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......
Nearly one in every two medical prescriptions issued in India deviated from standard guidelines, with approximately a tenth showing 'unacceptable deviations', a study, conducted by a team of......
'I did not take up research for any award.''What is more important is the medicine that I have developed.''This helps the patient recover and the family is happy that their relative has survived......
The lights above washing the hospital corridor with a dim glow, a frantic Jenpu Rongmei rushed to see his 12-year-old nephew Nina who had been admitted the night before with fever and body ache. He......
'We humans may not have not created natural disasters, but we have definitely amplified their impact.' IMAGE: Preparations to evacuate the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel that......
'Hardly any aqua centres exist in India though they are popular abroad.''Water is known for its buoyancy which reduces pressure on joints. So, you can exercise effectively underwater, provided you......
The company has been developing donor-derived stem cell platforms for regenerative medicine and drug discovery applications. Image: Subhadra Dravida, founder, Transcell Biologics. ......
More lucrative routinely prescribed drugs are at higher risk of failing quality standards Substandard medicines could be three times more prevalent than the government says, two new studies show.......
As many as 82 per cent of child workers in the national capital said that given an opportunity, they would not like to attend school, find out Prachi Salve & Aadya Sharma ' IndiaSpend Rustam,10,......
Just 60 of the 175 pain, depression, anti-psychotic and diabetes FDC formulations sold in India between 2007 and 2012 had approval from the central government drugs regulator, says a study. Almost......
Japan ruling party heavyweight calls for $239-billion extra budget IMAGE: An athlete competes in the men's hammer throw event during the morning session of the Athletics test......
Case to be re-opened, IAAF to return to CAS IMAGE: Dutee Chand. Photograph: PTI Just a day before she is to compete at the Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar, Indian sprinter......
IMAGE: A municipal worker stands next to a banner that reads, "Rio Carnival 2016" before spraying insecticide to prevent the spread of Zika's vector. Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters More than......
'Sharapova has been a US resident since early in her career, which does bring in a question of how or why she is using a drug that is not licensed there' IMAGE: Maria Sharapova speaks to the media......