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Even though these six AIIMS are functioning only partially due to lack of doctors and faculties, 12 more AIIMS are already in the pipeline, excluding the two announced in the Budget.

Govt asks AIIMS to furnish info on user charges

The finance ministry has asked the AIIMS to conduct a review of its user charges which have not been revised since 1996,...

16 Oct 2017 2:32 AM IST

India has approved a three-year budget for its flagship public health programme almost 20 per cent lower than what the health ministry said was needed. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

India cuts back funding for National Health Mission

The National Health Mission is one of the world's largest health programmes and forms the backbone of public services in...

23 Nov 2017 11:30 AM IST

An Aedes aegypti mosquito known to carry the Zika virus, is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. (Photo: AP)

Six more people tested positive for Zika virus in Rajasthan, cases...

The virus, transmitted through the aedes aegypti mosquito, causes fever, skin rashes, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint...

21 Oct 2018 7:24 PM IST

A man sleeps under the cover of a mosquito net in the evening. Zika virus is transmitted through the aedes aegypti mosquito, and causes fever, skin rashes, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain. (Photo: AP)

8 new Zika cases in Rajasthan, people infected in outbreak climbs to...

Rajasthan health dept has formed 5-member committee to investigate, examine and track Zika virus disease.

20 Oct 2018 8:29 PM IST

The police said that a lift at AIIMS fell from the second floor of a building at about 9.40 AM, resulting in injuries to five of its occupants.

Many listed medicines not available in AIIMS

But many medicines out of these 230 listed drugs are not available at the AIIMS for more than a year now.

18 April 2018 6:04 AM IST

Safdarjung Hospital told to prepare a fresh proposal.

Centre plans to extend Safdarjung OPD hours

The plan is a pilot project of the government's larger proposal for 24x7 health care services in government hospitals.

14 July 2018 3:38 AM IST

Maximum kids hooked to tobacco in Meghalaya

Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma has acknowledged the seriousness of prevailing scenario.

14 July 2018 2:04 AM IST

Primary Health Centres (PHCs) are not present in many villages (about 1 for every 20), and where present, are so severely undermanned that the access system is completely broken.

Healthcare in India is in abysmal shape, must be shaken out of...

The story of infants and children dying due to AES remains the same.

4 July 2019 1:08 AM IST

: Passengers, wearing masks, leave from Chaudhary Charan Singh airport after arriving by a domestic flight following its resumption, during the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, in Lucknow. PTI Photo

14 more UK returnees test positive for new strain of coronavirus;...

The tally includes six people who were found positive for the new virus strain on Tuesday.

30 Dec 2020 11:58 AM IST

Medical officials check tourists in wake of the deadly coronavirus at Junagarh Fort in Bikaner on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Coronavirus cases in India rise to 31, major events off

The IIFA 2020 and Lotus Makeup India Fashion Week have been postponed.

7 March 2020 6:17 AM IST

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Coronavirus cases in India touch 31

Apart from Delhi, coronavirus cases have been reported in Uttar Pradesh, Rajashtan, Telangana, and Kerala

6 March 2020 2:17 PM IST

India registered its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases on Sunday with 8,380 new infections reported in the last 24 hours. (PTI Photo)

India registers 8,380 fresh covid cases in a day, toll crosses 5000

India is the ninth worst-hit nation by the Covid-19 pandemic

31 May 2020 3:40 PM IST