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How Climate Change Is Killing Us, In More Ways Than One

We’ve all heard about climate change’s effect on our planet — but do you know about the many ways it…

2 weeks ago
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How Education & Social Media Regulation Can Combat Science Denial

Five billion people use social media globally, and millions of posts are shared on Meta (Facebook) every minute. While a…

3 weeks ago
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Behind Gaza’s Casualty Counts: The Enduring Injuries Of War

On 25 October, more than two weeks after the deadly Hamas raid on Israel, US President Joe Biden was asked…

6 months ago
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WHO Seeks To Make Traditional Medicine Use Safer, More Accessible

For approximately 80% of the world’s population, the first stop after catching a cold or breaking a bone isn’t the…

8 months ago
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4 ‘Cs’ Pose Major Threats To Women, Babies: UN Report

Source: PTI An estimated 13.4 million babies were born preterm in 2020, with 45 per cent of them being born…

12 months ago
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Covid, Conflict, Climate Change Major Threats To Women, Babies: UN

Source: PTI An estimated 13.4 million babies were born preterm in 2020, with 45 per cent of them being born…

12 months ago
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No Definitive Conclusion Yet On Covid-19 Origin Theory: White House

Source: PTI There is no definitive conclusion on the origin of COVID-19 and the intelligence community and the rest of…

1 year ago
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Covid-19 Likely Came From Lab Leak In China: Report

Source: PTI The virus that drove the COVID-19 pandemic, killing close to 7 million people globally, most likely emerged from…

1 year ago
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No Safe Limit Of Alcohol Consumption: WHO

(Source: PTI) There is no safe limit to alcohol consumption and any amount of drinking can severely impact one’s health,…

1 year ago
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Lack Of Info On China’s Covid Outbreak Stirs Global Concerns

Moves by the US, Japan and others to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that…

1 year ago
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Tobacco: Vaping And Smoking Drive Harm To The Environment

Vaping for a day and tossing it away is all the rage. Electronic cigarette sales have boomed in recent years,…

1 year ago
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‘Massive Global Failures’ In Covid-19 Response: Lancet Report

Widespread, global failures at multiple levels in the Covid-19 response led to millions of preventable deaths and reversed progress made…

2 years ago
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Over 99% Of India’s Population Breathes Poor Air: Report

Over 99 per cent of India’s population is breathing air that exceeds the World Health Organisation’s health-based guidelines with respect…

2 years ago
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India Home To 18 Of 20 Cities With Severe Rise In Air Pollution: Study

India is home to 18 of the 20 cities with the most severe increase in fine particle pollutants (PM2.5) from…

2 years ago
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WHO’s Methodology For Estimating Covid-19 Deaths Unscientific: Govt

The mathematical modeling approach adopted by the WHO to project excess mortality estimates related to Covid-19 suffers from erroneous assumptions…

2 years ago
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‘Science Doesn’t Lie, PM Modi Does’: Rahul On 4.7 Mn Covid Deaths

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked the Narendra Modi government over a WHO report that claimed that there were…

2 years ago
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Delhi Is Most Polluted Capital In The World

Delhi was found to be the most polluted capital in the world for the fourth consecutive year in 2021 and…

2 years ago
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Why Don’t India’s Air Pollution Policies Work?

For the fourth year in a row, Delhi has topped a list of the world’s most polluted capitals. Air pollution…

2 years ago
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WHO Chief Accused Of Misconduct By Ethiopia

The government of Ethiopia has sent a letter to the World Health Organization, accusing its Ethiopian director-general of misconduct, after…

2 years ago
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Global Panic Ensues Over New Covid Variant

The discovery of a new coronavirus variant named Omicron triggered global alarm on Friday as countries rushed to suspend travel…

2 years ago
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57K Premature Deaths In Delhi Last Year Due To Air Pollution

An estimated 57,000 premature deaths in Delhi during 2020 can be attributed to air pollution, Greenpeace India said on Wednesday,…

3 years ago
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Vaccine Inequality Is ‘Moral Indictment’ Of Our World: UN Chief

The world has never been more threatened or more divided, and is facing the "greatest cascade” of crises, UN Secretary…

3 years ago
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India On Top In Social Media Misinformation On Covid-19

India produced the largest amount of social media misinformation on COVID-19 due to the country's higher internet penetration rate, increasing…

3 years ago
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Delhi Orders Ban On Firecrackers Ahead Of Diwali

India is among the most polluted countries in the world, and air quality in Delhi and neighbouring northern states normally…

3 years ago
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China Rejects Need For Further WHO Covid-19 Origins Probe

China on Friday rejected the World Health Organization's calls for a renewed probe into the origins of Covid-19, saying it…

3 years ago

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