Month: May 2018

Brands of cigarette packs with health warning are displayed in the showcase of a kiosk painted with Pakistan's national flag, along a road in Karachi, Pakistan May 5, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Akhtar Soomro/Files

Pakistan Diluted Proposed Tobacco Warnings After Philip Morris, BAT Lobbying

Aditya Kalra, Saad Sayeed and Tom Lasseter 29/05/2018

Instead of the proposed 85%, the new rule, which...

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Will Engage With Delhi Government: Private Hospitals on Draft Advisory

The draft has been put in public domain, inviting...

Credit: Leslee Lazar

The Curious Case of the Cow With a Hole in Its Skull

Leslee Lazar 29/05/2018

The hole offers a window into a gruesome yet...

File photo of a rubber tree at the Manu National Park in Peru's southern Amazon region of Madre de Dios

Climate Extremes Are Putting Species in Sync – And in Danger

Maya L. Kapoor 28/05/2018

Growth rings in the ear stones of rockfish and...

FILE PHOTO: A private security guard stands in front of the main gate of Sterlite Industries Ltd's copper plant, a unit of London-based Vedanta Resources, in Tuticorin, in Tamil Nadu March 24, 2013. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Vedanta Plant at Thoothukudi to Be Shut Permanently After Deadly Protests

Thirteen people were killed while protesting the pollution and...

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Ireland Has Finally Granted Its Women the Right to Choose

Shonottra Kumar 28/05/2018

Progress in an orthodox state like Ireland happens slowly,...

Campaigners for the 'Yes' vote have already expressed their intentions to start campaigning for similar liberalisation of abortion laws in Northern Ireland. Credit: Reuters

Ripples of Ireland’s Landslide Vote to End Abortion Could Reach as Far as Philippines

Severyna Magill 27/05/2018

Pro-choice voices will, however, need to stay strong to...