Bill Gates Under Fire for 'Lab' Remark

Bill Gates' remark faced swift backlash on social media, where many criticised the choice of words as inappropriate and patronising. IMAGE: Bill Gates. Photograph: Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus......

India Tests New Cruise Missile

IMAGE: The maiden flight test of the Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile at the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, here and below. Photographs: ANI Photo India on......

Pinaka Missile Is Ready For The Enemy!

The Enhanced Pinaka has demonstrated a range of 75 km and an ability to strike within 10 metres of where it is aimed. This allows a Pinaka battery to destroy a terrorist camp, or an enemy post,......

'US Can't Take Indians As Guinea Pigs'

'Why should we disclose classified information. to satisfy those who doubt our Hydrogen Bomb capability?' IMAGE: Dr Anil Kakodkar, former chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, at the 'Machined to......

618 Drugs 'Not Of Standard Quality'

Among the commonly used analgesic formulations (painkillers) found NSQ are combinations of paracetamol with ibuprofen, diclofenac and mefenamic acid.Medications using these combinations are......

BSE 100 companies boost R&D, innovation challenges persist

Research and development (R&D) spending by BSE 100 companies has grown steadily, rising from 0.89 per cent of revenue in FY20 to 1.32 per cent in FY24, averaging around 1 per cent over the period......

Budget 2024: Wishlist of the pharma industry

There is a need to incentivise R&D investments, offer corporate tax concessions and establish an effective intellectual property rights regime in order to push the growth of domestic pharmaceutical......

Domestic pharma market grew by 6.8% in 2023

The Indian pharmaceutical market (IPM) grew 6.8 per cent to touch a turnover of ~1.93 trillion in calendar year 2023, despite volumes going down marginally by 0.9 per cent. Photograph: Amit......

WADA restores India's Dope Testing Lab's accreditation

IMAGE: The World Anti-Doping Agency first suspended India’s NDTL in August 2019 for six months and extended the de-recognition period after its inspections showed that non-conformities still......

New low: WADA ranks India among top dope violators

IMAGE: Among Olympic sports, weightlifting leads the way with 25 ADRVs, followed by athletics (20) and wrestling (10). Boxing and judo reported four ADRVs each. Four cricketers were also found to......

Harder to be bowler, easier to be batter in T20s: Ashwin

'Of course, bowling is what I enjoy. I don't mind going for runs, it's a challenge I love.' IMAGE: Delhi Capitals off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin during a nets session in Dubai. Photograph: Delhi......

Coronavirus: 'Players should not be rushed back to action'

IMAGE: Nicaraguan fighters Mario Mairena, left, and Gabriel Escalante of the 145 pounds category pose for media during the weigh in at Puerto Salvador Allende in Managua, on April 24, 2020.......

Bumrah reveals how he mastered the yorker

'You can get decent but can't master it.' IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah of India celebrates bowling Sabbir Rahman of Bangladesh. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images Jasprit Bumrah is a premier......