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Your diabetes med could help you shed ki...

Your diabetes med could help you shed kilos

Diabetic and want to lose weight? Now you can do both with help of a single medicine, as a new study has shown that Liraglutide, an injectable diabetes drug, helps people shed kilos. US regulators had approved the drug last year for weight loss, and a randomised, controlled trial at 191 sites in 27... read more »

Conjunctivitis, if left untreated, can c...

Conjunctivitis, if left untreated, can cause sight threatening internal inf...

Conjunctivitis, or pink eye, is the most common eye problem that affects people of all age groups. It is also one of the most common eye infections in children. The condition becomes more common in the summer season as a result of rise in temperature which makes it ideal for the virus to... read more »

Physical exercise along with a proper di...

Physical exercise along with a proper diet can help maintain a healthy weig...

A recent study has revealed that India has the third-highest number of obese and overweight people after US and China. Around 20% of the adult Indian population is overweight or obese and studies predict that India will be the global diabetes capital by 2050 if the abdominal and lower limb obesity... read more »

Being a vegan helps lose weight

Being a vegan helps lose weight

If you are looking for a size zero figure, then following a vegan diet that includes no animal products could offer better results than other weight-loss plans, says a study. “Vegetarian diets are more effective than non-vegetarian diets for weight loss,” said researcher Ru-Yi Huang of... read more »

Swiss gold exports to India cross Rs 1.2 lakh crore

Switzerland’s gold exports to India crossed Rs 1.2 lakh crore in 2014 even as concerns persist over bullion being used to channel illicit funds into the Indian shores. The value of... read more »

BJP patriarch L.K. Advani, A. Bachchan and Dilip Kumar get Padma Vibhushan Awardees

BJP patriarch L.K. Advani, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and actors Amitabh Bachchan and Dilip Kumar are among the nine Padma Vibhushan awardees, the second highest civilian... read more »

Cartoonist R.K. Laxman “very critical”; back on ventilator support

Eminent cartoonist R.K. Laxman took a turn for the worse after he slipped into a “very critical state”, following which he has been put back on mechanical ventilator support, said... read more »

Five firsts at Indian Republic Day 2015

All-women contingents of the Army, Navy and Air Force march through Rajpath for the first time The Army contingent, led by Captain Divya Ajith from Chennai, wants to serve in combat roles.... read more »

Indian PM Narendra Modi’s Speech on Obama Visit in Full

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Barack Obama held a joint news conference in New Delhi on Sunday after a holding talks. It is a great pleasure and privilege to welcome... read more »