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    The employee of the month gets a letter of appreciation from the Union health secretary. (Representational image)India
    Punctual health ministry employees to get awards

    Significantly, arrival in the office after 9.30 am and departure from office before 5 pm will be reckoned as half day...

    8 May 2017 12:40 AM IST

    The pricing regulator has asked the state drug controllers to carry inspections at manufacturing units and hospitals and take necessary action. (Photo: Pinterest)Life
    NPPA warns manufacturers about unavaialbility of stents

    The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has ensured that the price cap will not stop regular supply of the stents

    3 May 2017 3:17 PM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he delivers a speech after the awards ceremony of National Awards for Excellence in Journalism, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)India
    Govt's Digital India' push fails to help disabled

    Despite guidelines, all major govt websites lack electronic accessibility.

    30 April 2017 6:32 AM IST

    The absorbable stents are fully dissolving artery stents that are absorbed by the body over roughly three years.India
    India allows controversial stents

    Drug regulator asks for clinic trials of stents red-flagged by US, EU, Australia.

    29 April 2017 5:59 AM IST

    Bidis contribute to the majority of the 10 lakh deaths attributable to tobacco as well as the staggering economic burden caused by tobacco use.Life
    Killer smoke: Bidi is the deadliest, says new survey

    The study found that bidi smoking was more popular in India than in Bangladesh or Pakistan.

    27 April 2017 2:26 AM IST

    Three villages in Patna, Bihar are undergoing a process of becoming cashless, in an initiative taken by the Bank of Baroda. (Representational image)India
    Centre pushes for e-payment in hospitals

    Post demonitisation, the health ministry had sent instructions to all government hospitals to start digital payment of...

    24 April 2017 1:40 AM IST

    The amendment did lend some teeth to the regulation but the failure of generic prescription policy has once again brought the issue to fore.India
    Patients caught in war of generic, branded drugs

    Pharmaceutical companies focus their marketing budgets to give incentives to doctors so that they promote their...

    24 April 2017 1:10 AM IST

    Chances of consumers getting substandard drug is 3.17 times higher in government supply chain sources.Life
    Drug to ease cancer pain legal again

    Dextropropoxyphene was banned four years ago in India.

    22 April 2017 2:04 AM IST

    Medicines can interact with each other and with the human body in harmful ways increasing the risk of the risk for falls and delirium. (Photo: Pixabay)India
    After PM Modi nudge, govt push for generic drugs

    The PM on Monday had said that government would put in place a legal framework to ensure doctors prescribe generic...

    19 April 2017 3:04 AM IST

    Though soy milk and almond milk have become commonplace terms, milks standard of identity says it is obtained by the \complete milking of one or more healthy cows.\ (Photo: Pixabay)India
    Ministry working on new regulation for milk banks

    There is a substantial online trade in breast milk in the US, where women advertise their expressed milk for sale.

    16 April 2017 6:54 AM IST

    Medicines can interact with each other and with the human body in harmful ways increasing the risk of the risk for falls and delirium. (Photo: Pixabay)India
    Notice to hospitals on stent overcharge

    NPPA found hospitals involved in discrepancies in bill where the type of stent used is not mentioned.

    15 April 2017 1:13 AM IST

    Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi.India
    New taxi guidelines to ensure women's safety

    Policy mandates a glass or metal mesh between the driver and back seats.

    12 April 2017 2:18 AM IST

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