Month: July 2017

Participants at a gay pride celebration in Uganda. Credit: Amy Fallon/IPS

UN Must Improve LGBTQI Health to Deliver on ‘Leave No One Behind’ Promise

Felicity Daly 12/07/2017

LGBTQI people’s health is consistently poorer than that of...

Somewhat misplaced attention is placed on the security threats posed by climate change. Credit: Reuters

Deciphering the Grammar of Climate Change

Siddharth Mallavarapu 11/07/2017

In Climate Terror: A Critical Geopolitics of Climate Change,...

Healthcare activists are detained after a protest to stop the Republican health care bill at Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. Credit: Reuters/Yuri Gripas

US Senate Republicans Still Torn Over Healthcare Bill; Protests Intensify

Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker 11/07/2017

While Democrats claim the new Bill is massive wealth...

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Tamil Nadu Confirms First Case of Zika – Within 11 Days of Detection

Anoo Bhuyan 10/07/2017

The Tamil Nadu government conducted three tests in different...

Doctors

Study on Colour Blind Medical Students Shows Need for Screening, Counselling

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar 10/07/2017

The Supreme Court had earlier termed excluding students on...

A woman crossing floodwaters with her child on a makeshift bamboo bridge at Ramkrishana Nagar village in Karimganj district, Assam on June 30, 2017. Credit: PTI

Heavy Rains in Arunachal Pradesh Trigger Landslides, Flash Floods

Major rivers in the state are flowing above the...

Morigaon: A woman with her child, in a utensil, moves to a safer place from the flood affected Khanamukh village in Morigoan, Assam on Wednesday. Credit: PTI

Assam Flood Death Toll Rises to 26 as One More Dies

More than three lakh people have been affected in...