Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming climate — 5 questions answered
These are first locally transmitted malaria cases in the US since 2003
Two more vulture species under threat
Is it diclofenac?
Medicines may be responsible for decline in wildlife population
Scientists urge for studies to estimate the environmental risks posed by pharmaceutical pollution
Farmers have decreased, farm labourers increased: census report
Only 54.6 per cent of total workers in India are now part of the agriculture sector
Child malnutrition is down: survey
Prevalence of underweight children down from 76 to 43 per cent for boys, 74 to 42 per cent for girls over past four decades, says …
Dhamaal Growth
NIDHI JAMWAL wonders what happened after Gurgaon got colonyfied
Dictated by land
Khap panchayats oppose marriage in same gotra to control landholdings
Operation cover-up
Rat poison theory offered by the Chhattisgarh government to explain the sterilisation deaths is a facade, finds an investigation by Jyotsna Singh.…
Air pollution is group 1 carcinogen, says WHO agency
Our cities urgently need action plan to meet clean air targets, given the high level of air pollution and increased incidence of lung cancer
Letters
Non communicable diseases causing more premature deaths in India now
World Bank report says heart diseases have replaced TB and sepsis as two of the five leading causes of deaths between 1990 and 2010
Desperately seeking skills & jobs
India has a youth bulge in its population, accounting for the largest number of young working age people in the world. This demographic …
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 …
Living on the edge
Coastal South Asia is fragile and vulnerable to climate change impacts. Yet, governments are setting up industries, ports and promoting tourism …