Finally here is a sure-shot-method of measuring a child’s progress towards obesity.

With doctors warning of a rise in the number of children being brought in with adult lifestyle diseases – including obesity, diabetes and hypertension – a multi-centre, cross-sectional study done on 10,842 children in five cities – Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune and Raipur – has now suggested healthy cut-off values of waist circumference for screening Metabolic Syndrome in Indian children.

KOLKATA, From reclaiming parks and open spaces to promoting carpools and empowering rag-pickers to manage waste, denizens of this eastern metropolis are pitching in to make the city green.

Study strongly advocates legislation to prevent children’s entry into the sector.

Bangalore generates 57,000 MT of electronic waste a year, reveals Assocham study.

Residents living in some parts of north Kolkata on Sunday were shocked to see that dust particles from Kashi Mitra crematoria were flying in the entire area.

From reclaiming parks and open spaces to promoting carpools and empowering rag-pickers to manage waste, denizens of this eastern metropolis are pitching in to make the city green.

New Delhi: Extreme summers and winters in Delhi are clearly uncomfortable.

अब तालाबों, झीलों और अन्य जलाशयों से भी सौर ऊर्जा बनाई जा सकेगी। कोलकाता के एक कॉलेज ने फ्लोटिंग पैनल्स के जरिए बिजली बनाने का सिस्टम डिवेलप किया है। इसमें सोलर पैनल तैरते प्लेटफॉर्म्स पर लगाए जाएं

Tokyo and Yokohama have been declared the cities at highest risk of natural disaster by Zurich-based Swiss Reinsurance (Swiss Re) in a 2013 study, whose findings were recently announced.