Preeti Sudan set to take over as UPSC chairmanPreeti Sudan, a 1983 batch IAS officer, is set to assume the role of UPSC chairman following Mahesh Soni's resignation. Sudan has served in...
31 Jul, 2024, 12.12 AM IST
Any delay in paying salaries of health workers to be an offence now: GovtUnion health secretary Preeti Sudan in a letter asked chief secretaries of all states and UTs to ensure compliance of the order, “non-compl...
19 Jun, 2020, 07.33 AM IST
The Department of Pharmaceuticals proposes to oversee drug regulatorThe Cabinet secretary had constituted a committee tasked with reforming the drug regulatory system under the chairmanship of Rajesh Bhushan...
22 May, 2020, 07.26 AM IST
COVID-19: Centre lists parameters for states to delineate red, orange, green zonesThe ministry also issued guidelines for delineation of containment and buffer zones and outlined actions that have to be implemented in tho...
18 May, 2020, 11.58 AM IST
Do not insist on Covid-19 test for patients who need other healthcare services: Centre to private hospitalsICMR guidelines lay down only asymptomatic healthworkers who have been exposed, asymptomatic direct contacts of laboratory confirmed cases ...
28 Apr, 2020, 07.46 PM IST
Bureaucratic reshuffle: Health Secretary Preeti Sudan gets 3-month extensionThe move assumes significance as the Health Ministry is at the forefront of India's battle against the novel coronavirus.
26 Apr, 2020, 04.58 PM IST
Adopt measures to ensure safety of COVID-19 health workers: Health Ministry to statesIn a letter, Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan said amongst all professionals, the skills and services of these health workers places the...
22 Apr, 2020, 09.06 PM IST
Export of anti-tuberculosis medicines a worryThe health ministry has flagged the need for suspension of the export of anti-tuberculosis medicines, saying the coronavirus outbreak has i...
22 Apr, 2020, 08.24 AM IST
Convert Covid-19 hotspots to non-hotspots: Centre to StatesA red ‘hotspot’ district will be designated as orange zone if no fresh case of Covid-19 is reported there for 14 straight days and will bec...
16 Apr, 2020, 12.07 AM IST
Covid fight needs women to be agents of changeWomen civil servants and police at Centre, state and local levels are managing and enforcing the lockdown but also overseeing necessary rel...
16 Apr, 2020, 12.03 AM IST
43 flights, over 9000 passengers screened for novel coronavirus, no cases found: Health SecyA total of 43 flights and 9,156 passengers were screened for novel coronavirus till Tuesday at the seven identified airports including Delh...
22 Jan, 2020, 05.13 PM IST
Central law notified 5 years ago can check medical malpractices: ExpertsThe Delhi government, sources said, has formed a committee to deliberate upon the concerns raised by the medical community.
02 Dec, 2017, 11.21 AM IST
Warn hospitals against malpractices: Health ministry to statesThe move comes in the wake of allegations that Gurgaon- based Fortis Hospital billed the family of a dengue patient Rs 16 lakh.
23 Nov, 2017, 11.22 PM IST
Fortis dengue case: Government to probe negligence, overcharging claimsThe hospital yesterday claimed that an itemised bill "spread over 20 pages was explained and handed over to the family" at the time of thei...
22 Nov, 2017, 10.02 AM IST
Ajay Narayan Jha is new expenditure secretaryAjay Narayan Jha will take over from Ashok Lavasa and will join as Officer on Special Duty in expenditure department.
12 Oct, 2017, 10.25 AM IST
Cabinet reassigns health secretary as part of reshuffle of top-level bureaucratsMishra, who took charge as health ministry secretary in July 2016, will replace Ajay Narayan Jha as secretary at the environment.
12 Oct, 2017, 02.02 AM IST
- Preeti Sudan assumes charge of Food Secretary
Sudan, an IAS officer of 1983 batch from Andhra Pradesh cadre, had served in various capacities in union ministries including Ministry of D...
02 Jan, 2017, 03.56 PM IST