This is one of the proposals expected to be discussed next Monday by a sub-committee of the Central Consumer Protection Council (CCPC) on regulation...

IT IS well-known that endogamy, or marriages within the same gene pool, accentuate the risk of genetic disorders in a population. Despite this most...

One would expect the mother and child day care centres run by the government – anganwadis – to ring with the laughter and screams of frolicking...

In the aftermath of protests against the Delhi gang rape case in December last year, the Union health ministry has drafted a new pro forma for...

The shelterless who spend their lives in the city streets are amongst those most vulnerable to contracting tuberculosis (TB). A recent study by...

Ravi Ranjan, a tea stall owner in the precincts of Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, pointed out to a tree where Rajesh, a 53-year-old cancer patient died...