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Wednesday, November 5, 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.

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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.