Sanitisers not medicament, to face 18% GST: Tax bodyWipro Enterprises, which manufactures consumer products such as soaps, toiletries and bulbs, began to produce and market hand sanitisers on...
89 lakh kids below 5 years given polio drops across India on 'Polio Ravivar': Health ministry"The booth activity will be followed by house-to-house surveillance (mop-up rounds) over the next two to five days to identify and vaccinat...
Pulse polio programme gets underway in KarnatakaSudhakar said the COVID-19 vaccination drive would be temporarily stopped for four days from Sunday as extra health staff have to be deploy...
National Polio immunisation programme rescheduled, to begin on January 31The President will launch the Polio National Immunisation Day on 30th January by administering Polio drops to some children at the Rashtrap...
Govt defers national polio immunisation programmeThe Union Health Ministry has communicated the decision to defer the polio immunisation programme to all states through a letter on January...
Covid-19 vaccine should be made people's vaccine: Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad YunusSpeaking during a session of the three-day TiE Global Summit (TGS)being held virtually, Prof Yunus said the COVID-19 vaccine should be made...
Pakistan could be next polio-free nation, says WHOAttempts to eradicate the disease in Pakistan have been seriously hampered by the targeting of vaccination teams in recent years by militan...
Act swiftly and decisively to avert a public health crisisReports of the administration of polio vaccines contaminated with type 2 polio virus present a public health concern.
President Ram Nath Kovind launches Pulse Polio programme for 2018Over 17 crore children below five years across the country will be given polio drops as part of the Government of India's drive.
Injectable vaccine to prevent re-emergence of polio launchedHealth Minister JP Nadda said that though India was certified polio-free on March 27, 2014, the battle against polio is not over yet.
President Pranab Mukherjee launches Pulse Polio Immunization ProgrammeLauding the efforts of volunteers and supervisors, Health Minister J P Nadda said that there has been no case of wild polio since January 1...
Polio has been eradicated because of Rajiv Gandhi: ChidambaramP Chidambaram said thanks to the national pulse polio programme no case of the crippling disease had been reported in the last three years.
- After dengue it is polio virus threat from across border
Fearing polio virus threat from Pakistan, the ministry of health and family welfare has begun anti-polio vaccination drive at Attari land a...
- Winning ways; Bollywood in the Afghan wars
That Bollywood is India’s new clear weapon in the battle for the hearts and minds of South Asia, and further a field, is well known.
- Rs 600 cr to help tobacco ryots to take up herbal plantations
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Panabaka Lakshmi laid foundation for an Ayurvedic centre for research on vector cause...
- Primary teachers not to be deployed for non-academic duties
Maharashtra Government has directed officials to ensure that primary school teachers under local self-government bodies should not be used ...
- War of words between Ramadoss and Amitabh Bachchan continues
The war of words between Anbumani Ramadoss and megastar Amitabh Bachchan continued on Monday, with the Union Health Minister saying he did ...