‘Heroine’ makers move court on smoking scene rider (Lead)
August 27th, 2012 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The makers of Bollywood film "Heroine", starring Kareena Kapoor, Monday moved the Delhi High Court against the information and broadcasting ministry's order to display ... Read more...
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Apex court raps government for flip-flop on homosexuality (Lead)
February 28th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday rapped the central government for its flip-flop on the homosexuality issue with the union home and health ministries taking divergent positions ... Read more...
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Check use of banned pesticides, court tells government (Lead)
December 8th, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the central and Delhi governments to finalise steps within two months to prevent the rampant use of banned pesticides ... Read more...
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G.C. Chaturvedi takes over as petroleum secretary
May 4th, 2011 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) G.C. Chaturvedi Wednesday took charge as the petroleum secretary, replacing S. Sundareshan who was moved to the heavy industries ministry.Chaturvedi was previously special director general ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Injured Arunima to be shifted to AIIMS (Lead)
April 18th, 2011 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Lucknow (IANS) National level volleyball player Arunima Sinha, whose crushed left leg was amputated after robbers threw her off a running train last week, will be shifted to the ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Court questions government on junk food ban in schools
December 22nd, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court issued notices to the Delhi government, the health ministry and the human resource development ministry on the issue of banning the sale of ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Azad invites private sector to help in health infra (Lead)
December 2nd, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Thursday called for more participation from the private sector in health ministry's project of building hospitals and medical colleges on land owned ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Azad invites private sector in healthcare infra
December 2nd, 2010 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Thursday urged the private sector to participate in the health ministry's project of building hospitals and medical colleges on land owned ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Once a mental asylum, NIMHANS hails new status
October 20th, 2010 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 20 (IANS) "We are proud of it." These few words summed up the celebratory mood at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences here on becoming an institute ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
A council for human resource in health soon: PM (Second Lead)
October 1st, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Signalling an end to the turf war between the human resource development and health ministries over control of medical education in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
A council for human resource in health soon: PM(Lead)
October 1st, 2010 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Stressing on the need to revamp the health education system in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said that a bill for the formation of ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Abu Dhabi diabetes treatment centre accredited
September 15th, 2010 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Sep 15 (IANS/WAM) Abu Dhabi-based Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (ICLDC) was recently awarded the Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation in clinical care, it was announced Wednesday.
The centre was established ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
HRD, health ministries agree on medical education
July 17th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) After two months of wrangling over who will control medical education in the country, the human resource development and health ministries appear to have agreed on forming ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
China bans smoking in schools
July 14th, 2010 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 14 (IANS) China has banned students and visitors from smoking at elementary and secondary schools, kindergartens and vocational schools.
However, the new rule passed by the education and health ministries has ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Human resource, health ministries mull common council members
June 10th, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) As the tug of war between the ministries of human resource development and health on medical education continues, a middle path by having common members in both ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Right to education historic, will work to make it reality: PM
June 1st, 2010 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Describing the Right to Education Act a "historic step", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said his government will work in tandem with the states to make ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Synergy among ministries will help tackle child malnutrition
May 11th, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The women and child development and the health ministries have joined hands and called upon other ministries to synergise for tackling the issue of malnutrition which causes ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Bharat Biotech’s rabies vaccine to touch 20 million doses
October 27th, 2009 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 27 (IANS) City-based vaccines and biotherapeutics manufacturer Bharat Biotech expects to more than double sales of its anti-rabies vaccine, INDIRAB(r),in two years to touch 20 million doses.
INDIRAB sales crossed the ... Read more...
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UPA failed to use Rs.72,500 crore for Dalits: Study
July 5th, 2009 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Darshan Desai
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) may wax eloquent about empowering the downtrodden, but in the last five years it has denied the Scheduled Castes (SCs) ... Read more...
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Decriminalise homosexuality says Delhi High Court
July 2nd, 2009 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi July 02 (ANI): In a landmark judgement the Delhi High Court today decriminalised homosexuality.A two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice A P Shah, and Justice S Muralidahr said the criminalisation of ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Nearly half of Guatemalan children suffer malnutrition
February 15th, 2009 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Guatemala City, Feb 15 (IANS) Nearly half of Guatemala's children suffer from chronic malnutrition and their physical growth falls below the average established by the World Health Organisation (WHO), according to a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Israel to open treatment centre for injured Gazans
January 18th, 2009 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Jan 18 (Xinhua) Israel Sunday said it would open an emergency medical centre at the Gaza border to provide treatment for the wounded Palestinians.The centre, at the Erez border crossing, is ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
NGO conculdes arguments on decriminalising homosexuality
September 20th, 2008 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The Naz Foundation, an NGO that is seeking to de-criminalise homosexuality among consulting adults, Friday concluded its arguments on the issue before the Delhi High Court. The ... Read more...
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Government in conflict over gay rights
September 18th, 2008 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The government Thursday sought more time from the Delhi High Court to sort out differences between its home and health ministries over de-criminalisation of homosexuality among consulting ... Read more...
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Dodgy dossier” partly to blame for losing war against malaria in the tropics
September 11th, 2008 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 11 (ANI): A dodgy intelligence dossier is being blamed for failure of war against malaria, because it had argued that methods to tackle the disease in temperate countries would ... Read more...
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‘Dodgy’ dossier partly to blame for failure of war against malaria
September 11th, 2008 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 11 (IANS) A 'dodgy' intelligence dossier is being blamed for losing the war against malaria, because it had argued that methods to tackle the disease in temperate countries would also ... Read more...
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