Tag: india
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Bhutan tackles violence against women for ‘refusing sex, burning the dinner’
By Saraswati Sundas THIMPHU (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sonam Zangmo endured abuse at the hands of her husband for two years before finally walking out on him after the birth of her daughter. “I want my daughter to have a good life.” But without drastic changes in attitudes toward women in the tiny Himalayan nation…
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Antibiotic combination marketed by Abbott in India on list of banned drugs
By Zeba Siddiqui and Aditya Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) – A powerful antibiotic combination that is marketed in India by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Abbott Laboratories is among 344 drug combinations that have been banned by the Indian health authorities. A Reuters investigation revealed in December that a unit of Abbott in India was selling a combination…
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Antibiotic combination marketed by Abbott in India on list of banned drugs
By Zeba Siddiqui and Aditya Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) – A powerful antibiotic combination that is marketed in India by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Abbott Laboratories is among 344 drug combinations that have been banned by the Indian health authorities. A Reuters investigation revealed in December that a unit of Abbott in India was selling a combination…
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Nestle Asia works to restore India revenue after noodle ban: paper
The head of Nestle's Asian business is hoping to restore revenue in India within three years to levels preceding the recall of its Maggi instant noodles from the market last year over a health scare, newspaper Schweiz am Sonntag reported. India banned Nestle's Maggi instant noodles after local regulators in May said they found unsafe…
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Black market hormones one of many hurdles for Thai transgenders
Chalit Pongpitakwiset has always felt like a man. Several days after receiving his first testosterone injection, Chalit returned to get a blood test at Tangerine, the new clinic inside a Red Cross centre in downtown Bangkok. The centre is a pilot programme that organisers hope could be replicated across Asia.
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India to get Japan’s bullet train, deepens defense and nuclear ties
By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Japan will provide $12 billion of soft loans to build India's first bullet train, the two nations announced during a visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that also yielded deeper defense ties and a plan for civil nuclear cooperation. Relations have strengthened between Asia's second and third…
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Heavy flooding causes chaos in southern India state
Widespread flooding across the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has driven more than 200,000 people from their homes, shut down factories and paralyzed the airport in the state capital Chennai, government officials said on Wednesday. The floods, caused by heavy rain over the past two weeks, swilled over the runway of the international airport…
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From curse to catfish: West Africa schools tackle stigma of disability
By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Working quietly in a classroom at a primary school in Dakar, nine-year-old blind boy Abdoulaye sits next to the star pupils, who watch and help him, and alert the teacher if he struggles. “At first there were worries and fears, it was an innovation to have all…
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Anguish over India’s move to ban ‘rent-a-womb’ industry
Childless couples from around the world have been left in limbo after the Indian government revealed plans to ban them from the country's booming multi-million dollar surrogacy industry. The industry has exploded in recent years with thousands of infertile couples flocking to India, one of only a handful of countries offering cheap surrogacy using skilled…