Month: April 2018

Jayant Singh (in black) and Gopendra Singh Parmar (in pink) both lost their children to negligence on the part of private hospitals and have been fighting for a better Indian healthcare system. Credit: Vidya Krishnan/Twitter

Two Fathers Fighting Big Hospitals For Justice – But On Different Paths

Anoo Bhuyan 03/04/2018

With both their seven-year-olds dead after hospitalisation in two...

A Walmart store is seen in Encinitas, California, U.S. Credit: Reuters/Mike Blake/Files

Come for Your Drugs, Leave With Shopping: Walmart’s New Growth Strategy?

Nandita Bose and Chris Prentice 03/04/2018

The retail giant is in talks with medical care...

FILE PHOTO: A man holds an Americano at a Starbucks coffee shop in Seoul, South Korea, March 7, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji

Starbucks Coffee in California Must Have Cancer Warning, Judge Says

Nate Raymond 03/04/2018

Starbucks was among 90-odd retailers who were violating a...

Credit: 314 Action/Facebook

Turning Scientists Into Politicians

Michael Schulson, Undark Magazine 02/04/2018

The group 314 Action seeks to get more scientists...

The resilience and willingness to forgive that my clients displayed put my own life and the obstacles I faced in perspective. Credit: Brighton Couselling/Twitter

As a Counsellor With a Disability, the Sessions I Take Heal Me

Abha Khetarpal 02/04/2018

My own need for psychological counselling drove me to...

Traffic in a street in Delhi as seen from a hotel window. Credit: mattmurf/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Delhi’s Odd-Even Scheme Led to Hike in Emissions, Not Drop: Study

Sunderarajan Padmanabhan 02/04/2018

A large number of personal vehicle owners simply commuted...

Endangered Gyps vultures in Pench, Maharashtra. The population of these vultures has crashed by over 90% because of the use of a banned veterinary drug. Credit: Neha Sinha

Drugs, Fast Trains Killing Vultures, the ‘Sanitary Workers’ of the Animal Kingdom

Vishwam Sankaran 02/04/2018

Safe zones around captive breeding centres and a proper...