New Delhi, Oct. 29 -- Zoho co-founder and CEO Sridhar Vembu has once again found himself in the middle of a heated online debate - this time over a post linking child vaccinations to autism. The comment sparked a sharp response from Dr Cyriac Abby Philips, popularly known as "The Liver Doc", who accused Vembu of spreading misinformation based on an unverified study.

On Tuesday, Vembu shared a research paper claiming that vaccination is the "dominant risk factor" for autism. "Parents should take this analysis seriously," he wrote on X (formerly Twitter). "There is increasing evidence that we are giving way too many vaccines to very young children. This is spreading in India too, and we are seeing a rapid increase in autism."

Vembu, who h...