Both houses adjourned, two bills quickly passed (Third Lead)
September 4th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Continuing protests by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over coal block allocations Tuesday forced the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to adjourn for the ... Read more...
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BJP protests stall parliament again (Second Lead)
September 4th, 2012 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Continuing protests by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over coal block allocations Tuesday forced the Lok Sabha to adjourn for the day Tuesday, while ... Read more...
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China launches cancer screening programme
August 3rd, 2012 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 3 (IANS) In a step aimed at an early diagnosis and treatment of cancer, a government-supported project, of an estimated cost of 300 to 500 million yuan (upto ... Read more...
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Woman doctor stabbed in Beijing
April 13th, 2012 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 13 (IANS) A woman doctor at a hospital in Beijing was Friday stabbed by a knife-wielding masked man, the second such incident in China within a month.The attack ... Read more...
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With Rs.1,100 crore, AIIMS bags highest budget share
March 16th, 2012 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) With Rs.1,124 crore, the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital tops the list of hospitals and research institutes ... Read more...
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Shop inside medical institute sells used surgical equipment
April 24th, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 24 (IANS) A leading chemist shop, situated in the premises of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here, has come under scanner for selling used ... Read more...
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India, Kazakhstan sign seven pacts
April 16th, 2011 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Astana, April 16 (IANS) India and Kazakhstan Saturday signed seven pacts, including a civil nuclear agreement and one between state oil companies that gives an Indian firm 25 percent ... Read more...
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AIIMS gets Rs.1,000 crore in budget
February 28th, 2011 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Monday got a budgetary hike, with Rs.1,022 crore earmarked in the union budget for the institute that ... Read more...
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A ‘memory lane’ for body donors at Chandigarh institute
February 22nd, 2011 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
By Ritika Jha
Chandigarh, Feb 22 (IANS) An Asian Games gold medallist, a leading Punjabi litterateur and a top ranking bureaucrat. These three personalities may not have had anything common in their entire ... Read more...
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Race on for Chandigarh medical institute’s top job
February 4th, 2011 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh, Feb 4 (IANS) Nearly 100 top names from the medical fraternity in the country are likely to be considered for the coveted post of director of the Post-Graduate Institute ... Read more...
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Make AIIMS among top ten institutes in world: PM
October 1st, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday called for making the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences one of the top ten medical institutes in the world.Addressing ... Read more...
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Crashed Chinese plane’s black box found in Yichun
August 25th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Aug 25 (ANI): The black box of the passenger plane that crashed in China's Heilongjiang Province killing 42 people and injuring 44 others on Tuesday, has reportedly been found in Yichun ... Read more...
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Crashed Chinese plane’s pilot alive, but unable to talk
August 25th, 2010 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Aug 25 (ANI): The pilot of a passenger plane that crashed in China's Heilongjiang Province, killing 42 people and injuring 44 others on Tuesday, is reportedly alive but unable to talk.Doctors ... Read more...
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Captain of crashed Chinese plane alive
August 25th, 2010 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 25 (IANS) The captain of the passenger plane that crashed in northeast China killing 42 people late Tuesday is alive, but unable to talk, doctors said.
It appeared that Qi Quanjun, ... Read more...
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Study Reveals Link Between Exercise And Alzheimer’s Disease
July 13th, 2010 - 7:57 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
July 13, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): As we know, Alzheimer’s is a kind of disease that attacks a definite fraction of people who are old; people suffer from dementia and it ... Read more...
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Azad calls for collaborative India-US partnerships to strengthen ‘Health Initiative’
June 26th, 2010 - 10:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 26(ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad met US Secretary (Minister) for Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, on Friday to set into motion the dialogue on ... Read more...
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Firms to get impetus to set up hospitals in northeast
March 5th, 2010 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, March 5 (IANS) In order to encourage private investors to set up medical institutes in the northeastern region, the central government Friday announced special concessions for them.
"We have reduced the ... Read more...
