Gay sex is a criminal offence, rules Supreme Court

In a blow to gay rights activists, the Supreme Courton Wednesday upheld the constitutional validity of the penal provision making gay sex an offence punishable with up...

Industry pushes for hybrid insurance model to achieve universal health coverage

A report released by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) on Monday recommended that a model which allows public sector to deliver services like antenatal care...

WASTELAND – SO THAT NO ONE BECOMES AWARE OF IT

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About 40,000 refugees, including families with children, live sometimes about more than ten years in camps throughout Germany, usually ver...

Peter Gabriel Remembers Nelson Mandela At WITNESS Benefit

Human rights organization WITNESS celebrated its 9th Annual Focus For Change Be...

Zach Galifianakis helps Pardcast-A-Thon raise charity cash

Never Not Funny and Jimmy Pardo are pleased to announce the success of the Fifth Annual Pardcast-a-Thon fundraiser to benefit Read More

A new model for Women Empowerement

With successful implementation of various programmes aiming  to bring women to the forefront of society, the Sarada Krishna Iyer Satgamaya Centre, Udayamperoor, has se...

F.D.A. Approves Pill to Treat Hepatitis C

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Sovaldi, from Gilead Sciences, which will let some patients be treated for a minimum of 12 weeks, but at a cost of $1,000 per ...

New Hurdles for Premature Babies

Middle-income countries are doing better at saving premature infants, but blindness and cerebral palsy are on the rise among the babies saved. Click Read More

European Union - Approved 'safe' air pollution levels causing early deaths, shows study

Air pollution in the European Union is causing premature deaths even when levels meet quality guidelines, a report has shown. Even in areas where pollution was much lower t...