World Blood Donor Day
14 June is celebrated across the world as the World Blood Donor Day to honour the birthday of Karl Landsteiner, who helped make modern blood transfusions possible. Established in 2004, World Blood Donation Day...
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World No Tobacco Day: Raise tobacco tax, lower death and disease
31 May is observed as World No Tobacco Day across the globe, every year. On this day, a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco is encouraged among people. Also the wide...
Palliative Care: A Touch to Heal
“Life is a race”. How many times have we come across that line in books, films and popular culture? Yes, people in this dog-eat-dog world are all busy running a high paced...
Blood Donation Camp at Pondicherry University
7 April is observed as the World Health Day all over the world. The Department of Electronic Media and Mass Communication, Pondicherry University, in collaboration with JIPMER, organized a blood donation camp on World...
Students’ use and abuse of drugs
One of the widespread problems among students in India and all over the world is high alcohol and drug use. Many campuses around the nation experience problems arising from students’ use and abuse...
Changing trends in food
Food habits determine much of our health, healthy eating has become a passé. What is it that motivates us to work hard in our lives? What gives us energy to fight against troubled times? Is it...
Nurturing the self within-Siddha
Siddha an ancient form of healing, is coming back into the scene and many people are taking to it to cure themselves of diseases. As humans, we are able to witness the beauty around...
