75% of India’s air pollution-related deaths are rural, study finds
By Huizhong Wu Rural Indians, who make up about two-thirds of the country of 1.3 billion people, are disproportionately at risk of breathing polluted air, […]
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Israeli technology to transform Indian agriculture
By Sheetal Srivastava Agriculture, the backbone of Indian economy, has been facing various challenges in recent years – lower productivity, resource crunch and erratic weather, […]
Centre for Science and Environment demands ban on toxic pesticides following death of Yavatmal farmers
New Delhi: The death of farmers in Maharashtra allegedly due to pesticide poisoning highlights gross negligence, a green body said on Wednesday and demanded a ban […]
Poultry Farms In India Resemble Superbug Reservoirs, Study Finds
Random tests on 18 poultry farms raising about 50,000 birds each in Punjab found that two-thirds of fowl harbored bacteria that produce special enzymes, known […]
In India, Nothing About Being A Trans Person Is Easy
By Dr V Sam Prasad New Delhi : According to the World Health Organization, transgender is an umbrella term for people whose gender identity and […]
World Asthma Day | 5% of world’s asthmatics are from India
By JAYADEV CALAMUR New Delhi : India ranks first when it comes to the number of deaths due to lung disease, and is 14th on the […]
Arsenic-polluted water linked to cancer in India
By Medhavi Arora Patna : Millions of people in Bihar, India, are showing symptoms of arsenic poisoning, which can be linked to cancer, due to […]
The new health policy can help India achieve universal coverage
The World Health Organization (WHO) was established in 1948 with the promise of realising ‘Health for all’. Almost seven decades later, both WHO and India […]