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Friday, August 22, 2025
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World Tuberculosis Day: A look at India’s battle with the deadly disease, and the road ahead

With close to 2.8 mn cases every year, India has world's highest TB numbers. PM Narendra Modi said at 74th session of UNGA last year that India will be free of TB by 2025.

Now, US civil society groups urge Trump govt to make TB drugs affordable

Move comes days after activists in India wrote to PM Modi asking him to make the ongoing negotiations at the UN more effective.

PM Modi asked to take on the US to ensure TB drugs remain affordable

Modi announced India’s plan to eliminate TB by 2025 four months ago, but American intervention has put spanner in the works.

On Camera

Swraj Paul was the original NRI powerbroker. Helped Indira’s return, shaped India Inc

When he was asked why he was so loud in his criticisms of Indian industry when his purpose could be better served by a shrewder approach, he said, “Because I am a Punjabi, not a Marwari”.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

INS Udaygiri, Himgiri: The significance of made-in-India stealth frigates to enter service together

Equipped with advanced weapons, sensors & 75% local content, the frigates will strengthen Navy’s Eastern Fleet & augment counter piracy and coercion efforts.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?