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Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi looks into botched up abortion

Seeks report from Centre, asks for stricter PC-PNDT, MTP Act.

28 May 2017 5:02 AM IST

New data from social media documents thousands of people using hookah in social settings and nightlife establishments using social media to promote hookah use. (Photo: Pixabay)

Hookahs to be no longer allowed in hotels, eateries

The new rule will fix the loophole and will regulate the use of hookahs.

27 May 2017 2:00 AM IST

The woman had earlier appealed to the government to grant her permission to terminate the pregnancy when it was 17 weeks. (Representational Image)

Pregnancy Act amendments on hold

The PMO has instead asked the ministry to strengthen the existing MTP and Pre Conception-Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques...

26 May 2017 6:04 AM IST

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV refers to the spread of disease from an infected woman to her child during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding (through breast milk).

Govt may clear new drug to treat HIV kids

Cipla had conducted clinical trials in Uganda and Kenya and had already been supplying the drug pellets outside India.

25 May 2017 2:27 AM IST

The ministry is likely to put up the new rules on new drugs approval and clinical trials for comments on their website. (Photo: AFP)

175 drugs under lens, likely to be outlawed

The committee, set up in 2014, will review the submissions of the companies before the decision is taken.

24 May 2017 1:42 AM IST

The ministry is likely to put up the new rules on new drugs approval and clinical trials for comments on their website. (Photo: AFP)

Ministry plans mandatory' clinical trials for all drugs

However, in a departure, the health ministry has decided to make changes in the rules.

22 May 2017 1:27 AM IST

In 2015, Andorra scored the highest score (94.6), Central African Republic had the lowest (28.6) and the UK scored 84.6.

Global healthcare improves but inequalities on the rise: Study

Globally, the index increased from 40.7 in 1990 to 53.7 in 2015 and 167 countries saw healthcare access and quality...

19 May 2017 6:33 AM IST

Natco Pharma said that all observations are minor in nature and are correctable and procedural. (Representational Image)

200 companies under pharma authority lens

The price regulator says about 201 formulations have allegedly been found without approval.

18 May 2017 1:30 AM IST

In the run up to International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has suggested setting up of yoga parks where people can find inner peace in the lap of nature. (Representational image)

India's answer to opera houses: Yoga parks

In the run up to Yoga Day, PM Modi has suggested setting up of yoga parks with minimum yoga training and other basic...

17 May 2017 1:28 AM IST

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Amitabh Bachchan will be face of measles elimination campaign

To dispel doubts among the Muslim community, veteran screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar has also been asked to lend...

15 May 2017 2:12 AM IST

Government is all set to introduce two major vaccines the measles-rubella (MR) and pneumococcal in the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP).

Pneumonia vaccine to be part of immunisation plan

Nearly 25 per cent of the 1.4m children below the age of five that die every year globally due to the disease are from...

13 May 2017 3:17 AM IST

Over 95 per cent of TB deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. (Photo: Pixabay)

Drug resistant TB spike in 20 years: Study

Lancet predicts steep rise in India, Philippines, Russia & South Africa.

10 May 2017 1:35 AM IST