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Swagata Yadavar With more than a fifth of its children wasted — low weight for height — India ranks 100 among 119 countries in the 2017 Global Hunger Index (GHI), down three places from 97 last year. Only in three other countries — Djibouti, Sri Lanka and South Sudan —Continue Reading

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By Vidhi Doshi Bangalore: When Tenzin Dechen Deshar first heard that Tibetan exiles could apply for Indian passports, she agonized over the choice. A Tibetan born in India, Deshar lived a double life. She went to an Indian boarding school but spent summers in a refugee settlement, trying to learnContinue Reading

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Ootacamund: The legendary St.Thomas Church in Ooty, one among the handful of British-styled churches in the hill town, celebrated its sesquicentennial on Sunday. The heritage structure stands tall near the Ooty Main Bus Stand on the Ooty-Nanajanadu Road. According to the Timothy Ravinder, bishop of Coimbatore diocese (CSI), the foundationContinue Reading

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R Dutta Choudhury Public healthcare services in Assam is heading towards an uncertain future as the State is facing severe shortage of doctors. To complicate the situation, doctors are not showing keenness to join the government service, while a number of senior doctors of the medical colleges have taken voluntaryContinue Reading