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Health Budget: How Closer Scrutiny of Major Announcements Reveals Half-Baked Truths

02.02.2025 10

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Banjot Kaur

Economic Survey Flags Issues in Medical Education, But Makes Debatable Claims of Health Sector

31.01.2025 10

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Banjot Kaur

Neither New Nor COVID-Like: Why the HMPV Is No Reason for Panic in India

New Delhi: The conduct of a large section of mainstream Indian media in the first week of 2025 was an unpleasant reminder of over a year ago. On...

07.01.2025 10

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Constitution@75: From Govt to Opposition, Everyone is United in the Assault on Scientific Temper

New Delhi: India marked the 75th year of adoption of its Constitution on November 26, 2024. Several events were organised to mark the day, including...

29.11.2024 7

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Does Air Pollution Cause Deaths? Government Says ‘Yes’, Government Says 'No

19.11.2024 3

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Less Than a Third of People Suffering from Diabetes Get Treatment in India, World's Diabetes Capital

New Delhi: The diabetes rates among men and women in India has gone up by 10-12 percentage points in 2022 as compared to its prevalence in 1980, a...

14.11.2024 10

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Banjot Kaur

India Is Going to Miss the TB Elimination Deadline Set by the Modi Government

New Delhi: India is going to miss the 2025 target for tuberculosis elimination that the Narendra Modi government had set for itself, the Global...

30.10.2024 2

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67 Drugs Found Substandard in September; 6 Manufacturers Also Appeared in List For August

New Delhi: As many as 67 medicines were found to be ‘not of standard quality’ (NSQ) in the course of their random sampling conducted by drug...

26.10.2024 2

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MHA Meeting on Manipur: Differing Statements, Disappointment Over Amit Shah's Absence

New Delhi: A meeting to discuss the Manipur violence, organised by the Union home ministry in the national capital on October 15, saw the presence...

16.10.2024 3

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Government Increases Prices of 8 Common Drugs Citing 'Public Interest'

New Delhi:  The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority of India (NPPA) increased the ceiling prices of eight drugs on October 14, Monday, citing...

15.10.2024 4

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'Controversial' Covaxin Side-Effects Study Retracted, Journal Cites 'No-Confidence in Conclusions'

New Delhi: Drug Safety , a journal which published a study regarding safety of Covaxin, retracted the paper on September 24. It cited ‘no...

25.09.2024 8

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Science Award: Govt Advisor Evasive on Omission of Names From List Made By Expert Committee

New Delhi: The government’s principal scientific advisor (PSA) Ajay Kumar Sood replied to an anguished letter by 26 eminent scientists on Tuesday (...

18.09.2024 2

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Banjot Kaur

Donald Trump Targeted in Second 'Assassination Attempt', FBI Investigating

Shots were fired near Donald Trump, his team reported on Sunday, in the US state of Florida. The FBI said it was investigating the incident. “The...

16.09.2024 3

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Eminent Scientists Write to Govt Scientific Adviser Questioning Selection of Prestigious Award Winners

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the first meeting of the newly formed ‘Anusandhan National Research Foundation’ on Wednesday (...

15.09.2024 2

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Banjot Kaur

Eminent Scientists Write to Govt Scientific Adviser Questioning Selection of Prestigious Award Winners

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the first meeting of the newly formed ‘Anusandhan National Research Foundation’ on Wednesday (...

15.09.2024 2

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Banjot Kaur

Government Extends Ayushman Bharat To All Citizens Older Than 70

New Delhi: The Union government has approved the inclusion of all senior citizens above the age of 70 under the Ayushman Bharat scheme. The Union...

11.09.2024 3

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Bharat Biotech Revises Application Day Before JP Nadda’s Parliament Answer on Covaxin Patent

New Delhi: A day before health minister J.P. Nadda informed the parliament, on August 2, about the status of the Covaxin’s patent – an issue that...

05.08.2024 2

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Health Ministry Fails to Spend Rs 8550.21 Crore – More Than 'Establishment Cost of New AIIMS'

New Delhi: The Union health ministry could not utilise more than 10% of the money allocated to it in the last financial year, 2023-24. Since the...

30.07.2024 10

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Globally, Highest Number of ‘Undernourished’ People Are In India: UN Report

New Delhi: India is home to 194.6 million (19.5 crore) undernourished people – the highest in any country in the world. This has come to light in...

25.07.2024 2

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Experts Urge Caution on Covid Excess Death Study But Dismiss Government's No-Undercounting Claim

New Delhi: A study published in Science Advances on July 19 (Friday) claimed that the death toll in India during the first wave of Covid-19, that...

21.07.2024 2

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Banjot Kaur