Tropic of cancer

Childhood cancer rates in India are increasing by six per cent every year

Unchecked

Industry flouts weak regulations at will

Unsettling

What the Centre and the state government did to rehabilitate victims

Serving the symptom

The government still does not know what still afflicts people in Bhopal

Foul Debris

The UCIL plant is still a health hazard

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 …

Science and Technology - Briefs

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 …

Science and Technology - Briefs

Science And Technology - Briefs

Science and Technology - Briefs

Science and Technology - Briefs

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 …

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

Think before you drink

Studies confirm energy drinks like Red Bull can be unsafe. India yet to limit their caffeine content

Kind to Cash

A short stop motion that shows all the schemes that a human being (woman) can avil of in her lifetime.    

Kind to cash

The government has a plan to reach welfare to the poor without wasting money. It wants to put hard cash in their hands instead of spending on …

Deafening Noise

Constant exposure to noise can make one deaf. The major culprit is road traffic. Can one avoid noise? It’s difficult. Checking it, however, …

Lalitpur’s baby formula

Programme to promote breastfeeding improves health of children under two