'Antibiotics are not used under prescription in India'

'Some antibiotic resistance was first detected in India. One of the reasons for this is that many antibiotics are used in India, and often these have been bought by patients and not used under......

Savita Halappanvar's husband plans to visit India

The husband of Savita Halappanvar is planning to visit India to brief her parents on the next step in his legal battle to uncover the truth behind her death at an Irish hospital. Praveen......

Indian woman dies after being refused abortion in Ireland

A 31-year-old Indian woman died in Ireland from blood poisoning after doctors allegedly refused to perform an abortion as it is "a Catholic country". Irish authorities have launched a probe into......

MNCs may be behind superbug "propaganda", say MPs

Members in the Rajya Sabha suspected multi-national pharmaceutical and hospital companies of beingbehind British scientists' claims that an infectious superbug originating from Indian hospitals is......

Wockhardt may file global process patents

Wockhardt Ltd, which has become the fourth company in the world to produce recombinant human insulin, is planning to file process patents internationally to safeguard its technology. The company is......

Will the Seine be ready for Olympic swimmers?

IMAGE: General view as Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo gets up after swimming in the river Seine.Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters The Seine was suitable for swimming six days out of seven between July......

Olympics swimming event at risk as storms dirty Seine river

IMAGE: A tourist boat is pictured on the River Seine beside the Pont Alexandre III bridge. Photograph: Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters Participants of this weekend's Open Water Swimming World Cup......