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Shit Happens.O.K? Chawm Ganguly

The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that every gram of feces can contain 10,000,000 viruses, 1,000,000 bacteria, 1,000 parasite cysts and 100 parasite eggs. Now multiply that by the number of Indians who are defecating out in the open, even as you read this and you will get just a glimpse of the enormity of …

Theatre and the demand for Family Planning

Campaign on Family Planning in Bihar under Project Ujjwal DFID as part of its ‘Improved Family Planning (FP) and Reproductive Health (RH) Services in India project’, had initiated Project Ujjwal through catalyzing active participation of the private sector to scale-up quality and affordable FP and RH services for women and men particularly from the poorest …

Woman is the nigger of the world – Chawm Ganguly

The song was written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono and featured in their album “Sometime in New York City” which was released in 1972. Ironical, isn’t it, that we are still using it as the headline of this piece, 16 years into the following millennium and almost four decades after the death of Lennon? …

A Timeline of Birth, Life and End of The Internet Era

The idea for the internet came from inspired theorists who found mammoth value in computers being able to communicate and circulate big data with one another. In view of the internet urbanized by the administration in the investigation department as DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), it was predictable to be chiefly used for armed …

Can Globalization Still Deliver? The Challenge of Convergence in the 21st Century – David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF

Stavros Niarchos Lecture, Peterson Institute for International Economics May 24, 2016 As prepared for delivery Good evening. It is a great honor to be here to deliver this year’s Stavros Niarchos Lecture. I would like to thank Adam Posen and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation for so kindly inviting me—and a special thanks to Larry Summers …

Three Million People Dying Every Year Due To Outdoor Air pollution From Traffic, Industrial Sources And Waste Burning, Says WHO

Stockholm, Sweden, May 24, 2016 – Just days after saying 80 percent of people living in urban areas that monitor air pollution are exposed to air quality levels exceeding WHO limits, the UN body has issued a new report linking 3 million global deaths directly to outdoor pollution from the likes of traffic, industrial sources, …

Enhanced liver fibrosis: A Blood Test for Liver Fibrosis

  Introduction Chronic liver disease (CLD) is a leading cause of death globally. What is CLD??   Chronic liver disease is a disease process of the liver that involves a process of progressive destruction and regeneration of the functional part of liver leading to fibrosis and cirrhosis.   Chronic liver disease refers to disease of the liver which lasts …

Summer Heat: How to take care of newborn baby in summer

Parents have to be extra careful when dealing with children, especially infants and newborn. Over-heating becomes the direct cause of summer diarrhea, which even become a fatal for many new born.   Panchkula 24 May 2016: Summer is a very harsh season with scorching sun rays often causing skin problems and health issues such as …