Indians believe that war and terrorism, global warming, pollution and over-population are the biggest problems facing the world. In contrast, people living in the United States and Britain, which are facing economic slowdown, feel that economic situation is a major global challenge. The findings were revealed on Tuesday by Sir Robert Worcester, founder of Mori, while launching King’s College London’s Global Index of Fear. The Survey by Ipsos-Mori in eight countries —...

An inter-state tussle triggered by a national issue has brought to light how amnesia has afflicted the Orissa government. Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik had demanded three days ago that a public hearing should be held in villages that will be affected by the proposed Polavaram hydel project in neighbouring Andhra. Documents available with The Telegraph suggest that the same Naveen government had a year ago rejected a request by Andhra to...

National Food Security Act can help bring down malnutrition and maternal mortality rates in the country, Biraj Patnaik, principal adviser to the Supreme Court commissioners on right to food, said Wednesday. 'Anaemia during pregnancy is one of the main reasons for maternal death, because that may cause haemorrhage. Food supplement which can tackle iron deficiency is the way to face this challenge,' Patnaik said. According to Patnaik, the body mass index (BMI)...

All epidemiological data in Chhattisgarh are ‘guesstimates' Underestimation of malaria mortality figures Public hospitals ill-equipped to handle severe cases Last week, the medical journal Lancet published the results of a malaria Survey undertaken by researchers as part of the Million Deaths Study, an ambitious programme that strives to document the causes of nearly one million deaths in India from the period 1998 to 2014. As per the Survey 2,05,000 Indians die of malaria every...

With a double-digit food inflation, the increasing food prices will be the biggest concern for Indians over the next six months, a Survey released here said Monday. According to the Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Index , China tops the countries concerned over increasing food prices with 36 percent of consumers in China voting it as the biggest concern over the next six months. India is fifth on the list of countries where...