Over 70,000 Transgenders In Rural India: Survey

Rural India has over 70,000 transgenders, with Uttar Pradesh topping the list with nearly 13,000, and West Bengal home to around 10,000, reveals the Socio Economic and Cast...

Ira Singhal First In UPSC Exam, Top Four Positions Secured By Women

Ira Singhal became the first physically challenged candidate to top the civil services examination that saw women take the top four ranks on Saturday. And giving Delhi some...

A Dose Of Culinary Medicine Sends Med Students To The Kitchen

When it comes to premature death and disease, what we eat ranks as the single most important factor, according to a study in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Assoc...

How Camtech India Is Addressing Pressing Healthcare Issues Through Innovation By Integrating Technology And Healthcare

According to the World Health Organisation’s 2014 report, nearly 800 women die every day due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth. Save the Children’s r...

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...

Conditions caused due to poor sanitation the reason for large number of maternal and newborn deaths

Lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene in birth settings is killing mothers and newborns in the developing world, shows a new study. In a flagship paper, 16 researchers...

2015: the year businesses recognize that climate change is real

With new climate policies, civil unrest and supply-chain disruptions in 2014, more businesses are becoming activists It would be an understatement to say that a lot happene...

India reduces hunger, moves up 8 ranks in global index

In a pat on the back for the erstwhile UPA Government’s flagship programmes, the Global Hunger Index 2014 (GHI) has noted a significant improvement in the levels of h...

India slips on tobacco warnings: Report

India's ranking has dropped down to 136 out of 198 among countries that include pictorial health warnings on tobacco package, a report said Tuesday. This is much lower than...