The winners of the TOI Social Impact Awards make India a kinder, better place.

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday launched a scheme for girl child - 'Aapki Beti Humari Beti' - with an aim to combat the problem of declining child sex ratio in the state.

Exposure to bisphenol-A (BPA), a material commonly used in a variety of plastic consumer food and beverage containers, may be linked to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children, according to new

The Federal Ministry of Health and partners working on nutrition Tuesday highlighted opportunities and challenges in improving nutrition status in Ethiopia while deliberating on the 2014 Global Nut

Children studying in schools exposed to high levels of traffic-related air pollution are at an increased risk of having impaired cognitive development, a Spanish study said Tuesday.

An on-board air filtration system developed specifically for school buses reduces exposure to vehicular pollutants by up to 88 percent, according to a study by researchers at the UCLA Fielding Scho

A national plan that could see local governments spend as little as N109.9 million every year until 2018 to cut malnutrition among children under five years has stalled since last year.

The adolescent girls of Jharkhand will be spearheading campaign to enlighten people about nutrition and its importance for the fairer sex.

A new research has found that the environment having no stronger force in determining obesity in children than their mother's diet, makes them prone to have poor diets and have related health probl

Ugandan Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda on Tuesday called for a more effective campaign against malnutrition, especially among children and women of child-bearing age.