Odisha, Delhi join AB-PMJAY, robust growth in digital healthcare delivery in 2025; AI next frontierIn 2025, India expanded Ayushman Bharat to Odisha and Delhi, boosting digital health with eSanjeevani's 43.2 crore tele-consultations. The ...
28 Dec, 2025, 11.38 AM IST
Bharat Biotech, Biofabri in tech transfer deal for TB vaccineMTBVAC, the TB vaccine, has undergone Phase I and II clinical trials in India. The vaccine has demonstrated safety and immunogenicity. Base...
23 Dec, 2025, 06.56 AM IST
National health goals aligning with SDGs, says health secretaryUnion Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava stated that government policies are delivering comprehensive healthcare services, aligning n...
14 Nov, 2025, 08.01 PM IST
NTPC inks two pacts in Assam; to build burn ICU at KMCH, support TB patientsIn a statement, the country's largest power producer said that it will construct a six-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in the burn unit at Ko...
12 Nov, 2025, 07.44 PM IST
"With mantra of fitness" friendly match of Parliamentarians played at Delhi's Major Dhyan Chand StadiumMembers of Parliament participated in a friendly cricket match at Delhi's Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Sunday to raise awareness f...
15 Dec, 2024, 02.33 PM IST
Third Eye: On waiting list, review meeting, making effortThe restructuring of ministries has been put on hold after discussions between former and current Cabinet Secretaries. Prime Minister Modi ...
24 Sep, 2024, 11.14 PM IST
India's success in reducing TB incidence acknowledged in WHO's Global TB Report 2023: Health MinistryIndia's efforts have resulted in the reduction of tuberculosis incidence by 16 per cent in 2022 from 2015, almost double the pace at which ...
08 Nov, 2023, 08.38 PM IST
India's efforts to eradicate TB by 2025 role model for world: Union minister Jitendra Singh"Biotechnology is going to play a huge part in the integrated holistic healthcare approach towards the elimination of tuberculosis," Jitend...
17 Sep, 2023, 04.02 PM IST
Centre to seek suggestions from states to amend PCPNDT Act to address sex ratio imbalanceThe Centre will also seek suggestions from states for amending the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994, f...
15 Jul, 2023, 07.35 PM IST
India has set a target of eradicating tuberculosis by 2025: PM Modi in 'Mann ki Baat'India aims to completely eliminate tuberculosis (TB) by 2025 through the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, stated Prime Minister Nare...
18 Jun, 2023, 12.26 PM IST
India has seen reduction in TB incidence: MandaviyaIndia has achieved a 13% reduction in TB incidence and a 15% reduction in mortality rate from 2015 to 2022, surpassing global reduction rat...
25 May, 2023, 02.32 PM IST
$46 yield per dollar invested: Here's why the world should invest more to eradicate tuberculosisThe world is failing to address tuberculosis (TB) and meet the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with current trends showing a 50-...
08 May, 2023, 11.29 PM IST
India in advanced stage to deliver on global plan for new TB vaccine by 2025: Mansukh MandaviyaTuberculosis caused 1.6 million deaths globally in 2021, making it the world's leading cause of death from infectious disease, before COVID...
17 Jan, 2023, 10.36 PM IST
India's first woman paralympic medalist Deepa Malik appointed 'Ni-Kshay Mitra' ambassadorMalik, a recipient of Padma Shri, Khel Ratna and Arjuna award, expressed her commitment to the 'TB Mukt Bharat' campaign, launched by Prime...
26 Nov, 2022, 06.30 PM IST
New scheme to provide nutritional support to TB patients to be rolled out on FridayHealth ministry officials said the genesis of the idea came about when UP governor Anandiben Patel adopted a girl with TB, following which ...
09 Sep, 2022, 12.28 AM IST
360-degree holistic approach cornerstone of TB elimination in India: Health Minister MandaviyaNoting the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the minister said, "For more than two years, we have been facing the global pandemic ...
24 Mar, 2022, 04.24 PM IST
View: Covid set back our fight against TB, but its lessons are strengthening TB management nowIn every adversity lies an opportunity, and this pandemic has provided us with one to augment TB elimination efforts by strengthening our p...
24 Mar, 2021, 11.09 AM IST