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Quad statement includes subtle warning to China over Indo-Pacific

The four-member Quad is a force for good and is more strategically aligned than ever before, a joint declaration issued after the meeting of the grouping's leaders, including Prime Minister......

Red meat raises risk of cancer, says study

Red meat lovers have been warned of being at higher risk of cancer or heart attack, while those who consume white meat do not have the same effect, a study has said. According to The Age, the......

Why lack of testing must worry all of us

'Our government's claim that there are no undetected cases of infection that happened within our bustling cities because of exposure to infected international travellers are not credible,' notes......

The odd, odd world we live in!

Here's this week of photos that prove we live in a mad world. A passenger not wearing pants stands as he reads a book inside a subway train during the "No Pants Subway Ride" in Mexico City,......

The doctor who brings hope to the seriously ill

'Healthcare is so expensive that while it saves lives, it destroys more lives socially and financially.''While the poor gets wiped out, a middle-class man goes to a corporate hospital and after the......

Doctors, lawyers and academics on strike

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to the angst of the professions.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I stare stupefied at headlines like these: One from last June said, 800,000......

Start-up frenzy reflects a herd-like mentality: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

'I have learnt that gender discrimination obliterates when you succeed and overcome credibility and perception hurdles' India wasn't ready for a woman brewmaster in the 1970s when Kiran Mazumdar......

RIL likely to go slow on pharma, healthcare

Reliance Industries Ltd's chairman Mukesh Ambani may be in a hurry to enter new areas of businesses like telecom, power and financial services, but he is unlikely to put his life sciences and......

Pharma majors open new R&D chapter

USV, a Mumbai-based Rs 800 crore drug manufacturer with research expertise in small molecules and proteins, recently decided to venture into the lucrative segment of vaccines. For that, it decided......

'Voice of cricket' Richie Benaud suffering from skin cancer

Australia captain Richie Benaud, the voice of cricket for millions of television viewers, said he was being treated for skin cancer in his first public appearance in more than a year. The......

Test cricket being strangled by Twenty20 "weed", says Holding

'I don't even call that cricket. It's Barnum and Bailey circus entertainment. Test match cricket is a test of your ability and your strength of character over an extended period.' IMAGE: The......

'Crowe was a deep and innovative thinker of the game'

- 'He was not only one of the finest batsmen New Zealand has ever produced but also one of the very best the world has ever seen.' IMAGE: Martin Crowe after being inducted into the ICC Cricket......

Jones's MCL not to compete with Tendulkar-Warne league

Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar pose outside the Dubai Marina hotel. Photograph: Shane Warne/Instagram The Masters Champions League (MCL) has no intention of competing with a similar proposed......

Corruption concerns surface in Twenty20 game

A police investigation into suspected "match irregularities" at Essex county cricket club has stirred unwelcome memories of the match-fixing scandal which rocked the sport a decade ago. The......

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