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[ Listen or download the audio podcast ] [ Watch the video interview ] Having invested over 30 years in fight against TB, Dr KK Chopra who is the present Director of New Delhi TB Centre in India's capital, shares key insights on how to accelerate the battle to #endTB by 2030. Reflecting on the past decades, he shares key game-changing pivots that propelled the fight against TB and some things that could have done better. [ Listen or download the audio podcast ] [ Watch the video interview ]

[ हिंदी ] Before Supreme Court order to the Election Commission of India to include NOTA (None Of The Above) button on electronic voting machines (EVMs) citizens who did not want to vote for any candidate had hardly any choice. Using NOTA was not an easy or hassle-free option earlier. People like me who used NOTA earlier had to go through an ordeal to fight for our right to NOTA and make officers provide us the required register. Also it clearly meant making it publicly known we are using NOTA and causing almost an 'inconvenience' to busy poll staff on duty. So having NOTA button on EVM machines has surely changed a lot in reality and made it easier and practical for people who want to use it to exercise their right to vote in democracy. If a citizen does not want to vote for any candidate contesting a particular election she/ he should get a choice to register NOTA vote in democracy. And not just this, if number of votes polled by winning candidate are less than NOTA vot...

Dr KS Sachdeva is the Deputy Director General at National AIDS Control Programme of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Prior to that he made seminal contribution to shaping the national tuberculosis programme of India and also had two decades of clinical work at a prestigious tertiary level hospital in India's capital Delhi. This audio podcast features his interview as part of CNS Inspire series. [ Click here to download or listen to this podcast ]

This podcast interview features the first doctor in Kerala who came forward to care for people living with HIV,  more than 25 years ago. Dr R Sajith Kumar is presently a senior Professor and Head of Department of Infectious Diseases, Government Medical College and Hospital, Kottayam, Kerala (India). He spoke with CNS (Citizen News Service) on sidelines of 9th National Conference of AIDS Society of India (ASICON 2016) in Mumbai, India. This interview is part of CNS Inspire Series . [ Click here to listen to this podcast ]