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HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar had earlier announced the ambitious plan of conducting the medical and dental entrance exam, along with the Joint Entrance Examination - Main for admission to engineering colleges, twice a year by the NTA. (Photo: File)

HRD ministry to reconsider conducting NEET twice a year

Health ministry raised concerns about extra stress due to exam calendar and about problems online exams may cause...

10 Aug 2018 1:27 PM

The 12-hour OPD move would have been a first of its kind project and a trial for the Centres larger proposal for 24/7 health care services in government hospitals. (Representational image)

Ministry junks proposal to extend OPD timings

Through the plan, the government had aimed to address the problem of overcrowding plaguing specialty and premier...

20 Aug 2018 7:59 PM

Staff of Government ENT Hospital gets administered with COVID Vaccine during the vaccination drive at the Hospital premises in Visakhapatnam. (AA Image/P Narasimha Murthy)

Need to increase pace of vaccinations: Health Ministry tells states

While some states are carrying out vaccination twice a week some others are carrying out four or more than four times a...

21 Feb 2021 1:50 PM

Drugs with less than 60 pc shelf life allowed to be imported on condition. (PTI Photo)

India will import drugs with less than 60 pc shelf life, condition...

Health ministry has instructed to take various steps to ensure availability of a sufficient quantity of drugs in the...

19 April 2020 5:50 AM

Centre has approved the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness package aimed at boosting national and state health systems. (AFP Photo)

Centre approves covid19 emergency package for states, UTs

The activities to be undertaken include disinfection of hospitals, government offices, public utilities and ambulances

9 April 2020 8:21 AM

New guidelines for home isolation of people with very mild symptoms of coronavirus. (PTI Photo)

Patients with very mild Covid19 symptoms can opt for home isolation

The patient should be clinically assigned as a very mild case or pre-symptomatic case by the treating medical officer

28 April 2020 6:03 AM

The leading anti-TB drugs manufacturers at present having contract agreement with National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) are Macleods and Lupin. PTI Photo

Union health ministry seeks a ban on anti-TB drug export

Delay in production and receipt of supply may cause acute shortage of these drugs, Union Health Secretary said

22 April 2020 9:08 AM

Demand for two lakh kidney transplants annually, only 8,000 are being done.

5L die each year due to lack of organs: Health ministry

Around 2L die due to liver issues and 50K due to heart diseases.

28 Aug 2017 8:03 PM

Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 amendment likely.

Organ donation to get easier

Mulling over considering non-immediate kin as near relatives.

28 Aug 2017 7:58 PM

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

Two new vaccines to tackle under-5 mortality rate

As per the government statistics, the rubella infection approximately affects 25,000 children every year in India.

21 Jan 2017 8:42 PM

The employee of the month gets a letter of appreciation from the Union health secretary. (Representational image)

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...

7 May 2017 7:10 PM

Contractual staff of RML Hospital take part in a protest to demand confirmation of their jobs in New Delhi. (Photo: Asian Age)

RML Hospital set to have 23-storey hostel building

Over 1.5 acres of land has been allocated for the construction of the building.

17 March 2017 12:56 AM