Indian woman dies after being refused abortion in Ireland

A 31-year-old Indian woman died in Ireland from blood poisoning after doctors allegedly refused to perform an abortion as it is "a Catholic country". Irish authorities have launched a probe into......

A dying lake's open letter for help!

Try going past the Ballandur lake, southeast of Bengaluru, and you may probably choke. Once a bountiful lake, years of neglect, rampant encroachment and dumping of untreated sewage and industrial......

New 'superbug' originating from India, Pakistan?

A new superbug resistant even to most powerful antibiotics has entered UK hospitals, travelling with patients who had gone to countries like India and Pakistan for surgical treatments. Quoting......

'Superbug resistant to antibiotics could spread'

Scientists have warned that a new superbug, called New Delhi-Metallo-1, which is resistant to antibiotics, has reached Britain and could spread worldwide as nothing is being developed to combat it.......

Wockhardt may file global process patents

Wockhardt Ltd, which has become the fourth company in the world to produce recombinant human insulin, is planning to file process patents internationally to safeguard its technology. The company is......

Will the Seine be ready for Olympic swimmers?

IMAGE: General view as Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo gets up after swimming in the river Seine.Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters The Seine was suitable for swimming six days out of seven between July......

Olympics swimming event at risk as storms dirty Seine river

IMAGE: A tourist boat is pictured on the River Seine beside the Pont Alexandre III bridge. Photograph: Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters Participants of this weekend's Open Water Swimming World Cup......