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Kumbh Mela: Seers keep last Shahi Snan symbolic

The last 'shahi snan' at the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar on Tuesday was a subdued affair with seers keeping the ritual symbolic in view of a nationwide surge in COVID-19 cases. Till the conclusion of......

Kumbh virtually ends as key akhadas pull out

Crowds at the ghats of Ganga in Haridwar have thinned down drastically after the key ‘akhadas' of seers began pulling out of the Maha Kumbh, citing the surge in coronavirus numbers. IMAGE:......

The project that helped prevent over 6 lakh HIV/AIDS cases in India

According to a report published by Lancet Global Health, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-funded Avahan programme, first launched in India in 2003, might have prevented over 6 lakh HIV......

Advance booking: What to read in 2008

Some 'big books' to look forward to in 2008... Fiction The acquisition of Amitav Ghosh's forthcoming Ibis trilogy by Penguin India made big news in literary circles earlier in the year and the......

'India has most number of anaemic married women'

India has the largest number of anaemic married women and children, according to UNICEF. "There is more than one reason for Indian women and children being anaemic. Low social status of women, poor......

Adi Godrej: Parmeshwar's life is a big triumph

A rare interview in which Adi Godrej talks about his wife, Parmeshwar, whom he married in 1965.Parmeshwar Godrej, designer, fashion icon and philanthropist, passed into the ages on October 11.This......

Modi govt has a progressive agenda for health: Melinda Gates

On a recent visit to India, Bill and Melinda Gates spoke with the author Chetan Bhagat about the philosophy behind their philanthropy at a public event titled "All Lives have Equal Value" on......

AIDS! What's your company doing?

First, the hard facts: India has a population of five million people who are HIV+, and almost no integrated action plan to combat what is being called the biggest killer disease of all......

Mira Nair, Farhan Akhtar to make films on AIDS

Top moviemakers Mira Nair (centre), Farhan Akhtar, Santosh Sivan (left) and Vishal Bhardwaj (right) joined hands to make short but 'informative and entertaining' films on HIV-AIDS in a bid to......

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Kumbh Mela: Seers keep last Shahi Snan symbolic

Kumbh virtually ends as key akhadas pull out

The project that helped prevent over 6 lakh HIV/AIDS cases in India

Advance booking: What to read in 2008

'India has most number of anaemic married women'

Adi Godrej: Parmeshwar's life is a big triumph

Modi govt has a progressive agenda for health: Melinda Gates

AIDS! What's your company doing?

Mira Nair, Farhan Akhtar to make films on AIDS

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