population
India's population has gained a decade of life expectancy since 1990', says study
Study is first comprehensive analysis of health of India's 1.34 billion citizens - encompassing almost a fifth of world's population.
Push ups may add years to your life: study
The research, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, is based on a pooled population sample of over 80,306 adults.
University team creates insect cookie to combat world hunger
Students bake ground-cricket-cookies for an experiment to find out if they are an alternate source of food to help combat world hunger.
Slight temperature rise may cause deadly heat waves in India
There were only 43 and 34 heat-related fatalities in 1975 and 1976, respectively, when the mean summer temperature was about 27.4° Celsius.
1.7 billion Indians by 2050: Much food for thought
Food production is not the only issue to mitigate India’s food problem.
A village where all have January 1 birthday
The matter came to light recently during a camp to make Aadhaar cards of school children.
Mystic Mantra: A policy of well-being
Prosperity at what cost, is something we have to look at.
Wild side: Sell the horn, save the rhino
South Africa practises the art of saving wildlife by allowing its hunting and, now, sale of valuable parts.
The pain stones
For gallstones, there are no visible signs, nor does it require any treatment — rather, it is the symptoms that need to be addressed.
Help keep rivers clean
The spirit behind the ruling is more important than the legal battles to be fought to clear their banks of encroachments.