Nobel Prize winner Venki Ramakrishnan discusses ageing and death in new book

A restricted diet and proper sleep may play a key role in a long and healthy life

Bubonic plague of infamous 'Black Death' era strikes Oregon resident. Is there a climate change link?

When climate subsequently becomes unfavorable, it facilitates collapse of plague-infected rodent populations, forcing their fleas to find …

Ebola fear spreads to DRC’s neighbours as millions of displaced people migrate

Humanitarian crisis in DRC is forcing millions to flee to Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania

As told to Parliament (March 14, 2023): After Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths, Centre cautioned pharma units

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Mutation in Ebola virus turned epidemic in West Africa deadlier, say studies

The virus was able to mutate and adapt to humans as it infected a huge number of people

Two cases of pneumonic plague reported in northern China

Chinese officials downplay, say both patients are being treated as rules mandate

Difficult for me to come to terms with the reality lived by Dom women on Varanasi’s cremation ghats: Radhika Iyengar

Author talks about her experiences while reporting for and writing her book, ‘Fire on the Ganges’, about the Dom community on the …

Simply Put: Finding Kuno’s cheetahs

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UK university academic is lending expertise to cut India’s snakebite deaths

With 50,000 deaths per year from snakebites, India has the world's highest burden

Second African cheetah dies in Kuno National Park of cardiac failure

Uday, 6, arrived in India in February 2023 from South Africa

El Niño-triggered floods claim 72 lives in Peru

More floods to be expected, says the national weather service

43% increase in measles deaths from 2021-2022: WHO

Number of cases rose by 18% in a year; 15 more countries reported measles outbreaks in 2022

White Death: Search, rescue operations called off at Sikkim’s Nathula road 

All victims had been accounted for, according to the Gangtok district collector

Simply Put: Evolution of Man

Rats not responsible for ‘Black Death’ in medieval Europe: study

Climate change and gerbils, another rodent species spread the deadly disease, it says

Climate change to trigger mortality risks from air pollution, flooding: Researchers warn ahead of COP28

More than 6.5 million deaths a year globally are attributable to air pollution

Goods train driver booked after two female elephants mowed down in Odisha

Forest officials said the animals were killed becuase the train was speeding 

Captive for months, experts fear cheetahs at Kuno may face breeding issues

Cheetah tourism or safari parks are not scientific approach to open ecosystem conservation

Live electric wires a huge threat to wild elephants; two female jumbos die in Odisha

Forest department, power distribution companies to blame, say experts 

World Elephant Day: The trials of India’s national heritage animal

Of 21 venues housing 509 elephants, 45% were kept in severely inadequate conditions

Common antibiotic linked to cardiac death

Drug increases the risk of potentially fatal heart rhythm problems

South African cheetah gives birth to five cubs in Kuno

There are now 26 cheetahs in Kuno National Park, including 13 cubs

Chikungunya kills three in Delhi

Municipal authority claims four deaths due to dengue, but the number may be higher

Another cheetah ‘Shaurya’ dies at Kuno; 10th death so far

Trackers witness incoordination & staggering gait, tranquilised cheetah fails to recover from CPR