Multi-lateral action needed to curb high prevalence of anaemia in India: ExpertsA roundtable discussion was held to launch the "Movement Against Anaemia" campaign in India. Experts emphasized the need for comprehensive ...
21 Oct, 2023, 04.11 PM IST
Hone our healer instinctIndia has seen a dramatic rise in medical tourism, with recent figures revealing that the number of medical tourists to the country rose to...
19 Jul, 2023, 11.14 PM IST
Environmentalists question govt report on Delhi's forest coverSpeaking about the 'contradicting' statistics, green activist Bhavreen Kandhari told PTI that the purported green gains are largely coming ...
12 Jun, 2022, 09.18 PM IST
Too early to do away with face masks, but onus on public: ExpertsThey have advised people to voluntarily mask up in order to also stay protected from infections such as influenza and swine-flu, apart from...
01 Apr, 2022, 06.06 PM IST
Will Covid crisis in rural India spell disaster for agriculture?The factors that will likely contribute to this scenario include a normal monsoon that has been forecast, steady global demand for Indian f...
23 May, 2021, 09.05 AM IST
Huge gap in demand, supply of organs for transplant in country: AIIMS chiefAIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said the AIIMS was working to "very soon" start a lung transplant programme even as it has facilities ava...
27 Nov, 2020, 05.48 PM IST
DVR: An instrument whose time hasn’t comeDifferential voting rights are essentially certain shareholders having different number of votes.
14 May, 2019, 11.38 AM IST
Indian men tackling baldness as early as in their 20sDoctors Arika Bansal and Pradeep Sethi of Eugenix Hair Sciences are putting the country on the map with their hair transplant technique.
10 Jul, 2018, 02.57 PM IST
India's organ deficiency: How struggle for second chance at life gets extremely difficultWhile statistics show donations are not nearly enough to meet the requirements, the issue is not just about getting more people to donate o...
14 May, 2016, 04.28 AM IST
Many El Nino years in the past began well but ended in a deficit, says IMD's Laxman Singh RathoreRathore said the financial markets should be cautious and told ET's Madhvi Sally that he stood by the office's monsoon deficit forecast.
27 Jun, 2015, 06.07 AM IST
Uncluttering offices: What will be of the archives?Destroying files as spring-cleaning is welcome. But anxieties over the fate of our archives persist.
21 Jul, 2014, 05.58 AM IST
Jana Care: Sidhant Jena's start-up develops lifestyle app to help manage 'diabesity'It aims to reverse diabesity by building next-generation diagnostics and evidence-based lifestyle coaching programmes for diabetics.
23 Feb, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Monsoon to cover all of India ahead of normal arrival timeMonsoon is likely to arrive over Delhi between June 18 - 22 compared to the normal date of June 29. It set over Kerala on June 1 compared t...
15 Jun, 2013, 04.32 AM IST
- NREGA's non-existent impact on migrant labourers
Everyone agrees that the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is causing a shortage of agricultural labour. Everyone , except the workers themselves.
29 Jun, 2012, 01.26 PM IST
It's pointless to use western standards to measure India's consumption baseIndia's domestic consumption story has been told in terms of income-based number crunching on the size of India's middle class, and sales d...
30 Jan, 2012, 09.07 AM IST
Farmers bet on rains while global market keeps a watchWith a normal monsoon forecast every state has increased its estimates.
18 Jun, 2010, 12.08 AM IST
- Farmers bet on rains while global market keeps a watch
This year, with a normal monsoon forecast by the India Meteorological Department, every state has increased its estimates for area under kh...
18 Jun, 2010, 12.08 AM IST