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Doctors in Kerala remove 4.9 kg uterus from woman
October 7th, 2009 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi (Kerala), Oct 7 (IANS) A team of doctors in Kochi in Kerala Wednesday claimed to have created a world record by surgically removing the largest uterus - weighing 4.9 kg - ... Read more...
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India needs a robust and vibrant public health system : Azad
September 18th, 2009 - 6:08 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep18 (ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday said that to improve the standard of public health, there is a need for introducing a robust ... Read more...
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Academic cheating ‘common’ in China
July 11th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 11 (ANI): Almost half of those working in the field of science or any other related field in China's research institutes, universities, medical institutes, and hospitals think that cheating ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal to get AIIMS-like institutes: Azad
July 10th, 2009 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Two more premier medical institutes on the lines of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences will be set up - in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh ... Read more...
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AIIMS top gainer from budget, Safdarjung hospital loses out
July 6th, 2009 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the premier research and education body here that also caters to 8,000 patients every day, topped the list ... Read more...
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Govt: Two new medical institutes to boost health facilities in J-K
June 25th, 2009 - 10:04 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, June 25 (ANI): Union Health Minister and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday said that the upcoming two new medical institutes in Srinagar and Jammu would boost health facilities in ... Read more...
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Discovering new vaccines top priority: Azad
May 29th, 2009 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) India will focus on developing new vaccines to fight new diseases surfacing worldwide, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said soon after taking charge Friday.
"India is a big ... Read more...
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18,207 people donate blood in Punjab’s mega camp
March 11th, 2009 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Anandpur Sahib (Punjab), March 11 (IANS) As many as 18,207 people from various states across the country donated blood in a single day at a camp set up in this Punjab town, ... Read more...
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Over 17,000 donate blood in Punjab’s mega camp
March 10th, 2009 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Anandpur Sahib (Punjab), March 10 (IANS) Over 17,000 people from many parts of the country donated blood at a mega donation camp in this Punjab town Tuesday. More donors are still pouring ... Read more...
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India to get two more premier referral medical institutes
February 5th, 2009 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Aiming to ramp up the country's healthcare facilities, the Indian government Thursday sanctioned Rs.16.46 billion ($340 million) for setting up two more premier referral institutes on the ... Read more...
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India needs gender specific drugs, says expert
January 7th, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 7 (IANS) There is a need to manufacture drugs based on the different needs of males and females, says an expert."Most of the drugs available in the market are made ... Read more...
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Chaos at Mumbai government hospitals as victims pour in
November 29th, 2008 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 29 (IANS) The Mumbai terror assault, which has left at least 327 people injured and many traumatised, has laid bare the poor state of government hospitals in India's financial capital. ... Read more...
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Pure insulin-producing cells effectively treat diabetic mice
November 21st, 2008 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): A team of scientists in Singapore has developed an unlimited number of pure insulin-producing cells from mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs).The researchers found that these cells, ... Read more...
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Probe on fake admissions in Jharkhand medical colleges
October 12th, 2008 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Oct 12 (IANS) A vigilance probe has been ordered in admissions to three Jharkhand medical colleges in which the written examination and counselling were taken by people impersonating as the candidate, ... Read more...
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Doctors cannot meet medical reps during public hours
July 30th, 2008 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 30 (IANS) The Punjab government Wednesday directed all doctors in medical institutes and hospitals not to meet any medical representative during public hours. Taking a serious note of instances of ... Read more...
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Medical colleges to implement OBC quota in two years
April 17th, 2008 - 9:51 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Central government-aided medical colleges will set aside 18 percent of total seats for the other backward classes (OBC) candidates from the next academic session, it was announced ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indians fighting elections for equal treatment
March 8th, 2008 - 9:59 am ICT by admin
(Letter from Kuala Lumpur)
By Kul Bhushan
Kuala Lumpur, March 8 (IANS) Malaysian Indians are contesting for the ruling as well as opposition parties as Malaysia goes to vote Saturday. While those in the ... Read more...
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