Topic: Tuberculosis
Here’s how nanomedicine can revolutionise the way we treat tuberculosis
Researchers believe that nanomedicine can help tuberculosis patients enormously.
WHO’s list of tests could lead to effective medical care in India, say experts
Doctors say list could help streamline tests and improve disease diagnosis, but warn implementation could be problem in over-populated environment.
What it will take to finally defeat Tuberculosis
A shortage of global funding for medical research — which is only a third of what’s required — explains why decades have passed with no new TB treatments or vaccines.
Tuberculosis kills 4000 people everyday : Understanding the world’s problem with the deadly disease
From 2000 to 2015, TB claimed 33 million lives and cost the world economy an estimated $616 billion. By 2030, a further $1 trillion and 28 million lives may be lost.
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Chinese economy is feeling the heat. Blame Xi’s political Lysenkoism, vaccination policy
Smarting from the failures of his Great Leap Forward campaign, which hit the economy hard, Mao launched the 1962 war with India to rally the nation behind him.
Tata in acquisition talks with as many as 5 brands, to bolster position in consumer goods sector
The conglomerate will likely face stiff competition in the sector from existing global giants such as Unilever, as well as Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries.
Defence
China building ‘bigger, broader’ 2nd bridge at Pangong Tso that can carry armoured columns
China's People's Liberation Army aims for multiple routes to counter any possible operations by the Indian forces on the southern banks of the Pangong Tso in the future.
How Congress is like the Ambassador & why Indian politics needs a brand new set of wheels
Like the car, nothing the party has done to reinvent itself has worked. Only way forward is to offer something looking towards the future, not in image of glorious past.