Sharif vows to provide medical aid to those injured in Kashmir

  In yet another bid to highlight the Kashmir issue, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday vowed to provide medical help to those injured in violence there and called on the......

She wants to raise Rs 20 crore to save refugees

Moved by three-year-old Aylan Kurdi's death, Vidhya Ramalingam has kickstarted a crowd-funding campaign to buy a rescue ship to save refugees who make the dangerous Mediterranean journey. Ritu Jha......

The brave Indian doctor who treated Ebola in Africa

'At some point you know there is nothing else that you can do for them. You have to just wait and watch them die.' 'Ebola is a highly infectious disease with high mortality. The key point is not to......

Being forced to treat Ebola patients, allege 4 Indian doctors in Nigeria

Four Indian doctors, who claim they are being forced to treat Ebola patients against their will in Nigeria, want to return home and appealed to the Indian government to facilitate this. The......

India battles HIV/AIDS drug shortage as some firms halt supply

India had the third-largest number of people living with HIV in the world at the end of 2013 and accounts for about four out of 10 people living with HIV in the Asian region.India is facing a......

COLUMN: Struggle for life saving drugs

People die from diseases like AIDS, TB, etc because life saving essential medicines are either too expensive, or not available because they are not seen as financially viable. When......

'US industry reviewing SC decision on Novartis'

The US industry said on Wednesday it is reviewing the order of the Supreme Court early this week that denied patent on Glivec, a cancer medication produced by Swiss drug maker Novartis, as......

Patent drug pricing to distract from licences

The latest recommendations by a government panel on the proposed patented drug pricing policy are seen as a threat to compulsory licensing, which has just begun in India.The panel of......