Bengaluru: Eliminating AIDS is a Sisyphian challenge. Treatments mostly miss the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that are hidden in the body. But in a...
Granting patents to US firm Gilead Sciences for lenacapavir could hinder global efforts to end AIDS & restrict access to affordable generics in India, warn civil society organisations.
Lenacapavir, developed by Gilead Sciences, was tested as a pre-exposure prophylaxis in African women & is now being tested in other groups who are among the most vulnerable to HIV.
In 2020, Manforce campaign asked Indians to use condoms without thinking about the brand, a clever way to build goodwill. This time it has fallen short.
RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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