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I'm 68, and one of my most treasured friends is 96. I've known her since I was a child and appreciate her more the older I get.
I became friends with my friend's mom. She's 28 years older than me and we've know each other for 5…
Michael Arkin
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Air pollution caused 8.1 million deaths in 2021 globally, 2.1 million in India, notes HEI Report
The report mentioned that air pollution was one of the leading risk factors for death in South Asia…
PTI
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India to launch its first indigenously developed cervical cancer vaccine in the next few months
Cervical cancer ranks as the 2nd most prevalent cancers in India and accounts for nearly one-fou…
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PM Modi inaugurates modern hospital built with Indian assistance in Bhutan
India has supported the development of the hospital in two phases. The first phase was constru…
PTI
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Half of childhood cancer cases go undiagnosed, says a Lancet study
Amid a global crisis of cancer, a recent study has shown that nearly 60% of countries don’t even ha…
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Breast cancer: Lack of early detection killing thousands of women every year
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in India affecting one in 28 women and it is also t…
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India left out women from its largest child nutrition program: Study
Launched in 1975, the program — Integrated Child Development Services — gained momentum in the c…
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Toxic air killed highest number of children in India in 2016: WHO report
The report also mentioned that poverty is correlated with high exposure to environmental hea…
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Centre gives full basic customs duty exemption on import of drugs for rare diseases
In a significant step, the Centre has given full exemption from basic customs duty on all drugs as …
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Indoor lifestyle & bad diet is leading to Vitamin D deficiency: Tata 1mg study
Most young people aged below 25 are low on Vitamin D, according to a study. Pediatricians say that …
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AIIMS nurse, guard test positive, cancer patients advised quarantine
According to the sources, the entire wing where the OSD office is located is being sanitised a…
PTI
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Irrfan Khan died of a neuroendocrine tumour — here's what makes the 'forgotten cancer' so dangerous
Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan fought a two-year battle against a neuroendocrine tumour before he pass…
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Over three million children skipped first dose of DTP -1 vaccine in 2020 in India, say WHO and UNICEF
More than three million children in India missed a first dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis combi…
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Meet Jasmeet Singh Gandhi, the man who raised 37 lakhs for the education of girls by cycling 1400 kms from Mumbai to Delhi in 10 days
"By not educating our girls, we're willingly denying 50% of the population to not contribute to the…
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This NGO is providing primary education for girls and now has a man cycling from Mumbai to Delhi to raise awareness for it
Approximately 45,000 girls have been educated till Class V through IIMPACT’s learning centres, wher…
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From food coupons to a fund to provide laptops and tablets to the poor— NITI Aayog’s public policy analyst has a wishlist too
The crisis has opened up opportunities in education and health but the new ideas have not been a…
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"Now, L&T and Godrej can join hands like Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s ULA," says Gateway House scholar cheering India’s 'biggest space reform'
Normally, ISRO has discouraged private players from being too big a part of their projects for…
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Google doodle remembers 'Mother India' Nargis Dutt on her 86th birth anniversary
Technology giant Google’s today’s doodle is a tribute to one of the versatile actresses of Hindi ci…
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Pakistan shuts down schools as AQI becomes 3x worse than Delhi on Diwali
Pakistan's Lahore is facing an unprecedented air pollution crisis, with its AQI exceeding 1,000, pr…
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PM Modi and Bill Gates discuss AI, climate change, millets and more
Gates praised India's technological advancements in Digital public infrastructure (DPI) and its …