India Sitting on COVID Time Bomb

Whether the third wave will ravage us depends on the pace of vaccinations, careful and calibrated opening up of establishments, and a strategy to contain the spread in specific states or pockets,......

EXPLAINED: Why Kerala is seeing a rise in Covid cases

Bad management, an exhausted government vigilance mechanism, delay in roping in private players, relaxing norms, and over-dependence on antigen tests may be the reason behind the surge, reports......

Covid R-value climbing steadily in India; Kerala, NE states top list

The R-factor, which indicates the speed at which COVID-19 infection is spreading in the country, is climbing steadily with Kerala and the northeastern states occupying top spots fuelling worries......

Why is NCDC not in the centre of managing the Covid-19 crisis?

'We have the technical expertise, and international collaborations. We also have robust real-time data. We are a university of pandemic management. If the ministry neglects the role of NCDC, it is......

1 in 7 Indian drugs revealed as substandard

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.......

Pharma in 2014: Deals worth billions and fines worth millions

Even as private firms were busy stitching merger and partnership deals, the government also remained active during the year working on a separate policy to promote and strengthen domestic......

Tobacco exports touch all-time high this year

Tobacco products touched an all-time high of 162,000 tonne worth Rs 1,362 crore (Rs 13.62 billion) this year, according to Narendranath, president, Indian Tobacco Association. Speaking at the......

AIDS! What's your company doing?

First, the hard facts: India has a population of five million people who are HIV+, and almost no integrated action plan to combat what is being called the biggest killer disease of all......