India on the frontline of the fight against tuberculosis A major killer in the West until the mid-twentieth century, tuberculosis remains a menace in developing countries and killed 421,000 in India in 2017, according to the World Health Organisation - more than AIDS and malaria combined. The government of Narendra Modi - which came to power promising development for India's 1.3 billion people - has set an ambitious target of overcoming the TB "epidemic" by 2025. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES