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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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Topic: Health Ministry

Govt invites Johnson & Johnson to discuss compensation for ‘faulty’ hip implants

Himani Chandna -
After J&J says critical gaps and factual inaccuracies allowed to stand uncontested, government calls pharma giant for meeting Wednesday.

Health ministry files FIR over misappropriation of Rs 2.5 crore

PTI -
The ministry flagged five fraudulent digital transactions carried out via the Bank of Baroda to multiple accounts in different banks.

Govt approves Rs 30 lakh to Rs 1.20 crore compensation for faulty J&J hip implants

Himani Chandna -
Compensation for the faulty J&J hip implants will be the first ever highest paid relief to disabled patients in India, says Drug Controller General of India.

Health ministry to use ‘wonder drug’ aggressively as it steps up war on TB

Himani Chandna -
Number of patients getting this drug to go up from 2,000 to 12,000 to help India eliminate TB by 2025.

Modi govt wants to beat WHO standards on doctors with ‘non-doctors’

Prateek Gupta -
India's doctor to population ratio will be 1:902, better than WHO's standard 1:1000, if the 7.63 lakh AUH doctors are included.

Just 1 doctor to treat 11,000 patients: The scary truth of India’s govt healthcare

Himani Chandna -
Data paints a scary picture of India's healthcare, shows country needs at least 5 lakh more doctors to meet world standards

Colleges and universities asked to get India to stop spitting everywhere

Kritika Sharma -
Calling it a ‘social problem’, the higher education regulator said there is a need to raise voice against the practice of spitting in public places.

Mamata Banerjee is in denial mode on Bengal’s dengue crisis

Rajat Roy -
To protect herself, Mamata Banerjee is forcing her administration to turn a blind eye to full-blown public health crisis.

Modi government’s pet e-Sampark database hits privacy roadblock

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Days before Supreme Court judgement on privacy, health and railway ministries had raised concerns over sharing citizens’ details for the new database. Before the Supreme...

Anitha’s suicide over NEET highlights why Centre can’t impose policies on Tamil Nadu

C Lakshmanan -
It is no surprise then that Tamil Nadu, which has a century-long tradition of social justice, was at the forefront of opposing NEET.
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