World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Women
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Women and Health: the key for sustainable development
Girls' and women's health is in transition and, although some aspects of it have improved substantially in the past few decades, there are still important unmet needs. Population ageing and transformations
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Sunsari woman dies of ‘sun stroke’, Tarai finds no respite from heatwave
Sajana Chaudhary, 50, died of apparent heat stroke in Itahari Bazaar in Sunsari district on Wednesday afternoon, police said. A vegetable vendor, Chaudhary was pulling a cart laden with potatoes during
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5 year mortality predictors in 498 103 UK Biobank participants: a prospective population-based study
To our knowledge, a systematic comparison of predictors of mortality in middle-aged to elderly individuals has not yet been done. We investigated predictors of mortality in UK Biobank participants during
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Tata docs find way to cut oral cancer risk
Mumbai Medics' Discovery Can Save Many Lives The Tata Memorial Hospital, the cancer hub in Mumbai's Parel area, announced a breakthrough on Tuesday that could not only reduce the risk of death for oral
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Evaluating taboo trade-offs in ecosystems services and human well-being
Environmental management inevitably involves trade-offs among different objectives, values, and stakeholders. Most evaluations of such trade-offs involve monetary valuation or calculation of aggregate
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Mouth, breast cancers rise in Bangladesh: Report
DHAKA : The number of cases of the cancers most common in men and women have shown an upward trend since 1990 while liver cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Bangladesh, reports UNB. Breast
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Using international law to advance women’s tenure rights in REDD+
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) is an international initiative to mitigate climate change in the forest sector. It is intended to incentivize developing countries to
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Growing a sense of place and community in Cape Town
<p>The Harvest of Hope initiative is a vegetable box scheme in Cape Town, South Africa, set up as a social enterprise by a local NGO. By promoting ecological urban farming, Abalimi Bezekhaya (meaning ‘Farmers
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Rural women can play crucial role in tackling climate change
New Delhi: Women, especially those living in rural areas, can play a crucial role in tackling climate change "by changing the way they cook, gather wood or maintain household", French Ambassador to India
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Kamrup tops in occurrence of female pharyngeal cancer in world: Study
The age adjusted incidence rate of pharyngeal cancers in females of Kamrup-urban area is highest in the world and age adjusted incidence of gall bladder cancer in females of Kamrup-urban is second highest