At 14, Madhya Pradesh reports highest number of deaths due to heat-related illnesses, followed by Maharashtra at 11. MP also recorded most suspected heat stroke cases at 6,584.
The World No Tobacco Day theme for 2024 emphasises the need for governments and tobacco companies to take strong actions to reduce tobacco use and to promote a smoke-free lifestyle.
Centre’s notification this month allows couples to use one donor gamete. But it also makes it mandatory that a surrogate child should have one gamete of the intended parents.
Internal note identifies challenges in uniform enforcement of norms, mainly due to interchangeable usage of same nutrient or ingredient for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical use.
‘First Multicentric Point Prevalence Survey of Antibiotic Use at 20 NAC-NET Sites India 2021-22’ conducted by National Centre for Disease Control under Union health ministry.
Guidelines issued by Union health ministry also say that anyone with a living will or advanced directive against ICU care should not be admitted to ICU.
The ministry has advised states to immediately review public health and hospital preparedness in view of the rising respiratory illness in children in northern China.
All drugs used for treating rare diseases were so far being imported & were prohibitively expensive. Health ministry says new drugs will bring down costs by up to 100-fold.
Directive comes on 2022 plea filed by patient seeking Kerala HC's intervention to urge govt to help slash price of a critical cancer drug. She died during the course of the case.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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