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Amit Sengupta
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Amit Sengupta: Global move towards universal health coverage helped institutionalise corruption
The public health activist who died on Wednesday wrote about the pitfalls of neoliberal healthcare policies in a chapter of ‘Healers or Predators’.
Amit Sengupta
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Bill aiming to reform India’s medical education regulator will also boost privatisation of colleges
The National Medical Commission Bill was drafted in response to concerns regarding corruption in the Medical Council of India.
Amit Sengupta
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The WHO has a new chief. Will India now find its voice at the global health organisation?
India has so far been reticent at the World Health Organisation but is seen as a natural leader for the cause of the global South.
Amit Sengupta
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Mumbai school principal told to resign after being targeted by Hindutva website
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Why are concerns being raised about the Election Commission’s voter turnout data?
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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India's new National Health Policy sets a very low bar for better public health
The policy recently adopted by the cabinet has weak targets and hands too much over to the private sector.
Amit Sengupta
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Tribute: Halfdan Mahler, the man who took healthcare right to where people live, work and fall ill
The three-time WHO director general changed the very thinking on healthcare delivery across the world.
Amit Sengupta
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The latest NSS data is a stark reminder of the alarming breakdown of public health services
India is steadily moving towards a path where every illness in a household will push the entire family into financial ruin.
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers