Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

Researchers detect cancer with saliva

A medical study in the United States has revealed that saliva can be used to detect oral cancer early.A team from University of California at Los Angeles School of Dentistry and the Jonsson......

Bitter gourd could cure breast cancer

Bitter gourd, a commonly used vegetable in India, may hold the key to curing breast cancer, says an Indian-American researcher at Saint Louis University.Ratna Ray, professor in the department of......

AIIMS has answer to cervical cancer

A new discovery by researchers from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi can eliminate 75 per cent of the cervical cancer among women in northern India. They have identified two......

Pollution: Millions die young every year!

  The ranking of the world’s most polluted cities issued by the World Health Organisation in 2014 showed that 13 of the 20 most polluted towns were in India. Latest international......

Microsoft co-founder, Jimi Hendrix fan, sports team owner... The incredible life and times of Paul Allen

Whenever you think of Microsoft, the only name that crosses one's mind is Bill Gates. But the tech behemoth was co-founded in 1975 by Gates and Paul Allen. Photograph: Anthony P......

Merck moves HC against Glenmark

In yet another legal battle between a multinational company and domestic drug manufacturing firms, Merck Sharp and Dohme has moved the Delhi High Court against Mumbai-based Glenmark......

Domestic pharma lauds apex court verdict

Though the India office here of Swiss pharma giant Novartis  wore a gloomy look following the Supreme Court rejection of its Glivec patent application, Indian pharmaceutical companies and......

Making Of The Chemical Athlete

The recent, shameful expos of a band of Indian athletes "caught in the act" for using performance-enhancing drugs is just the tip of the iceberg. A wittingly, or unwittingly, enacted "fall-out" of......