Paying The Price
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Will the drug pricing authority regulate the price of knee implants?
After capping the prices of cardiac stents, the drug authority turns its attention to knee implants, even though they aren’t on the essential medicines list.
Menaka Rao
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India’s IT slowdown has started hitting the pay cheques of its top bosses too
The annual reports released so far by a number of top companies for the 2016-’17 financial year show that many IT leaders have seen a drop in their earnings.
Madhura Karnik, qz.com
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In charts: What makes cardiac stents unreasonably expensive for patients
Data collected by the pharmaceutical authority shows how prices are inflated at each step between manufacturer and patient.
Scroll Staff
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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Indians may have to pay more for medicines as drug pricing policy is set for overhaul
Pharmaceutical industry will guide changes, says head of government committee.
Jyotsna Singh
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Three charts show how expensive potatoes could stop Rajan from giving India a parting gift
The rise in Wholesale Price Inflation has reduced hopes of a final rate cut from the departing RBI Governor.
Mayank Jain
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The man who challenged Pakistan’s VIP culture is sacked by his employer
FedEx local licencee says decision to terminate services of employee who kept politicians off plane was 'taken on merit'.
Shruti Chakraborty, qz.com
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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