Course Change
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India moves towards treating disease by targeting not just causes but also symptoms
New programmes are being set up based on evidence that early palliative care improves patients’ survival and quality of life.
Priyanka Vora
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Indian government may ask doctors to prescribe medicines under generic names. Is it practical?
With branded drugs making up 90% of the market, the move may end up missing the wood for the trees.
S Srinivasan
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Why IIT Roorkee's expulsion of students to improve academic quality is unfair
A large number are from the reserved category, with many likely to be first-generation college-goers. The institute needs to introduce remedial measures that other IITs already have.
Mayank Jain
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The BJP wants an Opposition-free Gujarat. But some are putting up a fight
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Readers’ comments: Article on South Asia’s view of India is ‘horribly biased’
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Translated short fiction: A 73-year-old Indian man goes to Bangladesh, his ‘land of birth’ to die