BJP's CR Kesavan accuses DMK of "brazen anti-Hindu mindset" over Udhayanidhi's remarks after Amit Malviya case quashedBharatiya Janata Party spokesperson CR Kesavan has accused the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam of displaying an anti-Hindu mindset. He criticized...
21 Jan, 2026, 11.26 AM IST
Babies' deaths in Cameroon show how US aid cuts curtail malaria fightU.S. foreign aid cuts to the President's Malaria Initiative have led to a tragic surge in malaria deaths in northern Cameroon, reversing ye...
02 Oct, 2025, 12.57 PM IST
The first drug to treat infants sick with malaria is approved by Swiss authoritySwissmedic has approved Coartem Baby, a malaria medicine specifically formulated for infants weighing 2 to 5 kilograms. This marks the firs...
09 Jul, 2025, 06.43 AM IST
World Health Day 2025: India marks progress in maternal and child health with key initiativesOn World Health Day 2025, India highlights substantial progress in maternal and child health through initiatives like Ayushman Bharat and t...
06 Apr, 2025, 08.39 PM IST
Donald Trump pauses federal loans, grantsThe Office of Management and Budget, which oversees the federal budget, said in a memo that grants and loans would be put on hold while the...
28 Jan, 2025, 11.51 PM IST
Trump order set to halt supply of HIV, malaria drugs to poor countries, sources sayThe Trump administration has halted the supply of essential drugs for HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis through USAID, along with other medica...
28 Jan, 2025, 06.42 PM IST
Big setback for Ukraine, Africa: US freezes almost all foreign aid except for Israel, Egypt armsThe United States, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio under President Donald Trump's new "America First" policy, has frozen nearly all f...
25 Jan, 2025, 09.53 AM IST
AB-PMJAY has reduced cancer patients' financial burden significantly: Prime Minister ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi highlights the impact of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana on reducing cancer patients' fin...
29 Dec, 2024, 10.47 PM IST
Celebrating India-Scotland ties through vegetarian Haggis, Dundee cakesScotland's national dish, haggis, traditionally meat-based, has gained popularity in a vegetarian version made from nuts, lentils, and vege...
29 Sep, 2024, 09.28 PM IST
Serum Institute of India's new 'high efficacy' malaria vaccine rolls out in AfricaThe Serum Institute of India (SII) and Oxford University have launched a "high efficacy" malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, in Cote d'Ivoire. A...
15 Jul, 2024, 10.29 PM IST
The worrying changes in India’s monsoon patterns have implications for everything from agriculture to healthTake Maharashtra, 80% of which is rainfed. In areas such as Vidarbha and Marathwada, the onset of monsoon is now late. After a small pickup...
30 Jun, 2024, 03.38 PM IST
Rising temperature & worsening AQI may increase heart attacks, blood sugar & risk of lung cancer: WHOAlmost 99 percent of the world's population breathes air that exceeds the WHO's guidelines for air pollution.
28 Nov, 2023, 08.09 AM IST
In strife-torn Manipur, there are outbreaks of dengue, with 1338 dengue casesThis worrying development comes at a time when the hill state is struggling to get back to normalcy from the unprecedented ethnic strife th...
13 Oct, 2023, 10.23 PM IST
'I'll repeat the same thing again and again': Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sanatana Dharma remarkUdhayanidhi, son of Chief Minister M K Stalin, referred to Sanatanaa Dharma as 'Sanatanaam' in his address in Tamil at a meet of Tamil Nadu...
06 Sep, 2023, 05.50 PM IST
Sanatana Dharma Row: How Stalin Jr's remark sparked a political storm ahead of the 2024 electionsTamil Nadu Youth Welfare Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin had called for the eradication of Sanatana Dharma, alleging that it promotes inequalit...
04 Sep, 2023, 03.10 PM IST
Opposition alliance spreading 'poison', reject it: BJP chief Nadda in poll-bound MPPrime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to address a meeting of BJP workers to mark the culmination of these five mass-contact programmes ...
03 Sep, 2023, 05.01 PM IST
World Malaria Day 2023: Theme, significance, key detailsWorld Malaria Day is an important observance day that highlights the ongoing efforts to control and eventually eliminate malaria.
25 Apr, 2023, 12.15 PM IST