Replacing the parent

Paternal jeopardy

Protein - rich algae fatten kids

A noon meal food supplement consisting of a blue-green algae was provided to schoolchildren on a trial basis in Pudukottai district, with …

Is ecology a constraint on female literacy?

Industry wary of entering handicapped market

New, more efficient aids are being developed for the physically handicapped under a government project. The stumbling blocks, however, are the …

Big moms' babies suffer

There is striking new evidence that the lollier-pollier the expectant mom, the more the chance of the kid being born with severe abnormalities

Welcome home, stranger!

Certain sensors in the mother's immune system are desensitised to make it possible for her body to accept the 'alien' within: her child

Net protection

Childhood blues

Head injuries and childhood infections may lead to obsessive compulsive disorders

Blitzkrieg against polio

Genetic defence

Summer-borns are healthier

AIR POLLUTION

Genetic mite

No kidding

Kids' asthma linked to cat allergens

Artificially real

Researchers develop artificial human eggs that will enable infertile women to have children with their genetic features

CHINA

Tiger's new friends

The Kids for Tigers initiative of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), in collaboration with Sanctuary magazine and …

News Snippets

Cardboard history

A new generation

Radio>> Politics • North Darfur

Babies as trophies

TV>> Talk Show • Pakistan

Earth lessons for Delhi's kids

A recent exhibition on the Earth had children in the Capital enthralled.

On the way out

Behavioural changes is the way to curb AIDS

Doctors and social workers advocate awareness as the best way to prevent AIDS, a disease that has no vaccine or cure, from spreading.