New Delhi: Food inflation declined marginally to 11.81 per cent in the week ended October 29, but the slight moderation in the rate of price rise provided little respite to consumers burdened by high prices of essential kitchen staples like vegetables and pulses. Food inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), stood at 12.21 per cent in the previous week ended October 22. The rate of price rise...
12:53 PM, Nov 11, 2011
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday expressed grave concern over rising food inflation, even as he attributed the latest spike in prices to increased demand during the festive season. Food inflation, at 12.21 per cent for the week ended October 22, climbed to a nine-month high. "Food inflation is still going high. It is dangerously above double-digit figure," Mukherjee told reporters here. The Finance Minister, however, said the...
01:49 PM, Nov 03, 2011
New Delhi: Food inflation rose to 12.21 per cent during the week ended October 22, with expensive vegetables, pulses, fruits and milk, putting more burden on the common man. Food inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), stood at 11.43 per cent in the previous week. The rate of price rise of food items stood at 13.55 per cent in the corresponding week of the previous year. As...
12:10 PM, Nov 03, 2011
New Delhi: A debut novel won The Hindu's Literature Prize in the 'Lit for Life' literary festival for the second successive year. Rahul Bhattacharya bagged the 'The Hindu Literary Prize for Best Fiction 2011' for his 'The Sly Company of People Who Care'. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. In his book 'The Sly Company of People Who Care' Rahul Bhattacharya captures the heady adventures of...
12:50 PM, Oct 31, 2011
New Delhi: Food inflation shot up to 11.43 per cent for the week ended October 15 on the back of costlier vegetables, fruits, milk and protein-based items. As measured by Wholesale Price Index (WPI), food inflation stood at 10.60 per cent in the previous week. The rate of price rise of food items was 14.20 per cent in the corresponding week of 2010. As per data released by the government...
12:00 PM, Oct 27, 2011
Mumbai: The world's first malaria vaccine is in its final stages of clinical trials. It's proving to be 56 per cent effective, which means it will reduce the risk of the disease by more than half. After 30 years of research, this is the best shot for a malaria vaccine. Two-year-old Philip is one of 15,000 African children taking part in a phase 3 trial. An earlier phase 2 trial...
09:07 AM, Oct 25, 2011
New Delhi: Food inflation is back in double digits after a gap of a month-and-a-half and stood at 10.60 per cent for the week ending October 8 on the back of costlier vegetables, fruits, milk and protein-based items. Food inflation, as measured by Wholesale Price Index (WPI), stood at 9.32 per cent in the previous week. The rate of price rise of food items stood at 15.72 per cent in...
12:26 PM, Oct 20, 2011
London: An experimental vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline halved the risk of African children getting malaria in a major clinical trial, making it likely to become the world's first shot against the deadly disease. Final-stage trial data released on Tuesday showed it gave protection against clinical and severe malaria in five- to 17-month-olds in Africa, where the mosquito-borne disease kills hundreds of thousands of children a year. "These data bring us to...
03:03 AM, Oct 19, 2011
Seattle: Nearly a third of all malaria affected countries are on course to eliminate the mosquito-borne disease over the next 10 years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday. In a progress report published by the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) partnership at the start of an international Malaria Forum conference in Seattle, the United Nations health body said "remarkable progress" had been made. Up to a third of the...
04:16 AM, Oct 18, 2011
New Delhi: The wholesale price index (WPI) rose 9.72 percent in September from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, girding the market for a possible rate hike this month despite weakening domestic growth and bleak global outlook. The figure was almost in line with the median forecast for a 9.70 percent rise in a poll and was lower than the annual rise of 9.78 percent in August. The...
11:42 AM, Oct 14, 2011
Mumbai: For more than ten years, 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' has been a phrase most Indians are familiar with. Despite a few hurdles and change of hosts, the Indian version of 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' has managed to keep the magic alive in the overcrowded world of prime-time television. Currently in its fifth season, the show hosted by Amitabh Bachchan enjoys top ratings and enjoys a 90-minute prime-time slot....
01:21 PM, Sep 30, 2011
Every 70 seconds, somewhere in the world, a person is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). ...
08:50 AM, Sep 21, 2011
New Delhi: After a gap of over five months, food inflation entered the double-digit zone at 10.05 per cent for the week ended August 20, with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee describing the trend as "disturbing" and experts saying RBI may go in for another rate hike. The weekly food inflation, measured by Wholesale Price Index (WPI), went up from 9.80 per cent on account of expensive onion, vegetables, fruits and...
12:32 PM, Sep 01, 2011
New Delhi: Headline inflation declined to an eight-month low of 9.22 per cent in July as the rate of price rise in food articles and petro-products eased, though pressure remained on manufactured items. Inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), stood at 9.44 per cent in June. It was 9.98 per cent in July, 2010. As per data released by the government, the overall inflation figure for May...
12:41 PM, Aug 16, 2011
New Delhi: India's wholesale price index likely rose an annual 9.2 per cent in July, slightly slower than June's 9.44 per cent, as policy tightening by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was partially offset by surging food prices, a Reuters poll showed. The forecasts for India's main inflation gauge, from 27 economists, ranged from 8.9 to 10.0 per cent. "The contribution of food... and fuels to overall inflation has...
09:29 AM, Aug 13, 2011
Mumbai: India officially eliminated leprosy six years ago, but that seems to be a jargon as it doesn't really mean that the country has eradicated the disease. One-third of the districts are in the danger zone. Home to 65 per cent of the world's leprosy cases, the country cannot afford to ignore the situation. Back in 1944, Mahatma Gandhi was hoping for a day when there wouldn't be a need...
09:15 AM, Aug 12, 2011
New Delhi: Private doctors are using Tuberculosis antibody tests that are known for Misdiagnosis instead of cheaper and more effective tests. It is a blood test known to misdiagnose Tuberculosis in patients. The World Health Organisation's latest TB policy, after reviewing 94 studies globally, clearly advises against it. The TB DOTS programme in India doesn't use it. Yet, 1.5 million Indians are still given the TB antibody test every year....
10:51 AM, Aug 05, 2011
New Delhi: After dropping to a 20-month low in mid-July, food inflation inched up to 8.04 per cent for the week ended July 23 on expensive onion, fruits and milk. Food inflation, measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), was 7.33 per cent in the previous week, the lowest since November 2009. The rate of price rise of food items was 16.27 per cent in the corresponding week of July...
12:57 PM, Aug 04, 2011
London: A 'Mediterranean diet' can increase a woman's lifespan by as much as 15 years, and increase a man's life by eight years, says a study. What is a Mediterranean diet? It is one rich in vegetables, olive oil, fruit, nuts, fish and whole grains, with occasional meat and alcohol. Those who can combine such a diet with exercise, avoiding smoking and maintaining desirable weight, could expect to live up...
12:15 PM, Aug 04, 2011
New Delhi: The recent flurry of reports suggesting that Indians are the most depressed in the world has the Health Ministry up in arms, clarifying that only some data has been released from a World Health Organisation-sponsored study. The WHO's Mental Health Survey of nearly 90,000 people across 18 countries seemed to have shocking findings for India allegedly showing the highest level of depression worldwide. The survey found that 36...
05:02 PM, Jul 30, 2011
