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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicMinistry of health and family welfare

Topic: ministry of health and family welfare

Modi govt under-performed in meeting 2019 targets it had set towards eliminating TB

These targets are part of Modi gov’s National Strategic Plan (2017-25) to eliminate tuberculosis from India 5 yrs ahead of the target set under UN Sustainable Development Goals.

If you’re travelling to these 17 countries, you could need a polio vaccine

With polio making a comeback in nations such as Myanmar and China, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is working on issuing advisories.

India to revive penicillin, one of world’s oldest antibiotics, 5 yrs after production ended

Doctors across India had put in request to procure the antibiotic used to treat Strep A bacterial infection, which can lead to rheumatic fever & heart disease.

Modi govt seals compensation J&J could pay for ‘faulty’ hip implants — Rs 30 lakh minimum

Modi govt frames compensation formula for J&J by tweaking India's clinical trial rules. Now, upper limit is likely to be set at over Rs 1 cr.

Modi govt’s ambitious TB eradication scheme is stuck because it can’t locate patients

Just 8 per cent of 28 lakh patients benefit from the direct benefit scheme as government also does not have bank account details.

Johnson & Johnson, Modi govt at odds over compensation for faulty hip implants

Government says Johnson & Johnson has put it 'in writing' that it will pay aid but firm remains vague in its response on the subject.

Parliamentary panel asks govt to speed up on anti-retroviral treatment centres

The health ministry has been asked to take necessary steps to speed up the process of establishing and linking anti-retroviral treatment centres for the HIV-infected.

Top private hospitals may not participate in Modi govt’s flagship healthcare scheme

Many super-speciality hospitals may not empanel for Ayushman Bharat, saying reimbursement rates are as low as 11-15 per cent of the actual costs of surgeries.

Want good nutrition? The Ministry of Health had this non-veg and fat-shaming advice

In a set of tweets the Ministry is making some rather judgemental observations on how to ensure you consume nutritious food. 

In implementing health insurance scheme, Centre may face political roadblock from states

Government plans to set up a national governing council comprising Centre and state representatives, on the lines of the GST Council.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘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.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.