Dr Shirely LeivonJunior Consultant, MD (Radiotherapy), Department of Radiotherapy/Oncology Services, CIHSRMost causes of cancer are preventable. According to evidence, almost 50% of all cancers can be prevented
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As the novel coronavirus - COVID-19, continues to take its toll globally, parents are worried about their children's safety more than ever. The traces of chaos and misinformation are ubiquitous, w
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Read about the storms that the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), India''s largest such facility, has had to weather; take a 17,000 km motorcycle ride with four gutsy women that began in Hyderabad
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In a work environment where many women already often battle barriers like unequal pay, inappropriate behaviour and sexual harassment, and find it hard to break through the 'glass ceiling', i
Students play a game of human trafficking-themed snakes and ladders at a high school in San Luis Teolocholco, Tlaxcala in Mexico, February 13, 2020. (Thomson Reuters Foundation Photo)
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A review – Part TwoGrowing up in Impur where his father Imchaba was a teacher, seven-year-old Lanu Toy witnessed first-hand a tiger hunt by men of Mopungchuket village. They were armed with spears and shields
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Read about the brutalisation of the Indian Constitution only months after it was enacted; navigate your way through the innumerable kidney transplant scams that have rocked India over the decade
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Read about the brutalisation of the Indian Constitution only months after it was enacted; navigate your way through the innumerable kidney transplant scams that have rocked India over the decade
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While the rules of healthy eating are universally the same -- eat healthy, move more, avoid stress and sleep better -- there are some specific foods that can give women a definite advantage
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If you are one of the lucky ones heading away on an amazing adventure to Europe, you arent the only one. An increasing number of Indians are travelling to beautiful Europe, thanks to the new
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Caffeine increases the ability to focus and solve problem, but it doesn't stimulate creativity, according to a new study.
While the cognitive benefits of caffeine -- increased ale
Easterine Kire A review – part oneUncle Lanu Toys biography came in the post yesterday. This beautifully bound book weighing a little more than a kilogram has a warm photograph of a smiling Uncle Toy on
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Strange as it may seem to today's generation, India and Pakistan were at peace in the first five years after the partition of the sub-continent in 1947 in spite of the horr
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In recent years, the number of women embarking on solo adventures has skyrocketed -- a fact corroborated by the data of many travel companies -- and in many cases, to less-frequented destina
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Jatinga, a small tribal village and Assam's only hill station, is known for the mysterious suicide of birds during certain weeks of the year. While scienti
Kenyan climate activist Makenna Muigui poses for a picture at her home in Nairobi, Kenya, February 13, 2020. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Nita Bhalla
African climate strikers lack support, says Ken
Models present creations during the Feng Cheng Wang catwalk show at London Fashion Week Mens in London, Britain, January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
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Eighty per cent of women travellers are choosing to travel solo every year, while bookings by groups are also growing steadily by 50 per cent year-on-year, highlighted Zostel- a community-led, e
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Solid physical ability and performance primarily results from strong bone health. Weaker bones may delay desired physical outcomes, physical milestones, and put a person at risk of sustainin
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Read about the Battle of Plassey on June 23, 1757 between the forces of the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah, and East India Company troops led by Robert Clive, an ambitious soldier of fortune,