Jyoti Mirdha, a doctor and Congress MP, has unleashed a storm by urging the ministerial panel set up to finalise the country’s drug pricing mechanism to bring ‘all drugs under price regulation.’
Section: Analysis | Monday, May 21, 2012 9:12 IST
Big Pharma accuses him of exploiting others' 'intellectual property' to swell his own coffers, undermining investment in drugs of the future.
Section: Analysis | Monday, May 7, 2012 9:30 IST
Everyone loves a good ‘left-wing’ conspiracy theory. But paranoia cuts across the ideological divide and borders.
Section: Analysis | Monday, April 23, 2012 9:45 IST
If Marx came down to Kolkata today, would he feel more Groucho than Karl? Would he smirk at the flip-flops on his status in West Bengal’s higher secondary history syllabus?
Section: Analysis | Monday, April 9, 2012 9:30 IST
Obama’s surprise nomination of Korean-American physician Jim Yong Kim as the next World Bank head has had two instant results: it has given both the World Bank and the name Kim a huge buzz.
Section: Analysis | Monday, March 26, 2012 10:15 IST
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. It is tempting to imagine Akhilesh Yadav saying that during one of his long rides along Uttar Pradesh’s kuchcha roads.
Section: Analysis | Monday, March 12, 2012 10:00 IST
Talking about revolution is easy. But try discussing sanitation in the same animated way, and watch jaws drop.
Section: Analysis | Monday, February 27, 2012 10:00 IST
The health ministry’s new computerised management information system seeks to closely monitor various interventions, including those targeting groups like men who have sex with men.
Section: Analysis | Monday, February 13, 2012 10:30 IST
Most adults do not know how to disagree without being disagreeable, most children are not taught how to hold one’s own when all around take a hostile stand.
Section: Analysis | Monday, January 30, 2012 11:00 IST
A study says that memory, reasoning and comprehension skills can start to deteriorate as early as age 45 instead of 60, as was thought previously.
Section: Analysis | Monday, January 16, 2012 10:15 IST
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