Health

Debating the DNA Bill: The Government Responds, The Wire Replies

J. Gowrishankar 25/07/2015

The government responds to The Wire's criticism of the...

Beware of the mosquito's bite. Credit: techbirmingham/Flickr, CC BY 2.0.

Scientists Attempt the ‘Designer’ Tack in the Difficult Fight Against Dengue

T.V. Padma 25/07/2015

Amidst the seemingly losing battle against the virus, recent...

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Modi Wants the DNA Profiling Bill Passed Right Away. Here’s Why It Shouldn’t Be.

Vasudevan Mukunth 24/07/2015

The Human DNA Profiling Bill which the Narendra Modi...

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India: the Pharmacy of the World Where ‘Crazy Drug Combinations’ go Unregulated

Patricia McGettigan 20/07/2015

Considered an innovation of India’s national pharmaceutical industry, FDCs...

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The Indian Medical Association Should Stop Playing Victim

Sanjay Nagral 20/07/2015

The citizen is being shortchanged by the medical fraternity,...

The author's three children: Anand, Cathleen and Moy Moy. Credit: Jo McGowan Chopra

“She’s Our Daughter. The Law be Damned.”

Jo McGowan Chopra 20/07/2015

That foreigners can't be appointed as guardians to persons...

At a meeting in Himmatsar panchayat, Nokha Block to spread the sanitation meeting in 2013. Himmatsar became one of the earliest ODF panchayats after this meeting.

Debate: The Sanitation and Ghoonghat Campaign Actually Empowers Women

Arti Dogra 16/07/2015

Construction of toilets in rural Rajasthan has changed the...