To empty the Cancer Train, India has a plan to first vaccinate its soil
Published on: June 6, 2026, 2:59 p.m. | Source: India Today
Every night, a train leaves Bathinda for a cancer hospital in Bikaner, a symbol of Punjab's fears about decades of chemical farming. A new facility in Vadodara is using the science behind Covid vaccines to keep biofertiliser microbes alive, but two of India's most eminent scientists disagree on whether the technology, and the claims around it, truly hold up.
