No amount of alcohol is safe, shows WHO analysis

There is no safe limit to alcohol consumption and any amount of drinking can severely impact one's health, according to a statement published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in The Lancet......

The Two Faces of India's Democracy

How should one billion Indians, for whom deprivation has become an inescapable way of life, join us in celebrating 75 years of Independence? And where do we go from here? asks Kalyan Singhal.......

5% cancer cases in India last yr linked to drinking: Study

Alcohol consumption was associated with 62,100 or 5 per cent of newly diagnosed cancer cases last year in India, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology journal which shows alcohol......

Should post vaccine reactions be better monitored?

'There is more likelihood of dying from lightning than from vaccine induced blood clots.'Rashme Sehgal reports. IMAGE: COVID-19 vaccination in Bengaluru, May 16, 2021. Photograph: Shailendra......

Lower the pay, higher the blood pressure

Workers earning low salaries have a higher risk of hypertension, especially women and younger employees, according to new research.Researchers from the University of California found that workers......

Obama names Indian American to senior trade post

Nearly six months after he nominated Dr Islam A 'Isi' Siddiqui to be the chief agricultural negotiator at the office of the US Trade Representative, US President Barack Obama -- fed up with what......

Siddiqui is Obama's chief agricultural negotiator

Islam A 'Isi' Siddiqui has been nominated by US President Barack Obama to be the Chief Agricultural Negotiator at the Office of the US Trade Representative Siddiqui, in his new role, will now......

What made TnQ hit the headlines

TnQ never hit the headlines. At least not until Nobel Laureate (1975) David Baltimore as the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science spoke to a galaxy of American......