Overcoming Hurdles In Treating Varanasi's Malnourished Children

Varanasi is home to an estimated 700 children suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), along with...

Saved, Yet Shamed

India trims the annual increase of HIV/AIDS cases by 57 per cent since 2000. But social stigma lives on.

The Greater Kailash Of Garbage

There are time-bombs ticking in the capital—after all, there’s only so much ­garbage landfills can take....

Search For A Sieve

Amid a rise in TB cases, India’s countermeasures remain smothered in a host of operational issues

The Vulture On The Wire

As more of our lives comes to be lived online, the worst we encounter or evade in ‘real’ life reappears...

A Billion Bodies, But No Size Fits

The first national NIFT survey will finally chart the Indian body type, if indeed such a thing is found to...

This Needs A Detox

Multiple laws make a mess of deaddiction

Spooling The Tangles

There has been a spurt of new drugs for diabetes and cancer treatment in ­recent years. Those with...

An Open Affair With Freedom

Sex outside wedlock has commonly evoked the ­prurient ­rather than the idea of self-fulfilment. A new...

Drug-Eluting Cardiac Stent Becomes Further Cheaper After Price Revision

Drug-Eluting Cardiac Stent Becomes Further Cheaper After Price Revision

Clever Bait, Gasping Fight

Unwise investments by banks have become common, slapping investors with losses and high soaring fees

Lessons Without A Leash

A new national-level ‘augmentation course’ has been introduced to make our canine soldiers smarter and...

Newborns Don’t Need Hepatitis B Vaccine Immediately After Birth, Can Wait For 6 Months, Says ICMR Study

A dose given to a new born even after six months will be as effective since most babies are naturally immune...

Dark Web Nightmares

Weak in attack and defence, India walks blind down an unseen war

‘A Global Mechanism Is The Need Of The Hour’

In the age of Aadhar, how important is cyber security? Dr Ajay Kumar, additional scretary of Ministry of...

The Red In That Green

Once known for strong patent laws, India is now yielding to pharma MNCs

Hand-Woven Darkness

DeMo and GST are like the warp and woof of a dismal handicrafts canvas

US Medical Devices Companies Lobby To Punish India For Regulating Drug And Stent Prices

Body-Bags For Soldiers Costs Less Than Rs 500, Defence Ministry Has No Immediate Plans To Procure Them

A senior Army officer told Outlook “There are no immediate plans by the defence ministry to procure body...