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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicHealth Ministry

Topic: Health Ministry

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.

Health ministry to push bill seeking upto 10-year jail term for assaulting on-duty doctors

The health ministry is working on a draft legislation that seeks to penalise those assaulting on-duty doctors and is looking to introduced it in the winter Parliament session beginning next week.

Modi govt mulling options to enforce ban on e-cigarettes & e-nicotine flavoured hookah

The government is planning options to ban such smoking devices if it fails to get a reprieve from the Delhi High Court, which had earlier stayed its order to ban such products. 

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.