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AI can fix India’s reputation as a TB hub

AI can help see the unseen. Combining patient's comprehensive case histories with scans can lead to impressive results, such as in Japan.

Drug shortage shows Modi’s TB eradication dream needs more than just ambition

In 2018, India articulated its noble ambition to eliminate TB by 2025, five years before the global target. But news reports show we aren’t even close to that goal.

Cough onto phone for checking lung health: Hyderabad firm uses AI software to analyse sounds

Developed by Salcit Technologies, Swaasa has got no-objection certificate from Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation. It has patents in India, US & Australia among others.

Drones could help with quicker detection of drug-resistant TB, ICMR study says

ICMR researchers discuss sputum transportation by unmanned aerial vehicles in a paper published in the journal 'Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene'.

64% Indians with TB symptoms didn’t seek healthcare, finds 1st national survey since 1955-58

Prevalence of TB in Indians aged above 15 is 312 per 1 lakh population, against global average of 127. Delhi has the highest incidence of TB, while Kerala has the lowest.

India accounted for 41% of total global drop in reporting TB between 2019 & 2020: WHO

Global goals for TB incidence reductions between 2015 and 2020 have been compromised by disruptions in services because of the Covid pandemic, finds WHO report.

New hurdle in India’s TB fight — states left with machines they can’t use

With govt decentralising procurement of cartridges used in CBNAAT machines, states now have to redraw their finalised implementation plans to account for sourcing of key consumable.

Clock is ticking on tuberculosis and Covid is making it worse. Old ways won’t work

WHO's target for reduction in TB deaths fell short by more than half in the last five years. As Covid threatens to reverse the progress, a new resolve is needed on World TB Day.

India missed detection of 3 lakh TB cases in 2019, but this is why it’s good news

Missing TB cases are an important metric for disease control as undiagnosed, untreated cases may spread the infection in the community.

Focus on Covid-19 to increase malaria, tuberculosis and HIV related deaths in 5 years: Study

The study further stated that due to the coronavirus pandemic, five years of progress on tuberculosis treatment could be lost.

On Camera

In Tejas Dubai crash, the harm goes beyond the loss of an aircraft and pilot

Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

From a small Kangra village to Tejas cockpit: IAF fighter pilot Namansh Syal’s journey cut short

Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.