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India study estimates 11% of population is diabetic
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India study estimates 11% of population is diabetic

Reuters June 9, 2023 2:16 AM MST Gulab jamuns (traditional Indian sweet) are on display for sale at a sweets shop in Mumbai, India, April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas NEW DELHI, June 9 (Reuters) – Some 11% of Indians are diabetic, a government study found, adding that diabetes, hypertension and obesity are much more common...

India approves its first nasal vaccine for COVID-19
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India approves its first nasal vaccine for COVID-19

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain India on Tuesday approved a locally developed, needle-free and nasally administered COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, in a boost to the country’s homegrown pharmaceutical industry. The new inoculation was developed by Bharat Biotech, which had already developed an intravenous product greenlit by the World Health Organization last November.  India’s drug regulator...