News Snippets

Findings of third National Family Health Survey

Bird flu hits West Bengal again

Local apples fight scab better

Donate patents

Wheat rusts no more

Science and Technology - Briefs

Science and Technology - Briefs

Almost 70% senior citizens in India have a chronic illness

One in every five Indians below 45 have at least one morbid condition

Are you in danger of catching the coronavirus? 5 questions answered

What you should know about the novel Coronavirus

World’s first malaria vaccine will be tested in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi

At least 120,000 children in each of the three countries will receive the vaccine

Southeast Asia’s double whammy—child malnutrition and obesity

WHO/UNICEF report does a reality check on region’s 'double burden'

Science & Technology - Bytes

Poison on the plate

Study links toxins in food products to cancer and other diseases in children

An urge to act

Will the new animal welfare Act balance interests of animals and humans?

Not so hard to crack

A rare fungus threatens Indian walnuts

New labels on beef

Unsafe or secure?

Amid the gloom surrounding RJF data, an experiment in Haryana gives some hope

Birds of a feather

Is the RJF extinct in the wild?

Bioterrorism? Child's play

Treated like cattle

A drawn out court case raises questions about India's animal quarantine managers

'Bad science' bogey

Lobbies use the old trick

Stratagems vs strategy

Governments, industries gang up against WHO's plan

Killer disease

The world is getting fatter, sicker

Tamiflu can be mass produced

Method devised to mass produce drug against bird flu