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Bringing dramatic drop in TB deaths, how TN set an example for rest of India with one-of-a-kind model

Differentiated TB care involves tailoring services to individual needs of patients. Researchers pitch it as a model that can be replicated across the country.

SubscriberWrites: Integrating diagnostics into eSanjeevani could transform India’s rural healthcare

The lack of doctors' personal touch causing mistrust among patients during teleconsultation remains a significant concern in rural India, writes Ritubhan Gautam

Why VIP patients, not just Donald Trump, are headaches for doctors

Any physician who’s ever rendered medical advice or hospital care to a prominent person probably empathises with Trump’s medical team.

Just how much coronavirus we encounter & viral load could be key to recovery, studies show

Studies point to the theory that masks & social distancing can act as a crude form of immunisation by decreasing the exposure to the virus, and thus the severity of the infection.

Doctors’ availability and patient flow improve in states with fewer Covid cases: Survey

A survey by Indian Pharmaceutical Alliances finds lowest availability of doctors at their clinics in Gujarat (60%), Maharashtra (60%) and Delhi (62%).

Dear Indians, don’t clap for doctors battling Covid-19 if you don’t want them as neighbours

Banging utensils to thank doctors is hypocritical if landlords are forcefully evicting them due to paranoia that they might spread Covid-19.

On Camera

Why sharp selloff in Japanese bonds has a message for India’s budget

Although its overall GDP will soon be bigger than Japan’s, on a per-capita basis India is still 12 times poorer.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.