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Why family of US woman, whose cells spurred countless breakthroughs, are suing biotech firm

Henrietta Lacks’ cells were extracted by doctors from Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, US, without her consent. Her family has now sued a biotech firm for selling her cells for profit.

As world learns to live with Covid, it may also stop counting every positive case

If hospitalisations & deaths stay low, Covid could begin to look less like an unmanageable pandemic & more like a seasonal disease like influenza. For policy-makers, that’s the goal.

Countries with higher overweight population have more Covid deaths, finds report

Report by World Obesity Federation demonstrates how being overweight is a ‘highly significant predictor’ of developing complications from Covid-19.

Indian-origin doctor is Johns Hopkins’ new director of heart failure & cardiac transplantation

Dr Kavita Sharma is also an assistant professor of medicine at the advanced heart failure/transplant cardiology in Johns Hopkins' cardiology division. 

US becomes first country to register over 2,100 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

With over 500,000 cases of coronavirus, the US records the highest number of positive Covid-19 cases in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

Johns Hopkins to Peking — Universities are at forefront of COVID-19 fight. But not in India

Look at the website of any top science and medicine college in India, and you won’t see coronavirus updates. DU wants students to wash hands, but taps run dry.

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India’s real estate will meet the reality of agentic AI

New Delhi: The outsourcing industry, India’s largest white-collar employer, is a juggernaut that has all but stopped moving. The dollar revenue at the top...

Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

The 500,000 tonne-per-year plant produced just 94,000 tonnes of refined copper from April 2025 to February this year.

Indian drone tech company ideaForge signs MoU with Japanese firm to develop next-gen AI powered drones

By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.