Year: 2016

Garbage and Sewage Killing Rivers Everywhere

The Third Pole 06/11/2016

Half of all rivers in Asia are affected by...

Ketan Desai, the former president of the Medical Council of India, walks after his hearing at a courthouse in Lucknow, India, June 27, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Pawan Kumar/Files

WMA President Ketan Desai Attends Court Hearing in Corruption Case

Aditya Kalra and Suchitra Mohanty 05/11/2016

Desai was last month installed as the president of...

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High Pollution Levels From Straw Burning Shows Green Tribunal Orders Were Neglected

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar 04/11/2016

In a December 2015 order, the National Green Tribunal...

Paris Climate Deal Goes Into Effect

Valerie Volcovici 04/11/2016

The Paris Agreement seeks to wean the world economy...

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Diwali Air Over North India Was World’s Worst – And Worse Than Diwali 2015

Alison Saldanha and Karthik Madhavapeddi, INDIASPEND.ORG 03/11/2016

PM 2.5 levels over north India sky-rocketed to over...

Explainer: The How, What and Why of the Latest HIV Vaccine Trial

Linda-Gail Bekker 03/11/2016

As the global quest for an HIV vaccine continues,...

Women’s Cancers Are Curable for the Rich But Often a Death Sentence for the Poor

Ophira Ginsburg, Lesong Conteh, Lynette Denny and Richard Sullivan 02/11/2016

Of women who die from cervical cancer, 87% live...