'Pulses contribute to diversified diet and are a potential source of income'
As we celebrate the declaration of 2016 as the International Year of Pulses, FAO's William Murray discussses their nutritional benefits
'Indigenous communities are key stakeholders in the climate change talks'
Ekai Nabenyo, 24, is the founder and chair of the Lorengelup Community Development Initiative, Kenya. An ethnic Turkana tribesman, he talks to …
One step forward, two steps back
The initial phase of UPA II witnessed prolific rule making, but this was not followed up with responsible governance
‘The jackfruit will definitely become the most sought-after fruit in the coming years in India’
There is no one in the country who has written as extensively on jackfruit as Shree Padre. A farm journalist, Padre has been reporting on …
Dying Kingdom
In the past decade, eight bird species have been confirmed as extinct or close to extinction. Globally, there are more than 16,000 animals on the …
WHO releases first-of-its-kind patient safety rights charter ahead of Patient Safety Day
Outlines core rights of all patients in the context of safety of health care
‘Cancel all debt’: Activists disrupt IMF, World Bank annual meet
Call for reparations as solution for stabilising global economy during debt restructuring panel
Climate change responsible for over 80% of temperature rise within Asia last month, the hottest April ever: WWA
Climate change and El Nino combined to push minimum and mean temperature rise in eastern India to highest ever in April
World Earth Day 2024: Global network presents solutions for cutting down plastic use in food chain
Slow Food Earth Markets around the world suggest steps undertaken by it to reduce plastics in their food systems
The year 2023 smashed several climate records, with some being ‘chart-busting’: WMO report
Greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, Antarctic sea ice cover and glacier retreat reached …
Global Diabetes Compact to increase access to testing, treatment: WHO
About half of all adults with type 2 diabetes remain undiagnosed
Coronavirus update: Tamil Nadu to lock down Chennai, 3 other districts
ICMR distances itself from study suggesting November peak
Monkeypox outbreak brings focus back on smallpox vaccines. But which countries have stock?
Smallpox vaccination was discontinued after smallpox was eradicated in the 1980s
Road traffic deaths declined overall, but those of cyclists and pedestrians rose in last decade: WHO report
Cyclists deaths have increased by 70 per cent in a decade; just 25 per cent of countries have laws in place to support public transportation,…
AMR Awareness Week: Natural livestock farming effective bottom-up approach to reduce antibiotic use in dairy sector
Crisis with AMR obliges dairy sector to look beyond maximising cattle productivity and focus on both milk quantity, quality
AMR Awareness Week: Way forward for pharma companies to ensure antibiotics manufacturing doesn’t drive resistance
The risk of AMR posed by the release of antibiotic manufacturing waste can be prevented
Mysterious pneumonia-like illness grips China, sparks fear of a pandemic
Experts speculate mycoplasma bacterium to be behind outbreak; more information needed for confirmation
“Rich countries need to consume and produce less animal-source foods”
World Food Prize winner Lawrence Haddad on the impact of climate change on food systems
World faces a triple health jeopardy as drug pipeline for new antibiotics dries up
It is time to look at antibiotics as global public good
‘Paxlovid rebound’ cases have experts scrambling for answers
Is it happening because of the antiviral or is this just how the virus behaves?
Coronavirus Update: After 4 mln cases in US Trump calls for putting on masks
Pandemic will worsen, US president thinks after 15 mln cases worldwide
COVID-19 cases in Africa double in just four days
A host of factors could imperil millions of lives on the continent, warns WHO
World Antibiotic Awareness Week: Looking at the microbe’s rebellion
As antibiotics become ineffective, disease causing microbes are on a rampage
UNESCO Director-General deplores fires in Mount Kenya National Park
Offers full help and assistance to Nairobi so that such an incident does not recur
Air pollution sets back global economy by $225 billion
An estimated 5.5 million people died due to air pollution-related diseases in 2013