At 21.4 lakh, India sees 18% spike in TB cases in 2021

A total of 21.4 lakh tuberculosis cases were notified in India in 2021 -- 18 per cent higher than 2020 -- with over 22 crore people screened for the disease across the country for early detection......

Ni-kshay Mitra: Crowdfunding To Fight TB

This would be India's largest crowd-funded programme to help patients with a particular disease. IMAGE: President Droupadi Murmu launched the Ni-kshay Mitra initiative that seeks to ensure......

'Aadhaar is helpful at times, so is torture'

'The issue is not UIDAI's surveillance powers, but the government's.''Aadhaar enables the government to access and link wide-ranging databases that hold a wealth of personal information.''Contrary......

There's a rifle aimed at Vivek Murthy

The National Rifle Association aims to shoot down Vivek Murthy’s Senate confirmation as United States Surgeon General, Aziz Haniffa reports The National Rifle Association has set its sights......

Dear Nirmalaji: Concentrate on healthcare

IMAGE: Kindly note this image has been used for representational purposes only. Photograph: Kind courtesy David Mark/Pixabay On Monday, February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present......

India's FMCG majors pledge to turn 'healthy'

Companies from Nestle and ITC to Hindustan Unilever and Patanjali have pledged to reduce use of unhealthy ingredients by five to 50 per cent A host of fast-moving consumer good majors on Tuesday......

Nestle India dons a new avatar

The company now plans to bet on health sciences, skin care and specialised products, says Arnab Dutta. After dominating the shelves of Indian retail and medical stores for over 104 years with its......

Battered & bruised, Planning Commission loses more of its teeth

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently extended a Rs 8,000-crore (Rs 80 billion) central support for building roads in Jammu & Kashmir, Union Cabinet's approval for the big-ticket announcement......

Watch out for this Indian boxer at Tokyo Olympics

IMAGE: Vikas Krishan is the only one among the five Olympic-bound Indian men to have the experience of competing in the Olympic Games. He might be among the most accomplished names in Indian......