Quick notes: Smarter diagnosis, Indian fabs...

• Vinod Khosla's push into smarter diagnostics: Mobile phones are giving rise to a new class of clip-on diagnostic devices that could challenge doctors’ monopoly on diagnosing disease. Last year, Khosla antagonized doctors by calling what they do “witchcraft” and predicting that 80 percent of their work diagnosing and prescribing could be done by machines.




• 2 Fabs Get the Final Approval in India. Two consortiums, including IBM and STMicroelectronics, have proposed building semiconductor wafer plants in India costing a total of $8 billion.




• More burden on Indian tax payer: Civil servants to be entitled to free medical treatment abroad.




• 'Politicians should take lessons in secularism from Army': Modi





BJP celebrates Modi's anointment





• Enjoy while it lasts: Sure of a drubbing in the next elections, Andhra Pradesh Congress ministers unwilling to leave the ministry "even for a minute".

Digvijay Singh regrets allotting land to Asaram during his tenure. Tomorrow, he will regret taking potshots on Sushma Swaraj over this issue.