
Mumbai: By the time you're done watching this report, somewhere in the world - a child would have succumbed to malaria. A public health disaster in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of South East Asia, Malaria poses a threat to a 100 crore Indians, according to the latest World Malaria Report. About 1.5 million people suffer from malaria annually. A study published in the medical journal The Lancet, finds cases of...

10:14 AM, Apr 25, 2012

New Delhi: India recorded 25 million cases of Malaria and 30,000 deaths in the year 2009 - according to the World Health Organisation. That's one tenth the number of cases worldwide. And now a bigger threat emerging is that of drug resistance. About ten years ago, the most commonly used anti-malaria drug Chloroquine, stopped working against the malaria parasite, forcing countries to switch to the second line of treatment, called...

09:24 AM, Apr 25, 2011

New Delhi: India recorded 25 million cases of Malaria and 30,000 deaths in the year 2009 - according to the World Health Organisation. That's one tenth the number of cases worldwide. And now a bigger threat emerging is that of drug resistance. About ten years ago, the most commonly used anti-malaria drug Chloroquine, stopped working against the malaria parasite, forcing countries to switch to the second line of treatment, called ...

09:24 AM, Apr 25, 2011

Brisbane: It was a comedy of errors which Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni did not find funny at all. In the 29th over of the tri-series ODI against Australia, India appealed for a stumping against Mike Hussey off Suresh Raina's bowling which was referred to third umpire Bruce Oxenford. What should have been a simple case of the official giving either of the two rulings -- out or not...

11:53 AM, Apr 25, 2008