World Suicide Prevention Day observed

Noman Patwary--World Suicide Prevention Day is being observed on Monday (September 10) in the country as elsewhere across the globe

Passive smoking kills 81,000 a yr

Health Desk--10 Sep’18: A research, conducted by World Health Organization (WHO) in 192 countries across the globe, revealed that around

‘Disabled people should be included in mainstream society’

Health Desk--9 Sep’18: Speakers at a programme in the capital said persons with disabilities should not be left behind for

Probiotics labelled 'quite useless': Research

Health Desk--7 Sep’18: Scientists have claimed foods that are packed with good bacteria - called probiotics - are almost useless.

Their

1.4b people not doing enough physical exercise: WHO

Health Desk--5 Sep’18: A WHO report estimates that more than a quarter of people worldwide - 1.4 billion - are

China culls 38,000 pigs as swine fever spreads

Health Desk--3 Sep’18: More than 38,000 pigs have been culled across China, state media said on Sunday, as the world's

Govt proposes energy drinks ban for children

Health Desk--2 Sep’18: British Prime Minister Theresa May said the sale of energy drinks could be banned in England to anybody

7 lac poor mothers to get e-payment from January

Health Desk--31 Aug’18: Nearly seven lakh poor mother across the country will get their maternity allowance through the electronic payment