Government Relaxes Norms; Cancer Drug Prices Goes Up

The government has allowed pharmaceutical companies to hike rates of 509 essential medicines used for treating various ailments like diabetes, hepatitis and cancer by 3.84 ...

Health sustainable development goal must tackle inequity head on to succeed

Last month’s intergovernmental negotiations in New York put the spotlight back on the proposed sustainable development goals (SDGs) and how to measure their impact.It...

TRADITION - BOON OR BANE

Tradition is a word that almost all Indians have grown up hearing. "India is a land of tradition", "our traditions date back to the earliest forms of civilisation", are jus...

India To Measure Air Quality In World's Most Polluted Capital

The government today launched a new air quality index on, under intense pressure to act after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared New Delhi the world's most pollut...

Fighting Climate Change Region By Region

Governments should work closely with state and provincial officials to reduce carbon emissions, say the leaders of Quebec, Canada; Basque Country, Spain; and South Australi...

Fast & Furious 7

Critics rating: 3.5 Stars

Cast: VIN Diesel, Paul Walker, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, ...

A JUDICIAL MILESTONE

Last Sunday night, after the Roop Kanwar case, Bhanwar went back to another landmark in judicial history. The last jury trial in India. In the...

Rich Nations Urged To Cut Temperature Rise Targets

Senior scientist says voices of poorer nations must be heard in the political tussle over reducing the ?utterly inadequate? global warming limit. The official target of lim...

Delhi’s Waste-To-Energy Plants ‘Toxic, Costly, Inefficient’

Waste-to-energy incineration plants may not help Delhi deal with its massive trash problem. They may instead end up adding to its air pollution and cost the government a su...