Month: January 2019

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Whistleblower in Kidney Trafficking Case Found Dead in Mumbai

The Wire Staff 10/01/2019

Sundar Singh Jadhav was duped into giving up his...

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BRD Medical College Fined for ‘Serious Violations’ of Waste Management Rules

The UP team of NGT visited BRD College and found Medical Waste Management...

Victims of J&J Faulty Hip Implants Seek Review of Proposed Compensation Formula

They also demanded compensation be accompanied with prosecution and...

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Is Environment Ministry Being Honest About Leopard Poaching Numbers?

Rishika Pardikar 10/01/2019

The environment ministry says 260 leopards were poached between...

‘People in the village laughed at my sadness’. Credit: Puja Awasthi/ People's Archive of Rural India

In Bihar, Stigma Is Hindering Access to Kala-Azar Treatment

Puja Awasthi/ PARI 10/01/2019

Kala-azar, caused by the bite of a sandfly, is...

A nurse tends to a woman, who underwent a sterilization surgery at a government mass sterilisation "camp", at CIMS hospital in Bilaspur

In the Wake of Ayushman Bharat Come Sops for Private Hospitals

Anoo Bhuyan 09/01/2019

To incentivise private investment, the government will help in...

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How a Rogue Chinese Experiment Might Affect Gene-Based Therapies in India

Sarah Iqbal 09/01/2019

Many Indian scientists edit the human genome in cells...