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It's great that the WHO isn't just 'not cutting corners'

Oct 27, 2021 1 min read

Call me anti-national (and I'm sure many will) but I'm glad that the WHO isn't just "not cutting corners" in the process of considering Bharat Biotech's application for the U…

Bharat Biotech gets 1/10 for tweet

Jun 15, 2021 3 min read

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If I had been Bharat Biotech's teacher and "Where is your data?" had been an examination question, Bharat Biotech would have received 1 out of 10 marks. The correct answer to where is…

Pandemic: Science > politics?

Jan 19, 2021 5 min read

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By Mukunth and Madhusudhan Raman Former Union health secretary K. Sujatha Rao had a great piece in The Indian Express on January 14, whose takeaway she summarised in the following line: Science, evi…