Remembering Shelley the vegan poet

The poet, who championed the cause of free love and atheism in somewhat conventional times, can be looked upon as a role model for today’s …

‘One Health’ key in Zimbabwe’s fight against antimicrobial resistance

Since AMR is a complex problem involving several sectors, Zimbabwe is using the best possible strategy to fight it

Antimicrobial resistance has a huge economic impact too

An additional 24 million people, most of them in poor countries, will be forced into poverty by 2030 due to costs of hospital visits arising out …

Excessive personal consumption has serious global consequences

Those who accumulate the most wealth are also the main emitters of greenhouse gases

Projects banned

DEPLETING SOURCES

GAS SHORTAGE

Booms are not forever

Lancet study finds Indians use more azithromycin, ofloxacin than needed

It’s an enormous health risk, say experts, as it can accelerate the problem of antimicrobial resistance, which is a grave public health issue

Antibiotic use in food animals can be reduced by improving their welfare

Antibiotics should be reserved to treat animals, not used to promote fast growth or as band aids across the herd to prevent stressed …

Antimicrobial resistance: How factory farming is destroying our planet

The health and well-being of animals, people and our planet are interdependent. Poor animal health and welfare in intensive farming negatively …

Economics Nobel winner Angus Deaton’s pioneer work focused on developing world

The economist’s research touches on many different aspects of consumption

Depression’s other face

Factors linking depression to air pollution, food habits and environmental degradation are not commonly considered

AMR action plan in MP a satisfying, progressive endeavour: Experts

Only three states in India — Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi — action plans to deal with AMR 

Combating AMR: How Kerala reduced antibiotic misuse in animals

Kerala has operationalised AMR protection plan in animal health by conceptualisating a ‘one-health’ response 

What should India do to control antimicrobial resistance

To fight antibiotic resistance efficiently, a One Health approach that incorporates diverse stakeholders from farming, veterinary, medical and …

Tobacco hurts more than just your lungs – it damages the communities that grow it

Despite the 2005 WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and falling smoking rates, global population growth means total tobacco use …

India’s antibiotics consumption shot up by 103% since 2000: study

India had the largest increase in antibiotic consumption in low and middle income countries and also surpassed America’s antibiotic …

Lancet releases new series on AMR, underscores need for action with focus on LMICs

Series prioritises human cost, stressing infection prevention, affordable antibiotic access and attainable containment goals      

Am I a junglee?

I don’t care about my looks, so why should you?

A pecking order falls

The veil of civilisation and Hurricane Sandy

The great divide

Green Ads

The corporate world in Japan is wooing the environmentally conscious consumer by going green

A high support price for pulses

How good is it for farmers, consumers?

Biblical proportions