Health Threats
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Dabur US arms sued for selling products allegedly causing cancer
The company has denied the complaints, which it says are based on ‘unsubstantiated and incomplete study’.
Scroll Staff
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Rajasthan: Swine flu claims five more lives, toll since January 1 rises to 48, say authorities
A total of 1,173 people of the 5,061 people whose samples were tested were diagnosed with the virus strain.
Scroll Staff
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As drug-resistance spreads, the world is at risk of a new HIV epidemic
The new HIV epidemic likely to start in poorest countries with little capacity to handle it.
Edsel Maurice Salvana
Trending
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Listening to 41 Modi interviews: Few tough questions, no rebuttals, no fact checks
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Varanasi poll: As 33 nominations are rejected, eight applicants allege that the process was rigged
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Bow and arrow or torch? In Maharashtra, confusion over new election symbols may help BJP, allies
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Ramachandra Guha: How would Vallabhbhai Patel have viewed the BJP’s pernicious misuse of his legacy?
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What a regal South Indian ornament in a famous Rossetti painting tells us about the British Raj
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Interview: Infectious diseases are resurfacing in forms that are difficult to treat
Dr Richard Cash, who helped develop oral rehydration therapy for cholera, on India’s vulnerability to drug-resistant infections.
Priyanka Vora
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SC orders BSNL to shut down mobile tower after man claims it caused his cancer
This is the first time a cell tower is being deactivated because of an individual's complaint about its allegedly harmful effects.
Scroll Staff
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Why gluten-free food is not the healthy option you thought it is
People with coeliac disease need to avoid gluten, but a gluten-free diet is otherwise best avoided. It raises the risk of type 2 diabetes.
James Brown, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: Two musicians simultaneously play the violin with one hand and the piano with another
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Caught on camera: Streaking meteorite turns night sky blue across Portugal and Spain
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Watch: Ed Sheeran sings Punjabi remix of ‘Shape of You’, accompanied by Bhangra dancers
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Eco India: Even as technology lends a hand, India's farmers grapple with an uncertain future
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Eco India, Episode 260: Can technology's societal benefits extend to environmental sustainability?
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74 children dead as encephalitis outbreak in Odisha’s Malkangiri district continues
State director of health services Dr Chittaranjan Nayak said a vaccination programme against the disease would start on December 1.
Scroll Staff
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Smoking may protect against Parkinson’s disease – but it’s more likely to kill you
Smoking causes 96,000 premature deaths a year in the UK. The fact that it protects against Parkinson's disease is not a reason to take up the habit.
Thomas Caspari, The Conversation
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St Stephen's College students to adopt odd-even formula for cell phone usage
More than 70% students voted in favour of the idea when it was proposed during an assembly meeting.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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Is Anirban Bhattacharya Bengali cinema’s white knight?
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Start the week with a film: Why Farah Khan’s ‘Main Hoon Na’ endures
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‘Chandu Champion’ trailer: Kartik Aaryan in biopic of Paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar
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‘It Ends With Us’ trailer: Blake Lively stars in drama about an abusive relationship
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‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’ review: Overcooked and unsavoury