Zaynich is proof that Indian pharma wants to move up the value chain. Govt can help with laws and incentives Over 80 years, ever since mass production of penicillin began, antibiotics have saved more than 20cr lives. Thanks to them, we live 23 years longer now, on average. But overuse and abuse of these life-saving…
If you’ve been even mildly interested in skincare over the last couple of years, you’ve probably heard people obsess over two ingredients: retinol and peptides.One dermatologist swears by retinol. Your favourite beauty influencer says peptides changed her skin. Then there’s that friend who uses both and somehow wakes up looking like she drinks three litres…
Aries: You may feel that things are slow at your workplace today but don’t lose hope. Try to be patient, keep going with your efforts slowly. The little steps you take now, will lead to giant steps tomorrow. Don’t make snap judgments about money; it’s better to wait. Know that your hard work is establishing…
Standing in the courtyard of the Qutb complex in Delhi, the Iron Pillar is one of the most extraordinary achievements of ancient Indian metallurgy. Forged during the Gupta period around the 4th or 5th century CE, the monument has stood beneath the open sky for nearly 1,600 years while showing remarkably little corrosion. Historians widely…
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has clarified that students applying for verification and re-evaluation of their answer sheets do not need bank accounts in specific banks to make payments on the portal.The clarification came after claims that payments could only be made through a limited number of banks, creating confusion among students and…
The view coming back from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has a way of turning familiar categories of comet science slightly awkward. 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object only briefly passing through the solar system, has been watched before, but this time the reading feels less like a routine update and more like a chemical surprise that…
Think about how frustrating it would be to serve time in jail as an innocent person who has never been convicted of a crime, and understand that this is a reality for over two-thirds of all inmates incarcerated in prisons across India, primarily those being held as undertrial prisoners. Many of these individuals are being…
Tucked into the steep Trikuta Mountains, Vaishno Devi constantly ranks as one of the most heavily visited pilgrimage sites in all of India. RTI disclosures reveal that the shrine pulled in around ₹2,000 crore entirely in cash donations between the years 2000 and 2020. That’s on top of heavy reserves of silver and gold dropped…
There is a certain hush to an Ekadashi morning. The kitchen is more peaceful, the tea routine shifts the ringing of a bell coming from the puja area seems to reverberate further. In homes that maintain the vrat, one person is already washing the tulsi leaves, while another is examining the panchang and the day…
NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to a man accused of sexually exploiting a woman by promising her a role in a film and later circulating her private photos and videos online.Justice Shyam C. Chandak, sitting as a vacation bench, rejected the plea filed by accused Abhijit Arun Gade,…