India's vaccination programme to reach 90% within 3 years: Union Health Minister J P Nadda'Mission Indradhanush', launched by Nadda in 2014, aims to immunise children against seven vaccine preventable diseases.
23 Nov, 2015, 08.41 PM IST
UNICEF launches course in public health for journalistsA first-of-its-kind certificate course dealing with all aspects of Public Health Journalism and Communication was launched today by UNICEF ...
16 Sep, 2015, 04.50 PM IST
Maternal tetanus elimination in India will save lives: UNThe elimination of MNT as a public health problem means that the annual rate is less than 1 per 1000 live births.
28 Aug, 2015, 10.25 AM IST
'Bring boys along' in women's empowerment: UnicefReducing infant and maternal mortality rate in India will not be possible if men do not change their mindset and are not involved in the em...
27 Aug, 2015, 10.37 PM IST
Timex sees India among top 3 global markets in 5 yearsIndia is the fastest growing market for the company and is already among its top five, with sales of Rs 139.64 crore last fiscal.
09 Aug, 2015, 11.53 AM IST
Government to launch media campaign to educate people on immunisationThe campaign, which is to be launched by the Union Health Ministry, will have advertisements, jingles, workshops and a host of other activi...
22 Mar, 2015, 04.21 PM IST
Health Minister JP Nadda for innovation of cheaper new drugsNadda said there should be a balance between commercial & medical spendings and that (innovation of) drugs should be viable in terms of aff...
12 Jan, 2015, 06.25 PM IST
UNICEF offers support to Clean India Mission"We are really welcoming this initiative....We are really putting everything we can to support this initiative," UNICEF India Representativ...
27 Oct, 2014, 06.46 PM IST
IDBI Bank joins UNICEF for safe water, hygiene in 400 Maharashtra, UP schoolsUNICEF and IDBI Bank have entered into a partnership to provide safe drinking water and sanitation to 80,000 children in 400 schools
28 Aug, 2014, 07.22 PM IST
Injectable polio vaccine to be part of immunisation programmeAs against 17.8% of global population and 20 per cent of child birth, its share of newborn deaths was 28% and TB cases 25%.
28 Jul, 2014, 03.25 PM IST
School dropout scenario in India 'extremely high': UNICEFThe school dropout scenario in the country is "extremely high" as over 80 million children are not completing the full cycle of elementary ...
11 Mar, 2014, 05.06 PM IST
UNICEF praises Bihar's performance in polio eradicationCountry head of UNICEF India Louise George Arsenault today met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and praised the state's performance in the field...
18 Jul, 2013, 11.17 PM IST
- Delhi gang rape case: UN concerned over gangrapes in India
UN today said it was "extremely concerned" about the number of gangrape cases in India and said the mindset towards women and girl child mu...
31 Dec, 2012, 07.58 PM IST
- BP to face spill victims in US court for first time
British energy giant BP and victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill go to court for the first time Thursday during a session in Idaho that ...
28 Jul, 2010, 08.29 PM IST
- Canada's rail strike leaves 2,000 employees jobless
Canadian national carrier Via Rail on Saturday temporarily laid off some 2,000 employees after a railway strike ground passenger train serv...
26 Jul, 2009, 07.31 AM IST
- Low-cost carriers look at loyal fliers to increase market share
The struggling low-cost carriers are borrowing a leaf out of their full-service brethren's business book - the popular frequent-flier progr...
29 Feb, 2008, 01.00 PM IST
- US companies scramble to find engineers for energy industry
Petroleum companies are trying to hire thousands of engineers to keep up with busting oilfield activity and a growing number of retirees, a...
03 Sep, 2007, 04.20 PM IST