Month: March 2018

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Why Suicide Rates Among Pregnant Women in Nepal Are on the Rise

Bibha Simkhada and Edwin van Teijlingen 10/03/2018

Pregnant women and new mothers who feel powerless are...

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Probe Ordered After 21 Labourers Die in Assam Tea Garden

The Wire Staff 10/03/2018

Authorities at the tea garden claim that the deaths might...

FILE PHOTO: Martin Shkreli arrives at U.S. District Court in the Brooklyn borough of New York City

‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Sentenced to Seven Years for Defrauding Investors

Brendan Pierson 10/03/2018

Martin Shkreli, after founding Turing Pharmaceuticals, bought the anti-parasitic...

An architectural installation at Fermilab, the high-energy particle physics research centre, in Illinois. Credit: recommend group/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Hopes for ‘New Physics’ Pave the Road to Rencontres

Vasudevan Mukunth 10/03/2018

The Rencontres de Moriond provides a snapshot of the...

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Gay Tortoises, Sneezing Iguanas and a View of Paradise in the Galapagos Islands

Divya Maitreyi Chari 10/03/2018

When environmental apocalypse confronts the planet, many wonder if...

A woman is treated at a hospital in Jammu

Cost of Medical Treatment Exorbitant, Government Must Take Action, Says SC

The NPPA had recently said that non-scheduled drugs and...

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Passive Euthanasia Now a Legal Reality in India

The Wire Staff 09/03/2018

Recognising “living wills” made by terminally-ill patients, the Supreme...