Assam’s rural health practitioners face uncertain future

In mid-February, rural health practitioners of Assam sat on a three-day protest in Guwahati, demanding assured career and regular jobs. This follows a high court order, whi...

A Sound Economy Needs A Sound Environment

Going by our Intelligence Bureau (IB) and some of the voices in the government, anyone asking for the protection of the country’s forests, its rivers or its coasts is...

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SNEHA INVITES YOU TO A FESTIVAL OF ART, HEALTH AND RECYCLING

A Mumbai-based non-profit organisation, SNEHA targets four large public health areas: ...

Care about global climate change? Then fight local air pollution

Leaders of developing countries should take a look at a new study by professors and researchers at Harvard, Yale, and the University of Chicago, and keep it in mind when th...

Asian cities to be worst hit by climate change.

Governments are finding it difficult to cope with the swelling population Fast-growing cities in Asia will be the worst affected by climate change because of their swelling...

The Sickeningly Low Vaccination Rates at Silicon Valley Day Cares

The scientists, technologists, and engineers who populate Silicon Valley and the California Bay Area deserve their reputation as innovators, building entire new economies o...

Child, Bride, Mother

In Guatemala, the legal age of marriage is 14 with parental consent, but in Petén, in the northern part of the country, the law seems to be more of a suggestion. Und...

Kareena Kapoor Khan to do charity for Kashmir flood victims

Bollywood celebrities have time and again extended their support towards the Kashmir flood victims. From making personal donations to flood relief funds, to promoting the c...