India's biggest challenge: Good health for all

“If India truly wants to be a superpower,” Dr Abhijit Vaidya tells Kangana Pandiya, “48 per cent of our people cannot be malnourished. We need to ensure health for all.”......

'The epidemic is receding in India'

'But we still have to be very careful.' IMAGE: A health worker administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to an Odisha policeman at the police commissionerate in Bhubaneswar, February 6, 2021.......

'We were lucky we got the disease late'

'That allowed us to learn from the rest of the world, on what worked, what didn't work, both in terms of prevention and in terms of treatment.' IMAGE: A health worker collects a swab sample in......

'Physical distance and emotional distance too!'

'The mental issues are too complex to be handled.''It is hitting us hard for one reason.''We have such a high level of fear about this disease.' IMAGE: The Murli Deora Foundation and the Godrej......

Lessons to protect ourselves from bad food

For the past few years, the Centre for Science and Environment has tested pesticides in bottled water and then colas, then trans-fats in edible oil, antibiotics in honey and, most recently,......

Clinical trials: Biometric ID might be a must

The central government is planning to mandate biometric identification for clinical trial volunteers in the country to bring in global standards and to weed out unethical practices in the industry,......

Gender equality? India ranks a poor 114th

India has been ranked in the bottom half among 134 countries in terms of gender equality, in WEF's latest ranking that assessed the distribution of resources and opportunities among males and......

Global drug cos bag 392 India patents in 32 months

Global pharma majors such as Novartis, Roche and Pfizer have secured 392 medicine patents in less than three years of India changing its patent laws to allow product patenting system for drugs in......