Health

India will support surveillance of polio-free countries: PM Modi

Kathmandu: During the ongoing SAARC summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India will support medical surveillance of polio-free countries, and provide vaccines w...

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UN Members Resolve To End Child Marriage

There are now more than 700 million women who were married before their 18th birthday. There are now more than 700 million women who were married before their 18th birthday, m...

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Antibiotics During Pregnancy May Increase Child’s Obesity Risk

A new study reports that antibiotic use during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for obesity in the child. Researchers studied 436 mothers and their children from...

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World has Five Years to Secure Victory in HIV fight

The world has five years to increase access to HIV treatment and prevention to end HIV as a global health threat – and prevent the pandemic from resurging, according to ...

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Care the newborn like Kangaroo

The kangaroo mother care (KMC) requires very little investment. While the hospitals and centres have invested in Lycra bands to hold the baby and a recliner for the mother, do...

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Maternal pertussis vaccine during pregnancy protected infants

“Our results provide good evidence for pregnant women and health professionals to make informed decisions about the effectiveness of maternal vaccination in protecting b...

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India’s Lethal Birth Control

There’s no secret to reducing population growth: Women who are informed about and given access to contraception choices have fewer children. Yet India persists in a crue...

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Accent on male sterilisation

Between 2008 and March 2012, the Centre, under its Family Planning Insurance Scheme, had to pay compensation for botched sterilisation procedures which included 438 cases of c...

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The one dollar contraceptive set to make family planning easier

An agreement has been signed which will make contraceptive injections available to women in 69 of the world’s poorest countries. It is an injection – but not as y...

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Smallpox, polio and HIV: the fights we’re winning against infectious disease

Only one human disease, smallpox, has ever been eradicated entirely. But great strides have been made against lots of other major killers You are, probably, incredibly lucky....

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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

DHURANDHAR REVIEW SPECTACLE VERSUS SUBSTANCE

Dhurandhar – The Revenge unfolds as an ambitious spectacle, blending geopolitics, ...

March 21 2026