NEW DELHI: Life expectancy in India has increased from 49.7 years in 1970-75 to 68.7 years in 2012-16, as per the National Health Profile...
SIMI VALLEY (US): A new wildfire erupted Wednesday in wind-whipped Southern California, forcing the evacuation of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and nearby homes,...
REWA, Madhya Pradesh: An alleged instance of sexual abuse of at least two former inmates of an NGO-run adoption centre in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa...
NEW DELHI: Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat warned on Wednesday that if people still don't understand their responsibility to save water, a...
NEW DELHI: Delhi had anticipated the season's worst pollution levels on the morning after Diwali, but the air quality, although "very poor", turned out...
KOLKATA: The air quality in the city and the surrounding areas was recorded in the "moderate" category on Kali Puja on Sunday, officials said. The...
LOS ANGELES: Some 50,000 people were ordered to flee their homes north of Los Angeles on Thursday as a fast-moving wildfire driven by high...
GENEVA: Wild poliovirus type 3 has been eradicated, the World Health Organisation said Thursday, hailing the development as an "historic achievement for humanity" that...
NEW DELHI: There were nine hospital admissions every minute across India in the first year of the government's flagship Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme,...
NEW YORK: People suffering from opioid addiction and chronic pain might have fewer cravings and less pain if they use both mindfulness techniques and...