Sky-rocketing temperatures across the country have killed more than a thousand people. And a delayed monsoon means that number may

Pesticides, urbanisation, lead-free fuel, mobile phones, cats could all be drastically reducing the population of the sparrow. They have disappeared so quietly that no one has noticed them

India is officially getting greener. A new,more accurate, hi-tech digital image processing technique used to interpret satellite data has revealed that almost one-fourth of the land in the country is

For centuries, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis has been man's public health enemy No 1. A fitfully reliable skin test developed in 1908 was all we had to hunt down the bug before it attacked.

Every day, Tuberculosis claims 1,053 lives in India, while 5,000 people contract it. Last year, there were around 4,00,000 deaths, most of which could have been prevented had DOTS been in place.

Some would say it is two years too late. A lecturer in Bhavnagar Engineering College has developed a disaster warning system that can send out an SMS message within seconds of a natural disaster. If

Ponnaiah Ramar Pillai was barking up the wrong tree when he claimed to have discovered a herb that could convert water into petrol, but scientists at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, have

Tigers in Melghat, Maharashtra's largest tiger reserve, are now up against a deadly enemy: live-wire traps. Poachers position 60-ft-long live wires a foot above the ground, a trap less messy but as

A new study on antacids has added fuel to the fire on their effectiveness. Published in consumer magazine Insight, the study, which employed a glass stomach simulator, tested 35 brands of four

The earthquake in Gujarat brought with it ruin. With typical fortitude, most of the affected people went about rebuilding their lives, but there were many who were left rudderless. CARE TODAY came up