Latest Pegasus 'hacking' list includes names of top scientist and virologist Gagandeep Kang, besides former election commissioner Ashok Lavasa and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
First open heart surgery, first detection of HIV in blood sample, first reconstructive surgery for leprosy, first bone marrow transplant — CMC Vellore has long list of firsts in medical health.
Kang said there could be one or two more peaks of Covid-19 cases but they may not be as bad as the current one. She also expressed concern over the declining number of tests.
Kang explained that the approach in testing had changed as the phases in between clinical trials had been cut out. And regulators were working much longer & harder than before.
In 'Till We Win', public health expert Chadrakant Lahariya, scientist Gagandeep Kang and AIIMS director Randeep Guleria write that Covid has shown the link between India’s health and economy.
Gagandeep Kang described as ‘feasible’ a suggestion made by AIIMS director that herd immunity may come before a Covid vaccine becomes available for all.
Gagandeep Kang, who has resigned from Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, says she wants to move to Vellore to be close to her husband.
Gagandeep Kang, the first Indian woman scientist to join London's Royal Society, says there isn’t enough investment in research in India to match international standards.
Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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