'I don't want to live, but I have no option'

'How will they give me permission to die when there are many others in conditions worse than mine?' IMAGE: Seema Sood. All photographs: Neeta Kolhatkar   She was still a teenager, on the cusp......

Problems related to bones, muscles persist post Covid

People continue to suffer from musculoskeletal problems like joint pain, backache, muscle pain, fatigue and stiffness in joints even after recovery from the novel coronavirus infection, doctors......

Sheena Bora trial: Peter has aged so many years

The close-onto four years (since November 2015) Peter has spent in Arthur Road jail, central Mumbai, in judicial custody, have taken their toll, lending him a bit of a melancholy stoop, a laborious......

Sheena Bora Trial: The Day The Skull Was Unveiled

‘On Day 157 of the murder trial in CBI Special Courtroom 51, one was finally face to face with Sheena Bora’s skull. Or rather the skull said to be Sheena’s, that was found near......

India's mushrooming medical cities

In August 1883, the quiet American city of Rochester came tumbling down under a tornado. As 24 people breathed their last, 40 others were left gasping for breath and medical care. The disaster......

Maharashtra to have stem cell-based treatment soon

US-based Histostem has inked a deal with the Maharashtra government for setting up national (umbilical) cord banking (NCB) centre in Mumbai.Three more centres would be set up in Delhi, Chennai and......

Wockhardt to start 4 super speciality hospitals

The Wockhardt Group plans to invest Rs 400-500 crore (Rs 4-5 billion) to establish new super speciality hospitals in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore in the next three years, a top official of......

Wockhardt opens 4 speciality hospitals in Mumbai

Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd inaugurated four new healthcare units, on Friday, including that for brain and spine, eye and minimal access surgery, in North Mumbai.The Mulund complex, which already has a......

12-year-old archer was training unsupervised: Assam archery

IMAGE: Archer Sibangini Gohain. Photograph: ANI Shivangini Gohain, the 12-year-old Assam archer who was impaled by an arrow shot accidentally at the SAI centre in Dibrugarh, was training......

Sports Shorts: 'Neeraj recovering without complications'

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra gives a thumbs up after his surgery. Photograph: Neeraj Chopra/Twitter Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is......

Javelin thrower Neeraj doubtful for Doha Worlds

IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra gives a thumbs up after his surgery. Photograph: Neeraj Chopra/Twitter Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has undergone an elbow surgery, raising doubts over his......

India vs WI ODI likely to be shifted from Indore

BCCI-MPCA spar over free tickets The second One-Dayer between India and West Indies on October 24 could be shifted out of Indore due to a tussle between BCCI and Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association......

Injured SA paceman Steyn ruled out of Australia series

IMAGE: South Africa's Dale Steyn reacts after injuring himself at the WACA Ground in Perth. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters. South Africa paceman Dale Steyn was ruled out of the Test series......