Home truths

Children of a lesser god

Children don't have a voice. They can't lobby or fight governments. The initiative lies with India's medical establishment and the civil society

Soft Target

Children are bearing the brunt of environmental degradation. Across the class divide, they are eating, drinking and breathing poison. And their …

Phorate poisoning affects people in Jalandhar, Punjab

Healthcare in Malwa in shambles

Call for ban on food colours

Science and Technology - Briefs

Corporate pressure may put India's obesity prevention plans on hold

Japanese council members protest serving of dolphin meat in schools

Bisephanol A in feeding bottles raises scare

Alert over toxic baby bottles

South Asia

BHOPAL: the bad dream continues

Bhopal is a metaphor for disaster, industrial and human. It has been the object of much speculation and typically endless litigation. A case …

Home truths

Most popular paints in India contain high quantities of lead, a toxin especially dangerous to children. The Centre for Science and Environment&…

Science and Technology - Briefs

Science And Technology - Briefs

Science and Technology - Briefs

Science and Technology - Briefs

Letters

Matter of life and death

Fatal resistance

The strong and mighty bacteria are all around us. They have hardened themselves to fight back the antibiotics administered to patients. This is …

News 360° - Briefs

COVID-19: Role of nutrition gardens in ensuring nutrition for children

Nutrition risk of children widens during the COVID-19 pandemic; adequate diets necessary for optimal growth, health and development

Cradles of hope

A recent health survey throws up figures that defy logic. Some districts in India’s nine most backward states have curbed infant mortality …

Ban likely on junk food in schools

Food safety authority asks states to consider prohibition