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In his Hindustan Times column, OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan examines whether GDP alone is an adequate measure of prosperity and national progress.  He argues that economic growth figures do not capture the full range of assets that contribute to people’s well-being, including human capital, infrastructure, and natural resources such as forests, freshwater, and fisheries.  Dr. […]

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Business Standard highlighted a decline in antibiotic sales in India, while raising concerns that lower consumption does not necessarily indicate more appropriate antibiotic use.  The article drew on insights from OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, who emphasized that India’s antibiotic use remains skewed toward second-line antibiotics, with some potentially being used unnecessarily while access to the […]

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In this piece by Sukumar Ranganathan, “Delhi, from one mishap to another,” examines a series of recent incidents in Delhi before turning to questions around artificial intelligence, consciousness, and what makes us human.  The article mentions OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan’s new book, Bacteria to Buddha: How Co-operation Shaped Consciousness, and Made Us Human, which explores the role […]

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Food Tank published a feature explaining the growing global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), with insights from OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan.  The article explores how antimicrobial use across human health, animal health, and food production contributes to the emergence and spread of resistance and highlights the importance of a One Health approach to addressing AMR.  Read the […]

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In his Hindustan Times column, Vital Signs, OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan writes that regulation should go beyond punishment and focus on creating incentives for good behavior. Using examples from India, including road safety, workplace safety, food hygiene, and antibiotic use, he highlights how governments can reward people and businesses that consistently follow safety standards. For […]

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India’s artificial Intelligence (AI) future may depend not just on better algorithms, but on something more basic: energy, data, and computing infrastructure. In his Hindustan Times column, Vital Signs, OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan writes that while India lags behind the U.S. and China in AI chips and advanced computing, it has a major advantage in […]

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An Op-Ed co-authored by OHT’s Dr. Amit Summan in Indian Express highlights findings from Dr. Summan’s OHT collaborative study on the long-term health and economic benefits of more effective bidi taxation. Bidis are the most widely used smoked tobacco product in India.  Published in BMJ Tobacco Control, the researchers modelled the impact of a 30 […]

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On the podcast Asian Innovation for Global Good, OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan joined experts from across the health, agriculture, technology, and philanthropy sectors to explore how scientific innovation and data-driven tools can translate into practical solutions. Recorded at the sixth Philanthropy Asia Summit in Singapore, the episode looks at innovations ranging from AI-enabled rice research […]

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In his Hindustan Times column, Vital Signs, OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan looks at India’s growing push to use ethanol, a fuel made from crops, in petrol. India aims to blend 20 percent ethanol into petrol, partly to reduce its dependence on imported oil and support farmers. The policy initially helped India’s powerful sugar industry by […]

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