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Well wishers of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaraman hold her portrait as they pray at a temple in Mumbai. Credit: Reuters

Jayalalithaa Passes Away, Panneerselvam Sworn in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister

The Wire Staff 05/12/2016

The actor-turned-politician passed away at 11:30 PM at Chennai's...

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As Government Rolls Out Injectable Contraceptives, Debate Over Women’s Rights Intensifies

Neeta Lal 30/11/2016

According to activists opposed to the introduction of the...

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Note Ban May Exacerbate India’s Public Health Crisis

Devanik Saha and Swagata Yadavar, IndiaSpend.org 28/11/2016

Private hospitals have not been allowed to use the...

How caregivers interact with their children can actually alter those children’s brains. Credit: Jo Chopra

Why Investing in India’s Youngest Citizens Is Now More Crucial Than Ever

Jo McGowan Chopra 27/11/2016

In India, where millions of children are growing up...

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Demonetisation and the Plague: What Modi Can Learn from the Epidemic Diseases Act

Kiran Kumbhar 24/11/2016

With the plague as well as with demonetisation, India's...

Lilly’s Drug for Alzheimer’s Fails Big Trial

Ransdell Pierson 24/11/2016

The experimental Alzheimer's treatment failed to slow the loss...

A 3D print of reovirus. Rotavirus, a type of reovirus, is the major worldwide cause of severe childhood diarrhoea. Its mitigation has been the subject of the research of Gagandeep Kang. Caption & credit: niaid/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Noted Rotavirus Researcher Gagandeep Kang Wins 2016 Infosys Prize

T.V. Padma 23/11/2016

In India, rotavirus infections kill 98,000 children every year....