New Pamban bridge an engineering wonder: PM

Prime Minister inaugurated the new Pamban railway bridge, which connects the Rameswaram island off the Tamil Nadu coast with Ramanathapuram on the mainland.

Only 12% of judges in High Courts have declared assets: data

Among the 769 judges currently serving in the 25 High Courts of India, only 95 - or a mere 12.35% - have chosen to disclose their assets and liabilities on their official websites.

Prescribe preventive medicine for a healthy India

India stands at the cusp of economic glory, aspiring to become a $5 trillion economy and a global powerhouse. However, there is a "silent epidemic" of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that threatens our economic and developmental ambitions. 

Health and sanitation as the pillars of a healthy India

On this World Health Day (April 7), as nations reflect on the foundations of human well-being, India stands tall with a transformative lesson: health and sanitation are not separate pursuits, but are two sides of a coin. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has undertaken a sanitation and water revolution that has not only changed the way we live but also how we thrive. 

A paradigm shift in mental health policy

Institutional responses to suicides are often individualistic and reductionist.

On March 24, the Supreme Court of India formed a National Task Force to prevent the increasing deaths by suicide of students on campuses.

Three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet

A healthy, nutritious diet is much more expensive than a calorie sufficient one. As a result, three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet. 

Can the U.S. President serve a third term?

The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified on February 27, 1951, limits U.S. Presidents to two elected terms. 

Semaglutide reduces cardiovascular event risk in diabetes patients: study

Diabetes management should not be focused narrowly on blood sugar levels, but must concurrently work at protecting cardiac and renal health too, says a recent study that found daily oral semaglutide (an anti-diabetic medication used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and an anti-obesity medication used for long-term weight management) could cut the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and cardiovascular death by 14%.