The first-of-its-kind study spanning over seven decades suggests that people who had a lower-respiratory-tract infection (LRTI), such as br...

The United Nations says the ranks of the world's hungry grew by 10 million last year and warns that the coronavirus pandemic could push as ...

The report notes that significant progress has been made in saving children's lives, getting them into school and lifting people out of pov...

A total of 69 million such deaths will have occurred between 2016 and 2030, with sub-Saharan Africa accounting for around half of these and...

Venkaiah Naidu made a surprise punctuality check at Nirman Bhawan following which names of about 80 errant officials were noted down.

At the global level, some 84.2 crore people in 2011-13 suffered from chronic hunger, not having enough food for an active and healthy life.

Life sciences companies will have to help patients adopt healthier behaviour and manage their diseases better, a report by E&Y

Life sciences companies will face increasing pressure to demonstrate that they are helping patients adopt healthier behavior and manage the...

The World Bank has asked policymakers in India to stop neglecting urban poverty and expand the scope of some rural flagship schemes to urba...

One of the least talked about issues in the debate on India's demographic dividend is child malnutrition.

Three out of every five deaths in 2008 were caused by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like cancer, stroke, diabetes and cardiovascular dis...

This move taken up by the Planning Commission is to magnify the impact of the right to education law among poorer sections.

The global crisis is turning into a human and development calamity, with developing countries being hit increasingly hard. Largest US bankr...

The financial crisis through its many-sided impacts is adding to the number of people affected by chronic hunger.

Zimbabwe's central bank, currently grappling with record-breaking inflation, has introduced a new high-denomination bank note of a quarter ...

Zimbabwe's annual rate of inflation soared to an all-time high of almost 165,000 percent in February, according to the latest government st...

Asian nations must create more jobs for the young, who make up one-fifth of the region's working-age population, to sustain long-term growt...