New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Blood tests to detect diabetes are likely to be made compulsory at health centres across India following the internationally followed "opportunistic screening" norm. The scheme was in ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The central government has committed Rs.332.92 crore in various health measures to check the spread of Influenza A (H1N1), more commonly known as swine flu, Health Minister ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's constituency in Jammu will reach 100 percent sanitation and toilet coverage by the year 2266 - taking the longest time ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Monday announced an incentive of Rs. 10 crore (Rs.100 million) for early completion of the eight referral hospitals on the lines of ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Monday urged young doctors in the country to come forward to serve people in rural areas. Speaking at the 37th annual convocation of ...

New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Saturday said his ministry was focusing on tackling swine flu more than dengue, which had infected 783 people in the national capital, ...

New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) India will soon introduce the bivalent oral polio vaccine (BoPV), which will protect children against two dangerous strain of the deadly paralytic disease, union Health Minister Ghulam ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) The Congress will launch an intense campaign for the Jharkhand assembly polls, fielding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, party chief Sonia Gandhi and general secretary Rahul Gandhi ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) The Congress is to commemorate its 125th anniversary next year on a grand scale and on Friday set up a 19-member organising committee headed by party ...

Chennai, Nov 12 (IANS) The central government's investments in health sector are made with an aim to provide health care to people living in backward areas or in areas that are not ...

Chennai, Nov 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday suffered a jolt in Tamil Nadu when its National Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP S. Thirunavukkarasar joined the Congress. The Congress announced ...

New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) An influenza vaccine is for the first time being developed in India that would be effective against the swine flu pandemic, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said ...

New Delhi, Nov. 6 (ANI): Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday underlined the need for higher investment in health sector. Azad said that the present health care system put a heavy ...

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Whistle blowers who pass on information about illegal drugs will be rewarded up to Rs.25 lakh (Rs.2.5 million), the union health ministry said Tuesday. "The reward of maximum ...

Jammu, Nov 2 (IANS) Rukhsana, the brave Jammu and Kashmir girl who took on Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in September, has been appointed a Special Police Officer, a temporary job which would fetch her ...

New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) A vaccine targeting the rampant pneumonia haemophillus bacteria will soon be included in the country's routine immunisation programme, health experts said Monday, also stressing the need to ...

Mumbai, Nov 1 (IANS) Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Sunday announced enhanced funding for the cancer control programme, a fund for treatment of poor cancer patients and more emphasis ...

Chandigarh, Nov 1 (IANS) Security agencies in Chandigarh and adjoining Punjab will be on their toes this week with a slew of VVIP visits in and around the city. Starting Monday, when ...

Srinagar, Oct 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday concluded his hectic daylong engagements in the Kashmir Valley, meeting various political delegations here. Politicians of mainstream parties called on the Manmohan Singh ...

Anantnag, Oct 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived here today on a two-day visit to inaugurate the 119-km-long Anantnag-Qadigund Railway line at Vanpooh Anantnag in the Kashmir Valley. Dr. ...

Srinagar, Oct 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi arrived here Wednesday on a two-day visit. A special aircraft carrying the Prime Minister and the ...

Jammu, Oct 26 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir will soon get two air ambulances to move seriously injured and critically ill people to speciality hospitals in New Delhi or Chandigarh, according to official ...

New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Sunday urged the developed countries to invest more in areas of population control and family planning in the developing countries despite global ...

New Delhi, Oct 16 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil has exhorted the medical community to work for the ideal of medical care for all. Speaking at the General Assembly of the World ...

New Delhi, Oct 16 (ANI): US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William J Burns met External Affairs Minister S M Krishna here on Thursday and is reported to have ...

New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Visiting American diplomat William Burns, who is on a two-day trip to India in preparation for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's journey to the US, said Thursday ...

New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is not happy with data on the outcome of immunisation drives and his ministry is developing a software which will keep a ...

New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) All villagers across India over the age of 35 will be tested for diabetes through easy and affordable test kits to reduce the burden of the lifestyle ...

Guwahati, Oct 3 (ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Saturday the Centre will set up medical colleges under the supervision of the State Governments in the ...

New Delhi, Oct 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) This 27th Biennial Conference of Indian Association of Leprologist (IAL) is being organized in Delhi by the department of Dermatology, STD and Leprosy of PGIMER., Dr. ...