Health

10 Twitter Accounts Making A Difference In The Way Babies Are Fed

Anyone who has ever had a baby knows that there’s a certain learning curve, especially when it comes to feeding them. While in-person and hands-on help with a profession...

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Maternal Deaths ‘Still A Significant Problem’ In India

Maternal deaths are still a significant problem in India despite the introduction of a cash incentive scheme to encourage women to give birth in proper health facilities more ...

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Next Week Is Motherhood Week, 1l Pregnant Women Targeted

Allahabad: With an objective to take better care of pregnant women and ensure antenatal care (ANC), the health department would hold Motherhood Week from January 27 to Februar...

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10 Million Women To Receive Vital Health Education Through Mobiles By Imimobile, BBC Media Action And The Gates Foundation.

IMImobile, which helps companies to engage with their customers via mobile technologies, has teamed up with BBC Media Action, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Fo...

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Six Questions About The Zika Virus, Answered

Some doctors in Brazil have been warning women not to get pregnant, and last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued travel advisories suggesting pregnant w...

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The Case For Going Universal

Maternity entitlements are an important policy tool for encouraging better maternal health. This is why we need to do away with conditionality in cash transfer schemes Read M...

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India Still Has A High Rate Of Malnutrition, Reveals New National Health Survey

Malnutrition in India is still high and the number of malnourished children in West Bengal is more than it was a decade back, according to the fourth National Family Health Su...

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How A Yellow Suitcase Is Illuminating The Lives Of Women And Babies Around The World

When a severe back injury forced Dr Laura Stachel to pause her career as an obstetrician-gynaecologist, she took it upon her shoulders to help the cause of reducing maternal m...

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Their Voice Matters: Addressing Child, Early And Forced Marriage

“It is considered normal for a girl to drop out of school, to not go out of the house to meet her friends, to not play, to get married early, to have children and to not...

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Regular Soap Just As Effective As Anti-Bacterial Soap

Previous studies have shown that regular soap is just as effective as anti-bacterial soap and with a new study published in theJournal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapyresearchers...

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HUSAIN’S JOURNEY THROUGH HIS MUSES

That Search For A Muse: M.F. Husain’s Lifelong Quest for Inspiration: Khalid Moham...

March 24 2026

WAR AND PEACE IN CONFLICT

In an age of shifting power, contested truths, and invisible wars, this reflective essay...

March 23 2026

GUJARATI THEATRE PASSION AND PERFORMANCE

Actor Leena Shah reflects on her enduring journey through Gujarati theatre, sharing insi...

March 22 2026