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‘Poor’ man wants to look better, rejected
14 July 2012 1:38 AM GMTAn unemployed person and below-poverty-line card holder has approached the court-mandated committee to monitor the treatment of economically weaker...
US lawmakers debate on health care law
12 July 2012 1:25 AM GMTUS lawmakers began five contentious hours of debate over repealing the health care law, with Republicans insisting there is bipartisan support for...
Don’t go slow on tomatoes this summer
11 July 2012 2:50 AM GMTThough summers in Delhi initially offer a welcome break from the misty foggy days, the abundance of sunshine soon leads to innumerable skin and hair...
Prunes help regulate bowels?
4 July 2012 3:24 AM GMTThe modern life takes a toll on our bodies in ways we do not even notice. Approximately 20 per cent of the world’s population suffers from...
UK issues safe sex tips to Olympics visitors
4 July 2012 2:20 AM GMTAhead of the London Olympics, Britain's top health agency has advised visitors to always practice safe sex to ensure protection against any sexually...
Seven die as Pak doctors strike
3 July 2012 2:17 AM GMTAt least seven patients died at state-run healthcare facilities in Pakistan's Punjab province after doctors stopped treating patients on Monday to...
Delhi to get a new medical college
3 July 2012 1:51 AM GMTDelhi will get another medical college with the Medical Council of India according permission to Hamdard Institute Of Medical Sciences [HIMSR], Jamia...
Never in the open
2 July 2012 2:20 AM GMTThe government has done right to have set a goal of 10 years to turn India into an open-defecation-free country. The rural development ministry has...
How not to be an unhealthy cubicle creature
29 Jun 2012 1:28 AM GMTIn the daily rat race, people forget that their working style affects their body and mind. Most office-goers are avid laptop users and are at their...
End to bulging waistlines
28 Jun 2012 4:19 PM GMTFrom monitoring bloating waistlines to logging on to Facebook to leveraging the benefits of IT, the 1,25,000-strong Uttar Pradesh police, hitherto...
Assam cleft-lip centre helps neighbours
25 Jun 2012 1:18 AM GMTAfter performing corrective surgeries on over 6,000 children in the past two years, NGO Operation Smile India's Comprehensive Cleft Care Centre here...
Sewer workers’ daily battle with death
25 Jun 2012 12:28 AM GMTHe knows it may prove fatal, yet 55-year-old Uday Ram does not hesitate to enter the narrow manhole filled with fermented faeces, urine and other...