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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.
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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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: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate