March 30th, 2008
In a welcome gesture, India’s premier management institute, IIM Ahmadabad, has hiked its tuitions,
The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) on Saturday decided to effect a sharp hike in fees for its post graduate programme from next year.
The fees for post graduate programme have been increased to Rs [...]
March 30th, 2008
The Indian government is taking special steps to attract and retain women scientists. Nature reports,
Women scientists in India will soon be able to choose flexible working hours and even work from home if they have children below the age of three. Campus housing will be provided for women and all institutions will be required [...]
March 24th, 2008
In a fine column in the Indian Express, Saubhik Chakravarti argues that respecting patent regimes does not necessarily sacrifice lives,
They should also see that the question of affordable access to drugs is a matter of public policy, not patents per se. India spends 1 per cent of its GDP on public health — that’s [...]
March 6th, 2008
The Scientist has a wonderful article on the need for proper monitoring and evaluation of public health pro grammes. While billions have been invested in recent years in public health, outcome measurement remains poor. ”The evaluation gap” leads to a situation where there is little accounting of the moneys spent or the benefit of the [...]
March 6th, 2008
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In a country like America, where public transport is patchy at best and entirely absent at worst, those who don’t own private vehicles are at a distinct disadvantage. Public transport may still serve the needs of local transport, but inter-city travel–even over short duration–can be an extremely annoying experience. The recent trend of [...]
March 5th, 2008
Despite the most strenuous efforts,polio has become impossible to eradicate. Now in a more worrying trend, the latest outbreak in U.P is due to the P3 strain,
As a result, no fresh cases of P1 have been reported in the last one year. But the neglect of other polio viruses has led to an unprecedented outbreak [...]
March 5th, 2008
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According to WHO definition ”probiotics are microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host.” Lactic acid bacteria are the most common types of microbes used and are recommended to help the body grow its naturally occurring gut flora.
Apparently, probiotics are now being recommended for dogs too. Catching on [...]