Tata Memorial's ₹100 Pill Misreported As Cancer Cure
By Nidhi Jacob Cancer researchers at the Tata Memorial Centre recently announced the development of a cancer drug priced at Rs 100, which has the potential to prevent cancer relapse. Subsequently, several news websites misleadingly published headlines claiming that Tata Memorial had discovered a cancer cure in the form of a Rs 100 pill. News websites such as NDTV and Zee News were among the first to publish the announcement. BOOM also received WhatsApp forwards in Bangla with the same claim on our Helpline number. According to news reports, the researchers and doctors at the institute have ded...