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
Committee with no domain expertise approved indigenously manufactured Covaxin, say health experts“The committee is Delhi centric and dominated by disciplines not connected to vaccines and clinical research. Like in the US such important...
07 Apr, 2021, 09.45 AM IST
'Competition laws, IPR encourage innovation, contribute to human progress': D SubbaraoHarmonising the tension between competition laws and IPR in the context of digital technologies is a much more complex public policy challe...
21 Nov, 2020, 09.08 PM IST
Telangana Dubbak win is a morale booster for BJP, wake up call for ruling TRSThe poll outcome will have no bearing on the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government as the party enjoys a massive strength of 100 in th...
11 Nov, 2020, 05.03 PM IST
Telangana Bypoll Results 2020: BJP wins Dubbak seatThe bypoll held on November 3 has been necessitated due to the death of sitting TRS MLA Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy in August this year due to...
10 Nov, 2020, 05.55 PM IST
Telangana's Dubbak bypoll counting on TuesdayThe bypoll was necessitated due to the death of sitting TRS MLA Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy due to health problems in August this year. His wi...
09 Nov, 2020, 04.03 PM IST
India could possibly be under reporting COVID cases: K Sujatha Rao, former health secretaryWhen asked if India has enough infrastructure to handle any potential eventuality, she said “The infrastructure is dependent on the quantum...
25 Mar, 2020, 08.59 PM IST
Darkest hour: Ex-bureaucrats to PM Narendra Modi on rapesThe bestiality and the barbarity involved in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old child shows the depths of depravity that we have sunk...
16 Apr, 2018, 09.04 AM IST
Modicare: The world’s largest National health protection schemeRSBY provides Rs 30,000 cover for up to five members of a below the poverty line (BPL) family. The Centre provides 75% of the total premium...
02 Feb, 2018, 12.33 AM IST
Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu announces mission to end malnutrition in state in 10 yrsThe Chief Minister said an Assembly Forum (with MLAs) would also be created to discuss the issue and take up awareness programmes in each c...
17 Jun, 2016, 06.09 PM IST
S Jaishankar made new foreign secretary; replaces Sujatha SinghS Jaishankar was appointed Foreign Secretary, replacing Sujatha Singh whose tenure has been abruptly 'curtailed" by nearly eight months.
29 Jan, 2015, 01.55 AM IST
AP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu constitutes his council of ministersNaidu constituted his council of ministers tonight, considering their experience and social equations, giving due representation to women a...
08 Jun, 2014, 09.10 PM IST
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar named ambassador to US, Ashok K Kantha heads for BeijingIndia's envoy to China S Jaishankar has been appointed as the next Ambassador to the US and his position in Beijing will be taken by Ashok ...
14 Sep, 2013, 11.50 AM IST
- Doctors from IIT? Govt to brainstorm today
Will Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) soon start producing doctors? The health ministry is meeting on Tuesday to decide.
16 Feb, 2010, 07.26 AM IST
- First health insurance policy for HIV launched
A group insurance plan for HIV positive people, covering their treatment cost among others, was on Wednesday launched here in a first such ...
13 Aug, 2008, 05.40 PM IST
- NACO to review sex education material for schools
The apex body responsible for controlling AIDS in the country is ready to review the sex education material it provides to schools in the w...
07 May, 2007, 10.30 AM IST
- India to provide costly 'second-line' AIDS drugs
India could start providing expensive "second-line" drugs to AIDS patients as early as next year, the country's top official for controllin...
17 Apr, 2007, 10.20 PM IST