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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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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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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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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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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: 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