Year: 2017

The PSU’s bio-refinery project, to be built in collaboration with a Finnish company, is said to be India’s first. Credit: Numaligarh Refinery Limited

Activist Arrested for Questioning Assam Bio-Refinery Project at Public Hearing

The Wire Staff 25/07/2017

Soneswar Narah alleged that Numaligarh Refinery Limited manipulated the...

The Aedes aegypti, mosquito, spreads dengue and chikungunya. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Vector-Borne Diseases Have Claimed 1,010 Lives So Far: Government

A total of 632 people died due to influenza...

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) speaks to reporters after the Senate voted to remove the filibuster rule for Supreme Court nominees, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, April 6, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Joshua Roberts

McCain to Return to the US Senate to Cast Pivotal Vote for Healthcare Bill

James Oliphant 25/07/2017

The urgency of the senate Republican effort to pass...

A male mosquitofish. Credit: NOZO/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Why Too High a Sex Drive Puts off These Female Fish – and What They Do About It

Janaki Lenin 25/07/2017

Poeciliids, a group of fish to which the eastern...

Archibald Cochrane, breast cancer screening, clinical trials, Cochrane Collaboration, conflict of interest, evidence-based medicine, Hilda Bastian, HPV, human papillomavirus, Peter Gøtzsche, pre-cancer, psychiatric medications, randomised controlled trials

Out-of-Sight RCEP Negotiations Threaten Public Health and Access to Medicines

Tahir Amin 25/07/2017

Although the draft text of the RCEP agreement is...

Apollo hospital, Delhi

NITI Aayog Should Learn From Karnataka’s Experience With Public-Private Healthcare

Dr Sylvia Karpagam 25/07/2017

Karnataka's public-private partnership healthcare models show that regulations are...

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Indian Labourers Exploited on Italian Farms Turn to Opium to Cope

Umberto Bacchi 24/07/2017

Many Indian labourers in Italy are forced to work...