and IRIS, a collective of women filmmakers.
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Doing much with little

Despite limited resources and political instability, Nepal is doing well on health, social indicators.

Recently, on April 10, India?? The Hindu published an artic...

TMC may rope in pvt hosps for delivery cases

In the wake of a rise in delivery deaths, the public health department of the Thane corporation is pushing for a complete overhaul of its five maternity clinics by involvin...

Time to tread sustainable development path

The idea of sustainable development is that raw capitalism is far too powerful for its own good. Global capitalism is a juggernaut, with the world economy now doubling in s...