A study probes the role of women in afforestation programmes

A handful of infectious diseases are responsible for 90 per cent of the deaths throughout the world, a study of the World Health Organi

Women's liking for men

The world population will touch six billion this month

Women's longevity may depend on the age at which they get pregnant, say Rudi Westendorp of the Netherlands and Thomas Kirkwood of the UK. Those who have their first pregnancy at a late age seem to

The fairer sex has not benefitted as much as men from socio economic progress

Chilika, Asia s largest brackish water lake in Orissa, is in the midst of a controversy that refuses to die. At stake is the livelihood of hundreds of fisherfolk and the lake itself. The fisherfolk have launched a movement to fight for their rights. Not

It was a unique way of celebrating Women's Day. Women in the Uttarakhand region of Uttar Pradesh dedicated March 8, 1999, to "Save the Forests'. Chanting slogans such as " jungle bachyega, desh

Radiation therapy and chemotherapy can halve cervical cancer deaths among women

the barren lands in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh are slowly becoming green. Thanks to efforts by the women who have struggled to regenerate the region. "Three years ago not even a

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