AI turning vital to healthcare, need to prepare doctors to use it responsibly: NMC chairpersonNational Medical Commission chairperson Abhijat Sheth emphasised the need to prepare doctors and healthcare systems for responsible AI inte...
18 May, 2026, 01.46 PM IST
India's TB fight gets a boost: New Made-in-India diagnostic tests cut cost & timeIndia's ICMR has validated two new indigenous TB diagnostic tools from Huwel Lifesciences. The Quantiplus MTB FAST kit offers cheaper, open...
05 Oct, 2025, 01.07 PM IST
ICMR proposes revised version of National Essential Diagnostics ListThe ICMR has proposed a revised National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL), detailing diagnostic tests for various healthcare levels. Villa...
02 Jan, 2025, 02.18 PM IST
JP Nadda announces implementation of 100 Days Initiatives by Dept of Health ResearchUnion Health Minister JP Nadda announced the successful implementation of the Union Health Ministry's 100 Days Program. Key achievements in...
23 Sep, 2024, 02.26 PM IST
ICMR draws flak from experts over call for BHU study retractionUniversal Health Organisation (UHO) criticizes ICMR for questioning BHU researchers over Covaxin study, calling for academic freedom and da...
22 May, 2024, 01.01 AM IST
ICMR issues dietary recommendations for Indians, with a warning for vegetarians and protein supplementsICMR and ICMR-NIN issue dietary guidelines to combat malnutrition, obesity, diabetes. Recommendations stress balanced diet, exercise, avoid...
08 May, 2024, 10.36 PM IST
Govt gives nod for WHO global centre for traditional medicine in GujaratThe WHO GCTM will be established under the Ministry of AYUSH.
09 Mar, 2022, 03.40 PM IST
ICMR has collected over Rs 171 crore as royalty from Covaxin's sales: GovtFunds with ICMR are utilized for health research activities including emerging research priorities and research capacity building, Minister...
08 Feb, 2022, 06.50 PM IST
The gatekeeping that has left India flying blind in its fight against the CoronavirusIndia struggled to curb the world’s fastest coronavirus surge this summer, and public health experts are warning that the country is ill pr...
20 Jul, 2021, 10.41 AM IST
Decentralize public health management, create trust: Ex Health Secretary K Sujatha Rao“Decentralization and community engagement are fundamental pillars of public health management. India has the knowledge, capability and cap...
15 Jul, 2021, 11.27 AM IST
COVID-19 vaccine: Bhopal's GMC gets ready for Covaxin trialsBhopal, Nov 30 (IANS) The Gandhi Medical College (GMC) here is all set to conduct trials of coronavirus vaccine.
30 Nov, 2020, 02.00 PM IST
Technology companies step up their Indian language play using AI, NLPDuring the past few months, these companies have seen extensive use of such solutions for responding to the Covid-19 pandemic in Indian lan...
18 Aug, 2020, 07.38 PM IST
Senior ICMR scientist tests positive for coronavirusThe scientist, who is from Mumbai, had come to Delhi few days ago and tested positive for the virus on Sunday morning.
01 Jun, 2020, 03.32 PM IST
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw gets lifetime achievement awardBill Gates, co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, gave away this award to Mazumdar-Shaw in New Delhi on Nov 17 at an event to mark the...
18 Nov, 2019, 11.51 PM IST
India-African Union sign MoU on strengthening cooperation in healthcare sector: MEAThe MoU will pave the way for the cooperation in the areas of research and development, capacity building, and health services among others.
27 Mar, 2019, 08.22 PM IST
Parliamentary panel pulls up ICMR for 'poor' research outputThe panel noted that the research output of the state-run body was "not up to the mark". It said merely 1,685 research papers were filed in...
04 Apr, 2017, 10.06 PM IST
India, US ink MoUs on health infrastructure, cancer research, technologyAnother agreement was signed between the CDC, DHHS (USA) and the ICMR (DHR) on collaboration in environmental and occupational health and i...
25 Jun, 2015, 06.11 PM IST