In her Budget speech Tuesday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, “To provide relief to cancer patients, I propose to fully exempt three more medicines from customs duties,” she said, referring to trastuzumab deruxtecan, osimertinib and durvalumab, three targeted therapy drugs with effective treatment outcomes that work by precisely identifying and inhibiting the growth of cancer cells. At present, these patented drugs, which are imported, are prohibitively expensive, costing around Rs 5 lakh a month, keeping it out of reach for most patients. Which is why, Sitharaman’s announcement – of slashing…
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Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti: ISS is a ‘ray of hope’
[ad_1] The situation on Earth is dire. Russia is bombing civilian and military targets Ukraine, In space, however, astronauts are working side-by-side with EU astronauts. This collaboration will continue when Samantha Cristoforetti flies to the International Space Station (ISS) later this month. Cristoforetti is an astronaut with the European Space Agency (ESA) and will be launched into space in late April with three other crew members as part of the Minerva mission. In a press conference about the mission on Monday, he emphasized that the conflict on the ground had…