Sin tax and tobacco use
It is indeed noteworthy that Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has increased the specific excise duty on cigarettes in the
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Month: January 2016
A novel cholera vaccine developed in India provides more protection
Using a novel approach, scientists in India have developed a live oral cholera vaccine that is not only more efficacious
Read MoreScientists, doctors write an open letter condemning violence in Gaza
A strongly worded open letter signed by 24 doctors and scientists condemning Israel’s continued aggression of Gaza and the unspeakable
Read MoreIndia scores by battling HIV/AIDS but falls short fighting TB and malaria
The global burden and mortality from HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria across the world, and in the developing countries in particular,
Read MoreExcise hike on gutka may apply only to Meghalaya, Lakshadweep
The government’s decision to hike specific excise duty on gutka and pan masala can apply only to one State (Meghalaya)
Read MoreIMTECH: CSIR scientist used faked data in seven papers
Three papers published in the journal PLOS ONE in 2013 by a group of Indian researchers at the Institute of Microbial
Read MoreKeeping girls in school cuts child, maternal mortality
“Educate them [girls] and empower them and keep them in school as long as you can and those women
Read MoreBangladesh: women’s education cuts maternal, child mortality
Bangladesh is a classic case of how a low- and middle-income country can achieve something which others have failed to.
Read MoreFinally, neonatal mortality prevention gains attention
Following the approval of the Every Newborn Action Plan by the ministers last month in the World Health Assembly,
Read MoreTen countries that were on a fast-track to achieve the MDG 4 & 5 goalss
While a majority of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are struggling to meet the Millennium Development Goal 4 and
Read MoreNew avenues to novel drugs open up
Two years after the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for revealing the “inner workings” of G-protein–coupled receptors (GPCR) that
Read MoreTargeting a chink in TB bacteria’s armour
A novel approach adopted by a team of researchers based in Bangalore has opened a window of opportunities to design
Read MoreSTAP cells: Haruko Obokata agrees to retract controversial papers
The sordid tale of Haruko Obokata, a 30-year-old Japanese stem cell researcher at the Riken Center for Developmental Biology in
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