Pondy reports first case of HMPV; child fully recovers and dischargedA three-year-old child with Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) was recently discharged after successful treatment in Puducherry. The local health...
11 Jan, 2025, 06.20 PM IST
99 percentile NEET scorer's fate hangs in the balance as Court orders action for flouting residency normA single judge bench of Madras High Court on Wednesday asked the Puducherry government and the Union Health Ministry to take an "appropriat...
23 Feb, 2023, 08.00 PM IST
With nil active cases, Puducherry becomes Covid-freeNo fresh COVID-19 case was reported during the last 24 hours ending 10 AM Thursday from any of the four regions of Puducherry, Karaikal, Ma...
31 Mar, 2022, 12.54 PM IST
27th International Yoga festival begins in Puducherry on TuesdayLt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan will inaugurate the festival in the presence of Chief Minister N Rangasamy.
03 Jan, 2022, 03.56 PM IST
Puducherry makes COVID-19 vaccination compulsory"We have enforced compulsory COVID-19 vaccination in Puducherry UT. Out of over 10 lakh eligible population, only 7.74 lakh people are vacc...
05 Dec, 2021, 02.55 PM IST
Counselling for admission to medical courses to begin after getting list of NEET resultsAs per the press release from the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare Services of Puducherry, once the results are available, the coun...
06 Nov, 2021, 07.14 PM IST
Puducherry logs 815 fresh coronavirus cases, 12 deaths push toll to 1,583The overall tally rose to 1,07,114 with the 815 new cases while the number of active cases stood at 10,015 (1,389 in hospitals and 8,626 in...
03 Jun, 2021, 12.36 PM IST
No fresh Covid-19 death in Puducherry; 149 fresh cases take tally to 34,908Puducherry had on October 26 and 27 reported no coronavirus related fatalities after having done so on October 18 for the first time this m...
30 Oct, 2020, 12.27 PM IST
Centre lauded performance of Pondy in checking spread of COVID-19: MinisterPuducherry Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao on Saturday said the Centre has lauded the performance of the territorial administration in ...
09 May, 2020, 01.45 PM IST
CBI books 2 IAS officers, 11 others in Puducherry medical irregularitiesOfficials booked by CBI are Puducherry health and family welfare director Raman, CENTAC convenor V Govindraj, joint convenor K Pajaniradja ...
20 Sep, 2017, 07.17 PM IST
Puducherry goverment sends Maggi samples for testsNestle India has claimed it has got samples tested in an external laboratory as well as in-house and the product was found "safe to eat".
04 Jun, 2015, 01.18 PM IST
Abbott inks pact with Puducherry govt for awareness of NCDsPharma firm Abbott today said it has inked a three year pact with Puducherry government to improve awareness of non-communicable diseases.
28 Mar, 2013, 03.46 PM IST
- Goverment ties up with Abbot to combat non-communicable diseases
A health management programme to combat non-communicable diseases will be implemented by the govt in partnership with Abbott.
26 Mar, 2013, 09.40 PM IST
- Health insurance scheme for cashless treatment for poor
The Puducherry Health Department in association with the New India Assurance Company today rolled out a cashless treatment for members of B...
11 Feb, 2013, 09.17 PM IST
P Chidambaram to review DCT preparatory works in PuducherryUnion Finance Minister P Chidambaram will review on Monday the preparatory works for implementation of 'direct cash transfer' in Puducherry.
22 Dec, 2012, 06.11 PM IST
- JIPMER to introduce a redesigned curriculum at all levels
The Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) has evolved steps to redesign the medical education curric...
24 May, 2012, 04.11 PM IST
- CII mulls promotion of BPOs in rural areas
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is mulling promotion of business process outsourcing (BPO)in rural areas in association with its mem...
15 Jun, 2010, 04.24 PM IST