The Union Cabinet okays plan to raise cadre for health workers for rural areas

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the health ministry’s proposal to institute a three-year degree programme for public health professionals. The bachelor in comm...

Garlic Tales

The day shimmered in the April heat. Vehicles of all shapes and sizes whizzed or trundled past, making the service road shudder at regular intervals. This made for a slight...

Walt Disney Company Sets an example for everyone to see when it comes to being there for a cause

The Walt Disney Company announced today that it will donate half-a-million dollars to Save the Children and The American Red Cross to support victims of the recent tragedy ...

Pentavalent vaccine gets clean chit, set for national scale-up

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) has recommended scale-up of the pentavalent vaccine across the country, along with activities to monitor poten...

Largest solar plant in Japan launched by Kyocera

Kagoshima (Southern Japan) has now become home to the country’s largest solar plant.
The area is primarily known for the volcano Sakurajima, rocket launchpads an...

‘No Ceiling: The Full Participation Project’

Secretary Clinton recently announced a new Clinton Foundation Program ‘No Ceiling: The Full Participation Project’.

This program will measure the global...

Bringing Obama care To Your Favorite TV Show. Foundation spending $500K to educate TV writers on new healthcare law.

A private California foundation has raised half-a-million dollars to promote the new health care reform law on TV shows by educating script writers about it.

The Ca...

UN Environment Programme states an increase in global green house gas emissions by 2020 (Emissions Gap report 2013)

The United Nations says it is “less and less likely” that global greenhouse gas emissions will be low enough by 2020 to stop the atmosphere warming beyond the i...