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      New regimes in Bangladesh and Bengal could improve cooperation over shared rivers

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      How India’s ambitious plan to curb unhealthy food failed

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      In images: Day after Kolkata flower market demolitions, vendors return to work and hope for the best

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      The ‘Peddi’ problem that can’t be fixed – and won’t go away

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      Assam: Muslim woman arrested, son detained for allegedly forcing Hindu students to eat ‘beef’ tiffin

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    Dengue death: Fortis marked up prices of medicines used for 7-year-old by up to 1,700%, finds NPPA

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    · Dec 16, 2017 · 10:14 am
  • The big news: Modi claims Mani Shankar Aiyar conspired with Pakistan, and nine other top stories

    The big news: Modi claims Mani Shankar Aiyar conspired with Pakistan, and nine other top stories

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    · Dec 10, 2017 · 01:50 pm
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    Gujarat’s model of development has done little to improve health of its people

    Kiran Kumbhar
    · Dec 07, 2017 · 02:30 pm
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    How dark is too dark for children’s literature? Writer Paro Anand believes there is no such thing

    Paro Anand
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    Meet the women in Manipur’s Ukhrul district who live with HIV and help others to do so

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    · Dec 01, 2017 · 02:32 pm
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    India will miss its deadline to eliminate kala azar by the end of December

    Menaka Rao
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    The Fortis case is no exception – these charts show how healthcare costs are soaring in India

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    · Nov 22, 2017 · 08:30 pm
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    From eating cotton balls to tape worms: A short history of dieting fads over the years

    Melissa Wdowik, The Conversation
    · Nov 17, 2017 · 11:30 pm
  • Nadal wins defamation case against former French minister after doping accusation

    Nadal wins defamation case against former French minister after doping accusation

    AFP
    · Nov 16, 2017 · 08:41 pm
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    An experiment in Guinea may have thrown up a way to beat sleeping sickness for good

    Michael Regnier, Mosaic
    · Nov 12, 2017 · 02:30 pm
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    Government doctors are being trained to help women in India get safe and legal abortions

    Jyotsna Singh
    · Nov 08, 2017 · 02:30 pm
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    The developing world suffers from many curable diseases. So, why aren’t we curing them?

    Katherine J. Wu, The Conversation
    · Nov 05, 2017 · 02:30 pm
  • Peru striker Paolo Guerrero suspended by Fifa after drugs test, to miss World Cup play-off

    Peru striker Paolo Guerrero suspended by Fifa after drugs test, to miss World Cup play-off

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    · Nov 04, 2017 · 10:11 am
  • Interview: How to deal with doctors who are fooling patients in the name of stem cell therapy

    Interview: How to deal with doctors who are fooling patients in the name of stem cell therapy

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    Three retirements, 23 years on the circuit, 25 Slams: The unique career of Martina Hingis

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    Tamil Nadu government promotes Siddha medicine for dengue but doubts loom about its scientific basis

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    · Oct 20, 2017 · 06:30 pm
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    Interview: WHO's new deputy director general Soumya Swaminathan spells out her priorities

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    Readers’ comments: ‘Yashwant Sinha should have kept quiet or spoken to someone within his party’

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    · Oct 01, 2017 · 10:30 pm
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