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

· Oct 17, 2017 · 06:30 pm

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

· Apr 21, 2017 · 02:30 pm

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

· Jul 13, 2015 · 04:30 pm

How India’s largest defence deal collapsed

Three years ago India had signed a $20 billion deal with Dassault Aviation for 126 planes. That deal is more or less history now with Modi agreeing to get 36 ‘ready-to-fly’ Rafale jets.

Manu Balachandran and Madhura Karnik, qz.com

· Apr 15, 2015 · 02:30 pm