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Invest in the poor, tax the rich

Most rich and upper-middle class Indians are greatly under-taxed. Worse, the government annually writes off over Rs 5 lakh crores through exemptions. This practice must be ended if the......

Finishing Hugo Chavez's unfinished task in Venezuela

Sustaining the Bolivarian revolution after Hugo Chavez won’t be easy. But we must all celebrate its considerable achievements and wish it well, says Praful Bidwai. He was called a......

Human rights body raps India for sexual violence

India has been accused of "failure" to curb incidents of sexual violence against women and for "restrictions" on right to free speech by global rights group Human Rights Watch, which said the......

One has to make allowances for friends: Suu Kyi on India

She may have been unhappy with India for engaging with Myanmar's military junta but pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday said she has no "misgivings" in this regard as "allowances" have......

Five truths about India

India's politics has grown more regionalised, yet powerful forces of centralisation remain intact, says Milan Vaishnav, an associate in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for......

India-EU FTA: Healthcare norms discussed

India may have to abide by a series of international standards and regulatory practices in the healthcare sector, if it agrees to some proposals that are part of the ongoing India-EU Free Trade......

Infosys bets big on engineering services

Software services giant Infosys is focusing on verticals like healthcare, manufacturing and automobile to drive its engineering services business, a top official said here today. "Engineering......

He BLEW the whistle on Ranbaxy and got Rs 268 crore

Dinesh Thakur, the whistle-blower who put Ranbaxy in the dock, was heading the company's information technology division for research and development (R&D) until eight years ago.Thakur, a Bachelor......

Ranbaxy 'systematically violated' norms: Whistleblower

Ranbaxy Laboratories "systemically violated" good manufacturing practices, says the whisteblower whose alert led to a US probe, a day after India's top drugmaker agreed to pay a hefty $500 million......

Fortis Healthcare plans to raise $100 mn from IFC

Fortis Healthcare Ltd plans to raise around $100 million (Rs 540 crore now) from International Finance Corp, a member of the World Bank Group, through a combination of straight equity and foreign......

Doctor, heal thyself!

The latest episode of Aamir Khan's television show Satyamev Jayate probed into malpractices that some doctors follow, looking at the way they dole out wrong treatments for monetary gains. It has......

Who sizzled and who didn't on Koffee With Karan

Slander, salaciousness and self-congratulatory smiles. Karan Johar's talkshow has a simple motif and it sticks loyally to it, though this season he seems committed......

Fit-again Sushil eyes return at Asian Championship

After missing the Dave Schultz Cup due to a shoulder injury, star Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar is now eyeing a return at the Asian Wrestling Championships starting from April 18 to 22. - Happy to......

It was a revenge game for us: Sehwag

Man of the match Virender Sehwag termed India's 87-run win over Bangladesh as "revenge" having lost to the same opponents four years ago in Port-of-Spain during last World Cup. - Scorecard At the......

We will work harder to stay No. 1: Tendulkar

Lack of practice ahead of the World Cup is not a worry for Tendulkar, says Harish Kotian. Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday said that it was a great achievement by Team India to scale......

Images: Clinical Nadal routs Berdych in Wimbledon final

A spellbinding display of brutal hitting and raw speed from Rafa Nadal secured the Spaniard his second Wimbledon title on Sunday with a 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 victory over 12th seed Tomas Berdych. Nadal,......

People speak for healthcare practice

QNA

Q. What is medical tourism?
Innocent Girl: A. more

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Q. Differentiate:A ChemistA DruggistA Pharmacist ??
Shantha: A. Medical tourism (also called medical travel, health tourism or global healthcare) is a term initially coined by travel agencies and the mass media...... more

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Q. Though suicides by financially distressed farmers continue to make news from Vidarbha there is another equally tragic, and persistent, story that refuses to go away. It is about deaths of children due to malnutrition in the tribal hill tracts of Melghat. The number of malnourished children in Melghat is startling. Comments plz.
Shantha: A. The zilla parishad health administration has identified 6,000 chidren as suffering from severe malnutrition in Melghat alone and 11,000 others were...... more

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Q. Pre-Existing Condition And Health Insurance Can I get insurance if I have a pre-existing condition?
Joey: A. According to the new healthcare reforms, below are some of the points that Whitehouse suggests (taken from official website of the Whitehouse): One...... more

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Plant-based Nutrition is Key to Health Transformation of St. Luke's Hospital Director of Prevention and Wellness

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FOGSI urges government to quickly adopt low-cost technology to reduce Maternal Mortality Ratio & improve maternal health service

The Federation of Obstetric & Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI), the apex body for all Obstetricians & Gynaecologists in the country, has... ...

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Kerala's tribal children pay for official neglect

Rising infant mortalities show basic needs are not being met. A tribal woman who lost three infants during delivery, with her husband in... ...

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