Hyderabad: India is close to eradicating yet another disease.
On September 19, the country completes the mandatory five-year waiting period for yaws, a skin disease that mostly affects tribal populations, to be declared as eradicated. If everything goes well, yaws will be the third disease to be eradicated in independent India.

INTRODUCING HUMAN cells into animals needs better regulation in keeping with popular ethical opinion and to avoid running into “Frankenstein” in the future, an elite group of British medical scientists have warned.

Even though, there is no dearth of scientific gadgets and instruments to predict monsoon, astrologers in Jaipur still stick with the centuries old tradition of making prediction after analysing wind direction at India’s oldest astronomical observatory, the Jantar Mantar. “We predict good rains,” says Pandit Akhilesh after the analysing the direction of the wind.

THE 15-YEAR-OLD aspiring “ladyboy” delicately applied a puff of talcum powder to his nose — an act of rebellion at the Thai Buddhist temple where he is learning to “be a man”.

Nasa’s asteroid trotting spacecraft called Dawn is set to enter into orbit around Vesta — the second largest asteroid in our solar system. As it approaches the 530 km-diameter prehistoric spacerock, it has been busy snapping pictures and relaying them back to earth. These pictures are the fist detailed view of the asteroid and shows rough parallel ridges, overall smooth surface and the expanse of the massive impact crater.

Drinking a cup of coffee and enjoying the rain splash on your windowpane might sound good. But the thought of rain spoiling your beautiful hair, making it frizzy and leaving your skin dehydrated might bother you. Here are a few tips to keep in mind during the monsoon.

If you have always dreamt of having long, flowing hair like Rapunzel, hair extensions are the way to go. Celebs like Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Richie, Cheryl Cole and Naomi Campbell set the trend for long manes. But the attached pieces put so much tension on the scalp follicles, that they can cause hair fall. Stars like Liz Hurley, Britney Spears and Indian Bong-beauty Bipasha

If you’ve had a stressful week and are thinking of a quick way to rejuvenate, you must consider taking a shower. Not a normal shower, but a healing shower. Immersion baths, Scottish showers, medicated bathtubs and sitz baths… Get set to rejuvenate your body both physically and mentally with

CrossFit training, sprinting, weightlifting… You name it and it’s out there. Termed piggyback workouts, this fitness fad seems to have caught the attention of health freaks and is a perfect combination of CrossFit training. Experts say that such workouts are ideal for military training and law enforcement personnel. Even celebrities like Katrina Kaif, Shahid Kapur, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and Hollywood stars like Cameron Diaz have tried these workouts.

A shiny and dark green coloured leaf which has a distinctive aroma and taste, the “Curry Leaf” is also known as the “Sweet Limra”.