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Papiya Bhattacharya
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WHO’s first chief scientist talks about her journey, interest in TB and her father MS Swaminathan
Soumya Swaminathan and her colleagues were among the first to scale up the use of molecular diagnostics for TB surveillance.
Papiya Bhattacharya
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The number of new HIV cases in India is falling but not fast enough and there’s a risk of resurgence
AIDS activists say more young people who have no awareness about HIV/AIDS are being diagnosed with the disease.
Papiya Bhattacharya
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Interview: Infosys Prize winner Yamuna Krishnan on DNA nanobots that can predict disease
Krishnan’s research has provided new avenues in diagnosing disease, drug discovery and therapeutics.
Papiya Bhattacharya
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Big picture: How the Adani crash unfolded and what it could do to the Indian economy
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Explainer: Why a Supreme Court verdict has sparked statewide protests in Sikkim
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‘Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat’ review: A throbbing musical about forbidden passion
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What the rise and fall of Adani stocks says about the Indian state and private capital
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Maulana Azad: A new biography visits the life of the man who became India’s first education minister
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India is staring at a breast cancer epidemic. But do we have the awareness and tools to prevent one?
Even as genetic and other testing for breast cancer risk picks up in India, doctors say there is still not enough awareness about the disease.
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Meet the women scientists who make India’s chillies hotter, flowers cheaper and mangoes last longer
These scientists have been toiling to improve India’s horticulture output for decades.
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Medical researchers are building India’s first map of infectious diseases, one patient at a time
The heat map – which goes online this month with dengue data from Karnataka – will help fill information gaps.
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Video
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Watch: Bill Gates learns how to make a roti from American celebrity chef Eitan Bernath
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Watch: German dog trainer sets world record for making 14 dogs walk in a conga line
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Watch: E-rickshaw driver escapes police pursuit on Amritsar’s streets
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Watch: Indian women’s cricket team take on the ‘Tum Tum’ dance challenge in the dressing room
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‘Journalism is not a crime’: Siddique Kappan after being released on bail after more than two years