Is A Vaccine Booster Needed?

'There is no emergency of a third wave that we are rushing for booster doses.' IMAGE: A healthcare worker collects a swab sample of a passenger for the COVID-19 test in the wake of the new......

Rajapaksa & Bros are back with a bang!

President Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Rajapaksa will transform Sri Lanka's political landscape after Thursday's electoral triumph, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy, veteran Colombo watcher. IMAGE:......

The doctor who brings hope to the seriously ill

'Healthcare is so expensive that while it saves lives, it destroys more lives socially and financially.''While the poor gets wiped out, a middle-class man goes to a corporate hospital and after the......

'I will not win unless Hindus vote for me'

IMAGE: Dr M K Muneer with his constituents. 'People are losing their freedom to eat, speak, write and practise their religion.''All that is said in the Constitution has been taken away.''Does......

Indian pharma cos get a shot in the arm in $12-bn Australian drug market

Indian drug firms get a shot in the arm in the $12 bn Australian drug market as the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Australia agrees to accelerate the drug approval process in that country......

Ambani says will provide tech for COVID-19 vaccination drive

As India gets ready to roll out one of the largest vaccine programmes, billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Tuesday said his group is working with authorities to provide technology tools and backbone for......

Doctors, lawyers and academics on strike

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to the angst of the professions.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I stare stupefied at headlines like these: One from last June said, 800,000......

GST: From 'Gabbar Singh Tax' to a strong tax-compliance tool

The opposition parties vehemently criticised the new 'one nation, one tax' system having four different rates instead of a single rate adopted in some countries including the UK and Singapore.......