Peak tides tested Bangkok's flood defenses on Sunday as hope rose that the center of the Thai capital might escape the worst floods in decades, but that was little comfort for swamped suburbs and p

The NOTE India (National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication), body spearheading the anti-tobacco movement, on Sunday accused the Centre of investing Rs. 40,000 crore in tobacco companies in contravention of its anti-tobacco campaign.

Apart from this invaluable human loss, the government spends Rs. 10,000 crore in treatment of tobacco related illness, several thousand crore of rupees on tobacco-disease prevention and tobacco awareness.

Medical facilities have collapsed as encephalitis epidemic continues to rage

Even as the rest of India recovers from its Diwali celebrations, residents of Poorvanchal have been marking a grim time that descends on the eastern Uttar Pradesh region each year: a time local people call the season of death.