Handwashing with soap can prevent thousands of children under 5 from dying needlessly. Here’s how you can help
How India-US ties fared under Donald Trump's disruptive presidency
In our increasingly digital world, we must always remember that the truth might not always be out there.
‘As I recall that fateful day some two decades later, I wonder what would have happened if we had listened to the words of the Dalai Lama’
Multi-sectoral social, economic and political interventions are a must if the WHO deadline of 2023 to remove the deadly fat from the global food chain is to be met
Dr Shauna Downs of Rutgers University’s Department of Urban-Global Public Health believes that poorer nations might consume products with more trans fats simply because it is more affordable.
Given the clear linkages between trans fatty acids or TFA and non-communicable diseases, we must act quickly to cap it, says Dr Rajan Sankar of Tata Trusts.
India plans to cap the amount of this deadly unsaturated fat found across various food sectors before the WHO deadline of 2023. But some loopholes in the draft law need to be plugged first.
Pushback from the industry and a weak regulator has allowed deadly industrial trans fats to continue in the Indian food chain, says Amit Khurana of the CSE
Dr Shweta Khandelwal explains the dangers of trans fats, and why nutrition is interlinked with so many other variables like fiscal and other policies and the empowerment of civil society.
No matter how hot the weather, these five items will help you stay cool. And what’s more, they are incredibly nutritious too.
Two simple things to keep yourself fighting fit forever
The overall prevalence of overweight and obesity is expected to increase considerably in India by 2040, with substantial increases particularly among rural residents and older Indians.
When Dr Simon Hercules' wife, teenaged son and doctor colleagues took his body to Kilpauk cemetery, angry local residents blocked their way. A similar scene played out at the cemetery in Anna Nagar, some five km away.
These officers and men, who completed professional courses at training establishments in Bangalore, Belgaum and Secunderabad, will rejoin their units deployed in operational areas, mostly in Kashmir and Ladakh.
From evacuating stranded Indians from foreign countries in the middle of the pandemic to setting up quarantine facilities and distributing essential items, the Army has continuously been at the frontline.
Some vaccines take as many as 10 years or more to develop. In the case of COVID-19, the earliest one can expect a vaccine is mid to late 2021.
Various versions of these tunnels are springing up across the country without regulatory guidelines or clear benefits.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, others have wreaked havoc across the world since ancient times
Pakistan, nuclear options, and Indo-US relations are the priorities of most political parties
India surprises the world with some nuclear plain speak, which many fear may hold up the treaty