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Patralekha Chatterjee focuses on development issues in India and emerging economies. She can be reached at patralekha.chatterjee@gmail.com

India is the fabled pharmacy of the world. Indias low-cost generic drug makers cater to domestic and international needs. But here is the catch. Most of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) or bulk drugs necessary to produce these medicines come from just one country China. APIs are what give a medicine its therapeutic effect.

Opinion

Health security must be on the policy high table

What is of great concern to India is the impact of coronavirus (called Covid 19 by scientists) on the pharmaceutical...

21 Feb 2020 2:37 AM IST

Opinion

Delhi poised on edge: Can a hate chant win?

The young men who breezily sauntered down the road shouting explicitly violent slogans were eventually bundled into a...

6 Feb 2020 1:54 AM IST

Opinion

A crisis of healthcare plagues India's jails

The recent public protests against the citizenship law and related matters bring to the fore the issue of a prisoner's...

23 Jan 2020 1:39 AM IST

In Mumbai alone, 603 schools have been identified for the implementation, out of which it is functional in 400 schools across Navi Mumbai and Greater Mumbai.

Opinion

For kids, early years are vital to a brighter future

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act 2009 mandates that children should enter Class 1 at age...

18 Jan 2020 3:03 AM IST

JNU students protest at Delhi Police Headquarters after some masked miscreants attacked in the campus. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

Young Indians want to take back stolen future

JNU students say the police remained standing by as the stick-wielding intruders exited the campus without any...

9 Jan 2020 1:02 AM IST

The health advocates have appealed to the police to actively support the medical community and allow unhindered access to medical treatment for all injured, and urged the government and courts to independently and impartially investigate allegations against the police for hindering medical assistance to the injured protesters and hold accountable those responsible.

Opinion

Everyone should have access to medical care

The visuals of policemen storming into a hospital and banging on doors are hard to forget.

27 Dec 2019 4:23 AM IST

What is relatively new is the growing public acceptance of such methods with even elected representatives advocating them.(Representational image)

Opinion

Is Indian State strong or is it, in fact, failing?

Recent events offer telling examples of the paradox of the strong State in the Indian context.

12 Dec 2019 1:14 AM IST

There is no doubt that this is a tough time for the Indian economy. Growth has slowed down to rates not seen since 2008-9. Consumption has fallen. Businesses have been pushed to the brink.

Opinion

If trust breaks down, a society cannot survive

As we know from our day-to-day experience, without a degree of trust, no economic transaction is possible.

4 Dec 2019 2:52 AM IST

JNU students raise slogans during a protest against the University Grants Commission in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: Bipab Banerjee)

Opinion

Don't question... be happy: The lesson from JNU stir

Nearly 40 per cent of the students on the campus are reportedly from below poverty line (BPL) families.

15 Nov 2019 12:51 AM IST

People wear masks during a protest in New Delhi on Sunday, demanding the implementation of measures to reduce air pollution. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

Toxic air, hungry kids: Divisive politics rules

Malnutrition and air pollution are among the top health risks facing India.

6 Nov 2019 1:10 AM IST

Niti Aayog has envisaged a New India by 2022 which will be free from poverty, dirt, corruption, terrorism, casteism and communalism. (Photo: AP/Representational Image)

Opinion

Tackling global poverty: Do the poor get a voice?

Banerjee and Duflo teach at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kramer is at Harvard University.

18 Oct 2019 1:16 AM IST

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar takes a survey of the flood-hit areas, in Patna, Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

The floods in Bihar: The fault is not in our stars!

Patna has been among the worst hit but the arc of suffering goes far beyond.

3 Oct 2019 1:21 AM IST