Dr Ram Baran Yadav has made history by becoming the first president of republic Nepal through a closely contested presidential run-off held Monday, thus fulfilling the long cherished dream of many Nepalese. Dr Ram Baran Yadav from Nepali Congress (NC),...

It is often said the health of a nation can be measured by its women. Yet one woman dies in childbirth every minute.Half a million women die in childbirth each year, entirely unnecessarily - nearly all of these deaths could be prevented if the women had...

Tobacco is the second major cause of preventable death in the world. Tobacco kills more than AIDS, legal drugs, illegal drugs, road accidents, murder, and suicide combined. It is currently responsible for approximately 5 million deaths each year. If...