War’s toll on women: UN Women report sheds light on Gaza’s water, sanitation and hygiene crisis

Over a million women and girls lack basic necessities like safe drinking water, functioning toilets and sanitary pads

Nigeria makes history with rollout of new 5-in-1 meningitis vaccine

Men5CV recommended by WHO offers protection against five strains of the meningococcus bacteria in a single shot

Drought turns up the heat on wildfire recovery in western US, NASA data reveals

Research finds that when droughts coincide with wildfires, the recovery process takes a significant hit

Bird flu’s growing threat? After human case from infected cow in Texas, over 500 penguins found dead in Antarctica

The human patient had a mutation, PB2 E627K, which is linked to the virus adapting to mammalian hosts

Study highlights need for tourism industry to curb emissions: Yellowstone case shows travel’s big footprint

The park generates over 1.03 megatonnes of CO2 annually, travel to and from the park contributes to 90% of it

Review: ‘The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth’ inspires critical conversations about safety, accountability in science

BBC documentary offers viewers an inside look into NASA space shuttle crash in 2003, also known as Columbia disaster  

Thailand poised to become first Southeast Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage

If upper house of parliament approves marriage equality bill, Thailand will be third Asian one to legalise gay marriage

United States bans white asbestos, last of its kind still in use

Chrysotile asbestos used in chlor-alkali industry to make water treatment chemicals, chlorine bleach, caustic soda

What is ‘liver fluke’, a dog-killing parasite that has spread to western US?

Researchers recommend caution for pet owners; parasite normally found in southern US, found in California for first time

2024 Lok Sabha polls: With almost 50% electorate, women voters to drive elections this year

In recent times, women-based welfare schemes have played a major role in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh polls

COVID-19 was declared a pandemic 4 years ago: Take a look at the virus’ journey and global response to it

A timeline of the key events related to COVID-19

South African cheetah gives birth to five cubs in Kuno

There are now 26 cheetahs in Kuno National Park, including 13 cubs

Nutritional crisis: India has most ‘zero-food’ children at 6.7 million; third highest prevalance among 92 LMICs

Children aged 6-23 months going without milk, solid or semisolid food in 24-hour period are ‘zero-food’

World Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UNICEF pledge close to $600 million to combat cervical cancer

Commitments at first ever global forum to eliminate the fourth most prevalent cancer among women

Globally, women have just two-thirds of legal rights given to men, finds World Bank

India’s rank improves from 126 to 113

Gassed: How air pollution is causing greater loss of healthy life years in children compared to older people

Air pollution is one of the biggest reasons for child mortality in India. From womb to birth to adolescence, murky air with heavy dose of PM2.5 …

Driest place in North America has been home to a lake for 6 months, show NASA images

Badwater Basin in Death Valley received more than double its average annual precipitation since August 2023

Girls in rural India less likely to know how to use smartphones, computers: Survey

Boys more than twice as likely than girls to own their own smartphone, finds ASER 2023

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ILO projects hike in global unemployment rate: 2 million more may seek jobs in 2024

Low labour force participation, rising geopolitical tensions, high interest rates in advanced economies may raise unemployment rate to 5.2%

2023 ended on a high pollution note, finds CSE analysis of winter air pollution levels in Delhi-NCR

Factors like reduced contribution from stubble burning, November rains and milder winters were undone by low wind speed

High-efficacy malaria vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute passes WHO quality checks

R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine added to the WHO's list of prequalified vaccines

COVID vaccines pillar COVAX to wind down by year-end, left with billions unspent

Vaccine delivery to shift to regular programmes

What is ‘noma’, the latest addition to WHO’s list of neglected tropical diseases

The severe gangrenous disease of mouth and face has 90% mortality rate and is associated with extreme poverty, malnutrition

November 2023 was warmest November on record globally, 1.75°C warmer than pre-industrial era: Copernicus

2023 officially warmest year in recorded history