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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
TopicHealth Ministry

Topic: Health Ministry

Govt asks AIIMS to set up isolation beds for coronavirus cases in new emergency wing

The health ministry also asked the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Jhajjar to augment its isolation bed capacity to 125 from the existing 25.

With centre-state political standoff, can coronavirus outbreak be effectively fought?

India now has 28 confirmed coronavirus cases. In recent months, the relationship between the Centre and the states has seen a breakdown over several issues.

Will India’s experience with previous outbreaks help it tackle coronavirus better?

India now has six confirmed cases of coronavirus. PM Modi has asked people to not “panic” and said “different ministries and states were working together”.

PM Modi holds extensive review for coronavirus preparedness

Six people were confirmed with the virus after sample testing in Agra, and since then have been kept in isolation at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi.

Govt asks citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Singapore in wake of coronavirus outbreak

The Health Ministry also said that there are plans to screen flight passengers coming to India from Kathmandu, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia.

India to curb export of antibiotics, vitamins as coronavirus crisis hits supplies from China

Modi govt has decided to restrict export of 12 bulk drugs — raw materials to manufacture medicines — and formulations made by them until further order.

Let single women, only widowed or divorced, avail of surrogacy: Parliamentary panel

Select committee recommendations for women in 35-45 age group also says surrogate mothers should not be restricted to “close relatives” alone.

What we know of coronavirus so far, and how Modi govt is monitoring it in India

Coronavirus has now infected over 6,000 people globally, with most patients in China. There have been no confirmed cases in India yet.

India is on alert as coronavirus spreads in Asia, seeks WHO advice

WHO says novel coronavirus is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans. Three Asian nations have reported occurrence of the virus.

India could soon find all its ‘missing million’ TB patients — highest-ever detection in 2019

In 2019, the detection of TB cases in India reached its highest ever at 23.5 lakh patients, against an estimated 26.9 lakh cases.

On Camera

India shouldn’t copy Taiwan’s currency playbook. It will only lead to instability

Should India opt for a deliberately weakened rupee, it risks compromising its greatest asset: a vast and expanding domestic consumer market.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.