Health

30
Mar

CSE study finds alarming facts about snacks and junk food

The latest survey by Centre for Science and Environment has found that junk foods have enough trans fats, salt and sugar to lead us to an early ons

30
Mar

Sumi's case not polio, India still polio-free: Government

The government today claimed that the widely reported case of polio in West Bengal was not, in fact, one.

5
Dec

Nirodh maker to launch new 'bead-based' contraceptive

HLL Lifecare, India's largest contraceptive maker and the firm behind Nirodh, Moods and Mala D, has launched a new product based only on the female

15
Aug

Mobile companies oppose stricter norms against cellphone radiation

Mobile phone manufacturers and cellular service providers have opposed many of the key recommendations of the government of India's Inter-Ministeri

12
Aug

5% of drugs on Indian store-shelves are sub-standard or fake

Nearly 1 in 20 drugs sold in India is of subs-standard quality or downright spurious, according to the latest numbers from the health ministry.

12
Aug

H1N1 (swine flu) refuses to die down in Kerala & Karnataka; 16 dead in 2 months

Southern states of Kerala and Karnataka are finding it difficult to get rid of the H1N1 virus, with 16 new deaths reported from the two states in J

11
Aug

HIV infection rate in India continues to be high; Maharashtra, AP, TN, Karnataka lead

A total of 82,000 lakh new HIV cases have come to light in the country in the first quarter of the current financial year, a slight increase from l

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