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That Poisonous Bite

Khalid Mohamed reviews the BBC-commissioned series The Serpent on Charles Sobhraj, approves he...

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UN recommends only one hour of screen time for kids under 5

The World Health Organization, in a recent campaign stated that toddlers should spend no more than 60 minutes passively watching a screen every...

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Valuing Girls over Boys puts Young Girls at Greater Risk of Mortality

A new study on child mortality shows that sexism is cancelling out girl’s inbuilt biological survival taken as an advantage since the ear...

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Gates Foundation pledges $300M to help the World’s Poorest Farmers

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is teaming up with partners around the world to take on some tough challenges: extreme poverty and poor health in developing countries...

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Bill Gates invests $50 million towards Alzheimer’s R&D in the Dementia Discovery Fund

When it comes to meaningful charity, Gates is the first name that comes to one’s mind. Bill Gates never loses an opportunity to donate for a noble cause. H...

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $1.7 billion to public education in the US

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is teaming up with partners around the world to take on some tough challenges: extreme poverty and poor health in developing countri...

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India Ranks Below Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal in Healthcare Index

India's health care index has gone up in last 25 years from 30.7 to 44.8 but numbers are much lesser than Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.A report published on Thur...

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‘The Lancet’ on Achieving Maternal Health Goals in the SDG Era: Tackling Diversity and Divergence

Between 1990 and 2015, there was an incredible 44 percent decrease in global maternal mortality rates. But these impressive gains still fell short of the Millennium Develop...

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The Globalisation Of Bad Food And Poor Health: Sustainable Development Or Sustainable Profits?

The proportion of deaths due to cancer around the world increased from 12 percent in 1990 to 15 percent in 2013. Globally, cancer is already the second-leading cause of dea...

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Gender Equality And The Global Goals

Just over a week ago at the United Nations (UN), one hundred ninety-three countries adopted a new sustainable development agenda to tackle some of the world’s most pr...

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