Sharif vows to provide medical aid to those injured in Kashmir

  In yet another bid to highlight the Kashmir issue, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday vowed to provide medical help to those injured in violence there and called on the......

The Ebola virus threat knocks at India's doorstep

The deadly Ebola virus that has claimed 932 lives so far is now closer to home than imagined. Union Health Minister on Wedensday in a letter to Parliament said that a total of 44,700 Indians......

Medical aid agency resumes ops in Srinagar

After a month-long halt due to the violent clashes in Jammu and Kashmir, Medecins Sans Frontieres, an international medical humanitarian organisation, has resumed its activities in the Valley.......

Pakistani Taliban asks NGOs to leave Swat

Gaining an upper hand in the restive Swat valley in north-western Pakistan after signing of a deal with the authorities, an emboldened Taliban has told all Non Government Organisations working in......

India battles HIV/AIDS drug shortage as some firms halt supply

India had the third-largest number of people living with HIV in the world at the end of 2013 and accounts for about four out of 10 people living with HIV in the Asian region.India is facing a......

Patent drug pricing to distract from licences

The latest recommendations by a government panel on the proposed patented drug pricing policy are seen as a threat to compulsory licensing, which has just begun in India.The panel of......

'Law not equipped to handle pharma monopoly'

With anti-competitive practices of global pharma companies increasingly coming under regulatory scrutiny internationally, Indian public interest groups and the domestic medicine makers complain......

Made-in-India drugs: Hope for AIDS patients

Indian generic drug-makers are the big hope for AIDS patients in poorer countries. Medicines produced in India have become a lifeline for people living in developing countries around the world. In......