Rio 2016 : Stroke survivor Janice Teixeira makes her Olympic debut at 54
Making an Olympic debut aged 54 is some feat in itself, but for Brazilian trap shooter Janice Teixeira it surely comes ...
UN Plans To Declassify Transgenders From Its List Of Mental Illnesses
Hard to believe at first but the United Nations had actually included transgenders, India’s third gender, in ...
Uttarakhand govt begins hunt for mythical herb Sanjeevani Booti
Modern-day Ayurveda specialists will try to find the mythical and elusive, all-curing Sanjeevani Booti herb.
The ...
An hour-long brisk walk can take you a long way
If most of your day is spent sitting, it is time you included an hour-long brisk walk in your daily routine, for it is the ...
Chicken smell can help you keep malaria at bay
Turns out mosquitoes are repulsed by the smell of chicken, giving scientists headway for discovering a novel way to keep a ...
India yet to adopt WHO blueprint for epidemic-prone diseases: Govt
India is yet to adopt the blueprint developed by World Health Organisation (WHO) that allows rapid activation of research to ...
Indonesian ‘toilet café’ sends a clean message
A toilet-themed cafe where customers dine on meatballs floating in soup-filled latrines may not be everyone’s idea of ...
49,000 kids dying of malnutrition linked to Nigeria’s Boko Haram : UN
Some 49,000 children will die of malnutrition in areas once cut off by northeastern Nigeria’s Islamic extremist uprising if ...
Per capita expense on health in India 58 USD in 2012: Govt
New Delhi : The per capita expenditure on health in India in 2012 was 58 US dollars as against 88 and 108 USD in other ...