Sanjay Kumar
Sanjay Kumar is a science journalist based out of New Delhi and Mumbai, India.
He has reported extensively on science, technology, health and environment for over two decades from the Indian subcontinent for leading international publications. He also serves on the Boards of 'Center for Advancement of Public Understanding of Science & Technology' and 'Science Media Centre-India'.
BusinessContaminated cough syrups death toll passes 300 in four months
Deadly glycol contamination discovered in Uzbekistan, following cases in The Gambia and Indonesia
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Explainer: e-scooter battery fires
In India and across the world, several tragic incidents have prompted scrutiny of small battery vehicles
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Contaminated cough syrup linked to 66 child deaths in The Gambia
Medicines made by Indian generics firm Maiden Pharmaceuticals have been blamed for acute kidney injuries
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Outcry among scientists as Indian government moves to slash awards
Savings will be minimal compared with the loss of a major motivator for early-career researchers
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Deadly fire and explosions at container depot in Bangladesh
48 dead and hundreds injured as hydrogen peroxide containers exploded
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Slim pickings for research as India unveils its latest budget
Policy watchers left wondering what has happened to previously announced big ticket projects and infrastructure
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Fatal Indian incidents reveal eroded regulations
Activists claim Modi government has diluted safety and environmental protection to promote business
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India pushes renewables and green hydrogen
Prime minister Modi wants country to be energy independent by 2047 and become a global hydrogen hub
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Deadly fire in Indian chemical factory
Blaze killed 18 workers, mainly women, who were trapped inside SVS Aqua Technologies plant
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Funding body plans to revive research fortunes of India’s left behind universities
National Research Foundation aims to rejuvenate and transform the country’s research with well-funded five-year programme
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Deadly Indian incidents highlight relaxed regulations
Concern over human and environmental cost of reforms aimed at ease of doing business
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Styrene vapour leak in India kills 12
Hundreds of locals hospitalised and evacuated to escape discharge from LG Polymers plant
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Coronavirus pandemic will disrupt international supply chains
Halted production and transport restrictions are straining industries that rely heavily on China for supplies
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Financial woes have India’s scientists worried despite budget funding pledges
Fears voiced that the promised investment in research will not materialise once more
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Former Ranbaxy owners arrested for fraud
Singh brothers accused of misappropriation, as well as not paying previous fines relating to Ranbaxy’s takeover by Daiichi Sankyo
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India becomes world's largest emitter of sulfur dioxide
Greenpeace study reveals global sulfur dioxide hotspots
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Another five years of Modi government leaves Indian scientists worried
Concerns raised that India is falling behind competitors like China and that the government’s commitment to science is weak
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India moves to ban cocktail drugs
Government injunction on 328 fixed dose combinations is strongly opposed by manufacturers
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India creates national drugs database to address supply and quality issues
Regulatory body takes steps to reform how it manages and monitors pharmaceuticals
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Indian court seizes former Ranbaxy owners’ assets
Daiichi Sankyo inches closer to recovering money from Singh brothers
