The malnutrition bazaar
Is India ready to protect itself from the onslaught of food and nutrition industry?
Trial and error
Recent notifications offer no security to clinical trial participants
Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir hike VAT on tobacco products
Increase in tax in previous years decreased tobacco consumption in Rajasthan
Bloodless ban
Health activists demand removal of ban on unbanked direct blood transfusion
Experts propose various technologies for efficient coal usage at CSE Coal Conference
Technologies discussed include HELE, IGCC and CFBC
Pentavalent takes its toll
The vaccine is suspected to have killed at least 13 infants. Experts want data analysed
At atom's mercy
A treaty that prevents WHO from reporting on effects of nuclear radiation
Feted and forgotten: poster girl of Polio
Rukhshar Khatun is the last child to contract the disease in the country
Parliament panel calls meeting to deliberate mental health Bill
Non-profits say it has provisions that would work against the interest of patients
Dengue on the rise: global burden is three times WHO estimate
Study shows India contributed more than one-third of burden in 2010
Countries move away from coal even as India moves towards it
Germany, Japan, Spain and the US have all decided to move to renewable energy
Clinical trials: compensation may be given only if injury directly relates to trials
Health authority says final decision on the matter may take time
Polio vaccine compulsory for those travelling to select countries
India is in no mood to risk the polio free status it achieved earlier this year
India bans import of animal-tested beauty products
Becomes first South-Asian country to go ‘cruelty free’
How to assess risk of heart disease
A risk chart developed 15 years ago holds the key
Heading towards a cliff
As India elects new government, the 12th Five Year Plan may no longer be pro-poor
Will disability rights bill get passed by Parliament this session?
Activists divided over provisions of the bill
Makers of cosmetics deny presence of heavy metals in products
CSE says industry is taking advantage of regulatory loopholes
Indian rotavirus vaccine found effective during clinical trial
Rotovac costs fifty times less than brands sold by global pharma companies
Over 300 million Indians still defecate in the open: WHO-UNICEF report
Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan do much better in improving access to sanitation
Gutkha ban: Supreme Court seeks compliance report from states
Ban remains on paper; activists demand nationwide enforcement
COVID-19 lockdown, imports force MP farmers to sell maize at half price
Price crash forces maize farmers to deal with crisis situation
In Rajasthan, many newborns have not been vaccinated for eight days now
Health services are hit since 12,000 health workers are on strike to demand better salaries and timely promotion
Being gay in India no longer a crime
Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court repeals Victorian Era law criminalising gay sex
Debate: Should Indian government put a comprehensive ban on commercial surrogacy?
The surrogacy market in India is worth over US $2 billion. India is now planning to regulate this trade. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, …