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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Topic: Healthcare

A biomedical engineer with a mission & over 80 patents: Meet ‘Vigyan Shri’ awardee Rohit Srivastava

The IIT Bombay professor works on making healthcare accessible via affordable gadgets, like a glucometer and urine analyser.

SC directs Centre to implement the Allied & Healthcare Professions Act. What the 2021 law says

SC was hearing petition by Joint Forum of Medical Technologists who say govt has failed to notify 'rules' regarding functioning of a commission to regulate allied healthcare professionals.

Budget failed healthcare—should’ve boosted private hospitals in PMJAY with tax incentives

Of 43,000 private hospitals in India, only 30% are empanelled under PMJAY. As the Centre prepares to expand the scheme to include senior citizens, this could become a problem.

India’s Health Secretary addresses Global Health Assembly, outlines India’s progress in healthcare

New Delhi: The Union Health Secretary, Apurva Chandra, has addressed the Plenary Session of the 77th World Health Assembly of WHO in Geneva. In...

Digital space hosts lion’s share of misleading healthcare ads, majority on sexual wellness

Healthcare sector accounted for a maximum 19% or 1,569 of 8,229 advertisements scrutinised by ASCI during 2023-24. Nearly 86% of drugs found illegal were on digital platforms.

Gutkha, paan masala fix: Policy reform can save Indian users $19 bn in healthcare costs, finds study

Researchers find that perception of smokeless tobacco is safer than cigarettes has led to more use, at a cost to people’ health, and to national finances in South Asian countries.

Spiritual oasis, free care for last-stage cancer patients — inside Odisha’s 1st palliative care centre

With a capacity of 110 beds, 16 wards, eight doctors, 100 nurses, nurse aides and counsellors, the Bagchi Karunashraya facility is set to become fully operational by July.

Fixing rates for procedures in private hospitals not a good idea, states may decide, Centre tells SC

Centre’s affidavit says fixing prices for treatment may render healthcare setups financially unviable or make the healthcare sector uncompetitive.

AB-PMJAY cover for senior citizens & transgenders, trauma centres — BJP’s promises for health sector

Ruling party also promised to increase the number of medical colleges, undergraduate and postgraduate seats in medicine and to strengthen secondary and primary healthcare.

India ceding ground in biopharma innovation, manufacturing — AllianceBernstein’s open letter to PM

Analysts from AllianceBernstein point to four areas where India lags behind its Asian peers and underline that nation finds no mention in global healthcare innovation index.

On Camera

How Gen-Z is changing the violent extremist landscape online

The evolving extremist threat now hinges on young people online, demanding new strategies beyond traditional counter-terror models.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.