Australia has taken a lead in supporting public health in India over the years. With XX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) being held in Melbourne, Citizen News Service (CNS) interviewed Bernard Philip, Deputy High Commissioner of Australia to India. "The conference is providing an opportunit

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious bacterial disease and spreads through the air. When people with pulmonary TB cough, sneeze or spit, they propel the TB germs into the air and a person needs to inhale only a few of these germs to become infected. On the other hand, HIV/AIDS is a viral disease that

Pope Benedict XVI just after taking over the Papacy reminded the Christians by saying, “You have before you the task of seeking new ways to announce Christ in situations of rapid and often profound transformation, and of emphasizing the missionary character of all pastoral activity." It has to be pl

For believers of God, religious faith has a paramount influence on their lives. At XX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) in the inter-faith session the message was loud and clear from different religious leaders: homophobia is a choice, not homosexuality; and religious scriptures teach us to

Two years after launching a first of its kind Combination Drug Study for TB treatment in 2010, the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) raised hopes of a novel drug regimen to treat both forms of TB—drug sensitive (DS) and multi drug resistant (MDR) TB, at the XX International AIDS

Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a sovereign country in South Asia with a population exceeding 180 million people, came into being as a result of the Pakistan movement led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah. It is the second most populous Muslim majority country and has the second largest Shia population in the wo

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Cast system of Hindus, Sikh, Barahman and Sodar had been walking from decades even after existence of Pakistan. All nations and religions had been living in sub – continent. This is vivid difference between discrimination of religion from History of sub- continent that forms future of rel

The Shia Muslim population is persecuted in nations like Bahrain, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, and in other nations throughout the mainly Muslim world. However, recent events in Egypt and Turkey are setting off alarm bells because despite being small minorities in both nations, it is

I am little one, too little & an unwanted or unborn child. You can say me a foetus also but I have a full brain and other parts of my body. My mother condemned me and a doctor threw me away in a special dustbin. I was suffocating but soon I was used to the environment. Both of them considered me

I along with many others have been desperately looking for someone who could conscientiously lead the Pakistani Christians with conviction, determination and above all love and care. In my most recent article, I mentioned that we are not demanding for an ideal situation but there should be a balance

The retirement of Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani will see him remembered for his meritorious service in upholding the rule of law and dispensation of justice. These were the sentiments expressed by the new chief justice of Pakistan, Nasir ul Mulk, during a full court reference held in Islama

Disability is the result of an impairment that may be physical, cognitive, intellectual, sensory, emotional, developmental, or some combination of these. In other words, permanent impairment is called disability, which cannot be cured with any medicine. The disability can occur at any age either at

Tobacco use is anyways harmful for all, but it is especially hazardous for people living with diabetes and those suffering from or at risk of tuberculosis (TB). For the former it acts as an hindrance in their control of blood sugar and in case of the latter their ability to transmit the disease can

We learnt the story from The Bible, when Abram heard that his brother (Lot) was taken captive, He brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. Genesis 14: 14-16 (KJV)
14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captiv

Al Qaeda affiliates and various Takfiri terrorist groups have been emboldened by the Obama administration in America alongside the usual culprits throughout the Gulf and NATO. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and other brave politicians in America are aghast by the bizarre policies being implemented in the