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The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2015: Key insights

Japan without nuclear power for a full calendar year for the first time since the first commercial nuclear power plant started up in the country 50 years ago. Nuclear plant construction starts plunge from fifteen in 2010 to three in… Continue Reading →

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Day- Tribute to Dr Gurumurthy and Dr N H Antia

  Dr Antia ‘A tribute to two of the finest plastic surgeons I knew’ Friday, July 17, 2015by Dr Anant Bhan The field of plastic surgery has gained attention globally primarily for the cosmetic procedures conducted, especially on celebrities. While surgery… Continue Reading →

70 Years Later, Health Impacts of First US Nuclear Detonation Still Being Felt

  An early atomic bomb detonation in Nevada desert. (photo: Getty) 70 Years Later, Health Impacts of First US Nuclear Detonation Still Being Felt By Russell Contreras, Associated Press 17 July 15   eople who lived near the site of… Continue Reading →

#VyapamScam- How do we start trusting doctors again? #medicalethics

ANANT BHAN Illustration: Satwik Gade By revealing the rampant corruption in medical school admissions, the Vyapam scam has further eroded India’s shaky faith in its doctors. The ongoing Vyavsayik Pareeksha Mandal scam in Madhya Pradesh (commonly known by its Hindi acronym Vyapam)… Continue Reading →

SC – Drug pricing policy pro-pharmaceutical firms, not pro-poor- Re-examine #healthcare

:SC IANS  |  New Delhi  July 15, 2015 Last Updated at 20:58 IST The supreme Court Wednesday asked NGO All India Drug Action Network to make a representation to the central government pointing out its objections to the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy 2013 providing controlled prices… Continue Reading →

Nepal – Male politicians curtailing women’s Reproductive rights #Vaw #WTFnews

By men, for men Male politicians curtailing women’s rights should know we make up half the voting population – Pratichya Dulal JUL 11 – The draft of the new constitution has been a huge let down as far as women’s rights… Continue Reading →

Warning notes from Marathwada: how water wars can consume India

ITU CHAUDHURI DESIGN/CATCH NEWS WATER WARS Warning notes from Marathwada: how water wars can consume India PARTH MN |13 July 2015 Warning bell Marathwada is facing an acute water crisis. Its wells are running dry even 400 feet deep The… Continue Reading →

Vegetarian, educated egg donors top couples’ wishlist #IVF #WTFnews

Sunitha Rao R, Gynaecologists who run in-vitro fertilization centres in Bengaluru are increasingly seeing couples keen on knowing the caste and religion and, if they can help it, a hint of the donor’s IQ. BENGALURU: Fair, tall and, most importantly,… Continue Reading →

Mathuranpura And The World’s Worst Groundwater Crisis #mustread

Khabar Lahariya & Saumya Tewari, A woman gathers water from a natural underground tunnel, in Khanna kasba, 40 km from Mahoba town in UP’s Bundelkhand region. Image: Khabar Lahariya.   Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh: Here in Mahoba, one of India’s 250 poorest districts in one… Continue Reading →

S.P . Udayakumar begins anti-nuke campaign on train

S. SUNDAR The Hindu People’\s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) coordinator S.P. Udhayakumar on a three-day train campaign for nuclear-free Tamil Nadu at the Tirunelveli junction on Friday. Photo: A. Shaikmohideen Pamphlets distributed by the PMANE said that KKNPP had… Continue Reading →

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