'Why did the government delay the vaccine?'

'The government had a vaccine from January.''The government should have given the vaccine to all population above the age of 45, right from the start.''Each state has its own problems, but as far......

NRHM scam: 65-yr-old in Bihar gives 'birth' to 8 children in 14 months

Superhuman rates of fertility, shown among women in their 60s, in an administrative block in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district has led to the unearthing of a major scam, officials said on Friday. Image......

Why are prisoners dying in Tamil Nadu prisons?

'The main reason for the deaths is trust.' K Kesavan, an advocate and joint secretary of the Centre for Protection of Civil Liberties, has moved a Public Interest Litigation in the Madras high......

'We will go back after the Libyan civil war stops'

'We had not seen any fighting, but we could hear guns and bombs exploding.' A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com and Reuben N V/Rediff.com traveled to Kerala to meet some of the nurses who have returned from......

What makes these 10 companies the best to work for in India

Image: RMSI is India’s best company to work for. Photograph, courtesy: RMSI     Companies come in all kinds. There are some who keep a hawkish eye over its employees, banning......

Docs eye co-ownership of healthcare facilities

Rajesh Dave, a specialist doctor, has been running a small clinic in Central Mumbai for over a decade. In the next three weeks, Dave and 35 other doctors will together own an advanced medical......

Why the West is outsourcing healthcare

When 56-year-old Ward Styner found out he needed a new hip last summer, he did what any logical, uninsured American would do. In pain while selling used cars in Yakima, Wash., he got on the......

Sun Pharma to buy 3 brands from US firm

Sun Pharmaceuticals, the speciality drug-maker, on Friday announced its decision to acquire three pharma brands from the San Diego-based Womena First Healthcare for around Rs 24.84 crore ($5.4......

Semenya accuses IAAF of breaching confidentiality

'The arbitration proceedings are subject to strict confidentiality provisions and this information should not have been released' IMAGE: South Africa's Caster Semenya. Photograph: Eric......