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Geneticist Raj Barathur passes into the ages

Raj Barathur -- Indian American entrepreneur, geneticist, professor and biopharmaceutical industry leader -- stayed the course even when diagnosed with lung cancer. IMAGE: Dr Rajendra Barathur.......

What India is doing to contain coronavirus outbreak

Approving the licence for the first private firm to conduct tests for COVID-19, cancelling all non-emergency leaves of paramilitary and Army personnel, and promoting government primary school......

2 Vatican officials denied visa for Bengaluru meet

The Catholic church on Wednesday alleged that two key Vatican officials who were to address the 27th national assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India in Bengaluru have been......

India partly revokes Roche cancer drug patent

India has partly revoked patents granted to Roche Holding AG for its breast cancer drug Herceptin, a spokesman for the drugmaker confirmed on Sunday.Swiss newspaper Schweiz am Sonntag reported that......

'Modi must resist US pressure on drug patents'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi must not give in to US pressure to change intellectual property laws which allow India to produce generic medicines poor people can afford, the medical charity Doctors......

Big Pharma pushes for US action against India

Emerging markets, from South Africa to China and India, are battling to bring down healthcare costs. Global pharmaceutical firms are pressuring the United States to act against India to stop more......

Big blow: India revokes GSK cancer drug patent

India has revoked a patent granted to GlaxoSmithKline Plc for breast cancer drug Tykerb, a decision that follows a landmark India court ruling disallowing patents for incremental innovations that......

India to boost Tamiflu stockpile

India plans to increase stockpiles of the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu or its generic version by 10-fold, from one million to 10 million currently, Bloomberg reported, citing Vineet Choudhary, joint......

Emmy 2015: Veep, Games of Thrones, Viola Davis create history

The 67th annual Primetime Emmy Awards took place at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California, on September 20.It was a special night for American prime time television,......

PHOTOS: Breathtaking scenes from the Tour de France!

Britain's Geriant Thomas of Team Sky won the Tour de France cycling race on Sunday. This is the British outfit's sixth title in seven years. However gruelling this race is known to be, there......

Federer splits with coach Roche

Roger Federer has unexpectedly parted ways with coach Tony Roche two weeks before the start of the French Open. "I thank Tony very much for his efforts over these last years, during which I......

Bryan twins make it a good day for the 30-somethings

The 30-somethings have enjoyed themselves at the French Open this year and American twins Bob and Mike Bryan continued the trend by winning a record-extending 14th Grand Slam doubles title at......

Singapore GP set for five-year F1 contract extension

Formula One has agreed terms with Singapore to extend the country's grand prix contract for five years after September's race, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone was quoted as saying on......

'Renault scandal will not impact Singapore GP'

Singapore officials are confident the race-fixing scandal surrounding Renault will not impact next week's F1 Grand Prix in the Southeast Asian city-state. Renault will appear before the FIA in......

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