Nusreen from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, suffers from acute heart disease. But the country's biggest government hospital cites unavailability of date till 2025 and instead advises her to go to some other hospital. Nusreen's poor family can't afford to go to a private hospital

Fake doctors are putting patient's lives at risk due to incorrect use of IV drips, warn experts. According to a World Health Organization report, about 57.3% of doctors practising in India are fake

For the first time, a few teams that participated in the International Cricket Council Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, have used cricket bats crafted in Kashmir from the willows that grow there.

From Chhattisgarh’s 75-day long Dussehra celebrations to Dashain in Sikkim, communities across the country celebrate Dussehra with different traditions and rituals. Here’s looking at some of them.

Using tobacco is an invitation to death – this was the message that was promoted at the day long youth festival held at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Every year nearly 15 lakh young people lose their lives to cancer and other serious health disorders directly related to tobacco use.

Nuakhai, which literally translates as 'new food', is a harvest festival celebrated with great vigour in the coastal state. Often compared to Tamil Nadu's Pongal, Kerala's Onam and Assam's Bihu, the festival heralds the consumption of the fresh rice harvested from the paddy crop. Read on to know more about its origin, rituals, and cultural significance in Odisha.

Animals can be unpredictable and even those who have spent decades looking after them cannot be sure of their behaviour. Recently, an elephant killed its trainer in Madhya Pradesh's Panna Tiger Reserve, sending shockwaves amongst the mahouts and the rangers in the forest reserve. Read on to know more.

Miyawaki planting is unfit for non moist locations. What could be acceptable in moist temperate, sub tropical or island ecologies like Japan and similar latitudes would be most unwise in other latitudes, specially tropics, where water is climatically scarce or available unevenly over the year.

Winter and spring in Dogra households in Jammu are incomplete without the smokey 'kimb' chaat. Kimb is a citrus fruit that is locally grown there. The sweet mitthe chol adds to celebrations in Dogra weddings and festivals.

Tribal communities across Tamil Nadu often slip through the cracks when it comes to quality healthcare that they can neither access nor afford. DoctorNet India, a Coimbatore-based non-profit, is trying to bridge that inequity with its network of volunteers and empathetic doctors across the state.