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A Bitter Pill To Swallow

The New Indian Express Anantapur

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July 12, 2025

ATE last month, a paper in The Lancet Global by a team of researchers led by Maximilian J. Wilfinger of the University of Notre Dame, US, reported that several chemotherapy drugs administered in sub-Saharan Africa had failed quality tests.

- PRATIK KANJILAL

ATE last month, a paper in The Lancet Global by a team of researchers led by Maximilian J. Wilfinger of the University of Notre Dame, US, reported that several chemotherapy drugs administered in sub-Saharan Africa had failed quality tests. About 20 percent of the drugs were either ineffective or had dangerous side effects. The products of 17 manufacturers failed tests. All but one are Indian firms.

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism enlarged the story. Like earlier episodes in which paediatric syrups exported from India killed children overseas, this episode reminds us that merely having a volume lead in generics does not guarantee that India can be the "world's pharmacy", as the government likes to advertise it.

These were the big picture stories, but the incident also has a personal, human angle. Personal stories are of course anecdotal, but that does not automatically devalue them, because we are not doing statistics here. So, to get personal, a couple of years ago, someone close to me was diagnosed with an aggressive paediatric cancer. We mostly hear of research successes, and the general impression is that cancers are becoming curable, or at least manageable. Indeed, they are, but for many cancers, treatment has not improved in 30 years. For perspective, it means that the treatment of the cancer we're talking about has not changed since V.P. Singh was prime minister.

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Dy CM, 19 freshers in new Guj ministry

GUJARAT on Friday witnessed a total reset of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel’s ministerial team ahead of the local body elections, with the elevation Harsh Sanghavi as Deputy Chief Minister in a 26-member ministry that includes 19 freshers.

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The New Indian Express Anantapur

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Rahul visits Zubeen's house in Assam, meets kin of Dalit youth lynched in UP

CONGRESS leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday visited two families in grief-music icon Zubeen Garg's family in Guwahati and the family of Dalit youth Hariom Valmiki in Rae Bareli-calling for justice.

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Census system test for first phase from Nov 10

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Diwali time, rise in sugar intake alarming: Experts

WITH sugar consumption soaring despite a rise in diabetes and pre-diabetes, experts are concerned that the upcoming Diwali could pose serious health risks.

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The New Indian Express Anantapur

Rajnath on board of LCA Tejas Mk1A inaugural flight, praises ‘self-reliance’

DEFENCE Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday inaugurated the third Production Line of the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk1A at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Nashik. The move is aimed at increasing production to fill gaps in IAF combat squadrons left by the retirement of MiG fighters.

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October 18, 2025

The New Indian Express Anantapur

The New Indian Express Anantapur

SC flags digital arrests, says assault on rule of law

VOICING serious concern over digital arrests, the Supreme Court on Friday took suo motu cognisance of such incidents in which fraudsters allegedly impersonate law enforcement agencies and fabricate judicial orders to extort money from people, particularly senior citizens, and sought responses from Centre and the CBI.

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The New Indian Express Anantapur

Maaya, Sahaja given wild cards for Chennai Open

INDIA'S Maaya Rajeshwaran and Sahaja Yamalapalli have been given wild cards for the upcoming WTA Chennai Open at the SDAT Nungambakkam Stadium. It's the first time that city will play host to a tour-level event in three years. The last time the Stadium played host to one, Czech teen Linda Fruhvirtova walked away with the title.

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The New Indian Express Anantapur

ICAR to revive 5-yr plan to achieve 'Vision 2047' goals

FOLLOWING a letter from the Cabinet Secretary, the Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has issued 18 actionable points for immediate implementation.

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The New Indian Express Anantapur

SIZING UP SWADESHI AMBITION

HE meteoric rise of Zoho's messaging app Arattai in India looks like a real-world example of aapada mein avsar (opportunity in adversity), a stage prop which usually serves to dress up debacles as challenges that fortune considerately strews in our path.

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Chennai-based Sify Infinit Spaces files DRHP for ₹3,700 crore IPO

To utilise net proceeds for capital expenditure

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