Month: June 2018

Bottles of insulin on a table. Credit: cogdog/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Madras HC Issues Notice to Govt on Plea for Free Insulin for Diabetics

A division bench comprising Justice R. Subbaiah and Justice...

UN Peacekeepers Perpetrators Unpunished

Sri Lanka Thanks PM Modi for Grants to Run Free Ambulance Service

India had given a grant of $22.8 million –...

A doctor checks for tuberculosis at a health camp. Credit: cdcglobal/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Tuberculosis and Bedaquiline: Now Is the Time to Discuss Clinical Trials

Prashant Reddy 22/06/2018

As per law, even if a drug has been...

Breastfeeding

As Kerala HC Supports Photo of Breastfeeding, Data Say Too Few Mothers Practice It

The Wire Staff 22/06/2018

The national average of infants in the age group...

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‘Jan Gan Man Ki Baat’ Episode 262: International Yoga Day and Kashmir

The Wire Staff 21/06/2018

Vinod Dua discusses the dismal state of public healthcare...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E. Palaniswami. Credit: IANS

Chennai-Salem Expressway: A Feasibility Report That Isn’t

Nityanand Jayaraman 21/06/2018

The project feasibility report of the proposed Chennai-Salem highway...

Eucalyptus plant taking root on sand dunes near Lompoul. In an effort to prevent the desert from engulfing fertile land, the Government has undertaken tree-planting projects such as this with help from the UN Environment Programme and the UN Development Programme (UNDP). 1983. Credit: UN, CC BY 2.0

As India Runs out of Water, Its Desertified Land Comes Into View

Rashme Sehgal 21/06/2018

The tipping point of a major ecological crisis is...