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.
Ranitidine still sold as popular heartburn medicine in India despite being banned or suspended in US, Europe & Australia. It was dropped from essential medicines list last year.
This means all candidates who appeared for 2023 NEET PG exam will be eligible for admission. Move aimed at filling seats as many go vacant each year, says govt official.
It also lists bodies opposed to professional conduct norms for doctors & adds that there is no provision in 2019 act giving NMC & state medical councils powers of civil court.
Rule part of Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Conduct) Regulations, 2023. Opponents include Indian Medical Association, but some see it as a move in the right direction.
Delhi High Court accepted pharma companies’ argument that most banned drugs had been in use for over 30 years and said health ministry had not specified reasons behind ban issued in June.
Committee on Empowerment of Women asks tribal and health ministries how policies on maternal health for tribal areas have been developed without a separate database.
The health ministry has stepped up scrutiny of drugmakers in recent months after some cough syrups made in the country were linked to the deaths of at least 95 children overseas.
After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.
WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'
Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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