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The Data Shows Women Make Better Doctors, So Why Do They Face a Glass Ceiling?

Jay Desai 24/12/2017

The case of Soumya Swaminathan rising to the top...

The Sports Injury Centre at Safdarjung hospital. Courtesy: www.sportsinjurycentresjh.nic.in/

Inquiry Reveals Large-Scale Corruption at Safdarjung Hospital’s Sports Injury Wing

Jyotsna Singh 23/08/2017

Maintenance tenders at the Sports Injury Centre in Delhi's...

Gynaecologists conduct ultrasound examinations on pregnant women at a government-run hospital in Agartala March 17, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Jayanta Dey

Parliament Must Join the Courts in Ensuring Women’s Right to Safe Abortions

Vinoj Manning and Medha Gandhi 18/07/2017

While the courts deliver pro-women judgements around abortions, parliament...

Oxytocin is a controversial hormonal drug which is given via intramuscular injection and used widely in the area of dairy, agriculture and horticulture. Credit: Reuters/Shailesh Andrade

Drug Controller Creates Complaint Mechanism on Misuse of Oxytocin in Cattle

Anoo Bhuyan 04/04/2017

Although using the drug enables dairy and horticulture farmers...

A patient displays a bottle of medicine at an office of HIV/AIDS activists in New Delhi October 13, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee

Why Activists Are Upset With the Much-Awaited HIV/AIDS Bill

Jyotsna Singh 23/03/2017

The Bill falls short of committing to universal access...

A schoolboy rows his boat past partially submerged huts in a flooded paddy field after heavy rains in Balimukh village

Climate Change Linked to Surge in Japanese Encephalitis in Northeast India

Azera Parveen Rahman 14/10/2016

Doctors and health experts say the rise in the...

AIIMS, Bhubaneshwar. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Over Half of India’s Medical Schools Didn’t Publish Original Research in 2005-2014

Vasudevan Mukunth 23/04/2016

Results of the analysis shouldn't come as a surprise...