Health

Mother’s hair could hold key to preventing underdeveloped babies

Scientists at Gravida, Auckland University’s National Centre for brain Growth and Development, have discovered that chemicals in the hair of pregnant women may increase ...

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Drugs on EMI

People in an extremely backward Haryana town, where almost every fifth person has hepatitis C, are forced to seek treatment on EMIs High incidence of hepatitis C in Ratia and...

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A mobile key to maternal health

Dr Anita, who just goes by her first name, has a flourishing practice in Bihar. She is the most sought-after consulting gynecologist in a state with India’s highest fert...

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mHealth Program to Start Serving Mothers in India’s Largest Slums

Birju was one of about 100 women living in the Mumbai slums who started receiving messages under MAMA’s mMitra program last week. The information conveyed is based on wh...

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Progress on Family Planning Means Progress for All

Family Planning 2020 launched Partnership in Progress, a report on global efforts to fulfill the ambitious goal set at the 2012 London Summit on Family Planning: deliver life-...

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Agri-mechanical hubs to promote intensive farming in Bengal

Crop diversification gives a wider choice in the production of a variety of crops in a given area. This expands production related activities on various crops and also lowers ...

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Greed of Drug Industry Cited by World Health as Reason for Lack of Ebola Vaccine

“A profit-driven industry does not invest in products for markets that cannot pay,” she said, according to The New York Times. “WHO has been trying to make t...

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Infants to get free treatment till age one in Rajasthan

Extending the scope of the Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojana (JSSY) with an aim to bring down the infant mortality rate (IMR) in the State, the Rajasthan government has decided to...

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With aim to end tuberculosis by 2020, Harsh Vardhan announces free treatment for all

“TB is a by-product of poverty,” Harsh Vardhan pointed out. “I strongly believe TB control should be taken up by everyone as a development issue. The respons...

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Centre joins hands with Gates for universal sanitation

With the objective of addressing sanitation related health concerns, the Urban Development Ministry and the Bill & Milinda Gates Foundation have agreed on a partnership to...

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THE STING BEHIND BOLLYWOOD PAPARAZZI

Khalid Mohamed, without being judgmental, reports on the love-hate relationship of the c...

May 12 2026

MAHOGATHA REVIVES MAHASHWETA DEVI’S LEGACY

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reviews Mahogatha, a powerful Hindi theatrical adaptation of three...

May 11 2026

DAADI KI SHADI REVIEW ANALYSIS

Arnab Banerjee reviews Daadi Ki Shadi, examining its progressive premise, hesitant story...

May 10 2026