NC-JCM 49th annual meeting: Pension hike, CGHS expansion & medical allowance boost on agendaThe NC-JCM will hold its 49th annual meeting on May 11, 2026, to discuss key issues impacting central government employees and pensioners. ...
07 May, 2026, 08.00 AM IST
Vijay pulls off a Kejriwal in Tamil Nadu over a decade after AAP's rise in DelhiTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) led by actor Vijay is set to win its first Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. This mirrors the Aam Aadmi Part...
04 May, 2026, 06.09 PM IST
Manipur: Two killed as armed assailants open fire on vehicles on NH-202 near UkhrulTwo individuals were killed in a shooting incident on National Highway-202 in Manipur. Unidentified armed assailants opened fire on vehicle...
18 Apr, 2026, 08.08 PM IST
Vir Vikram Yadav appointed new Directorate General of Civil Aviation chiefVir Vikram Yadav is the new chief of DGCA. This appointment is part of a major reshuffle of senior bureaucrats. Twenty-five civil servants ...
31 Mar, 2026, 06.36 PM IST
Cadre crunch eased: Centre increases IAS cadre strength of Uttar Pradesh to 683The Central government has increased the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre strength in Uttar Pradesh from 652 to 683, effective Dec...
02 Jan, 2026, 11.25 AM IST
422 Bodo Liberation Tigers cadres get Rs 2 lakhs as part of rehabilitation packageOver 400 former Bodo Liberation Tigers cadres, previously excluded from rehabilitation, received Rs 2 lakhs each. This initiative is part o...
12 Dec, 2025, 09.51 AM IST
Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma inaugurates two major developments at Zoram Medical CollegeMizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma inaugurates Mizoram’s first Master’s degree programme in Public Health and the newly constructed 80-bed Cu...
31 Oct, 2024, 12.46 PM IST
Well on target to deliver jobs, says Bihar's Dy CM Tejashwi Yadav"We became part of the government after two and a half years. Still, the resolve of our chief minister Nitish Kumar is to provide 10 lakh g...
23 May, 2023, 12.36 AM IST
Country has moved away from token solution to total solution in healthcare sector: Mansukh MandaviyaWhile 1,17,400 Ayushman Bharat -Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) have been made functional, the government said it is committed to est...
16 Apr, 2022, 03.48 PM IST
Panel suggests higher sin tax on tobacco, alcoholUnderlining the severe shortage of doctors, nurses and paramedics, it also called for major reforms in regulation of medical education and ...
20 Dec, 2018, 11.11 AM IST
Five decades on, goverment may form medical service cadreHealth being a state subject, the union health secretary has written to the chief secretaries of all states soliciting the views of the sta...
04 Jul, 2017, 11.03 AM IST
Centre grills NGO linked with Gates FoundationThe Centre has asked the Public Health Foundation of India, which lists Gates Foundation as one of its donors, for more details on the util...
20 Apr, 2017, 01.13 AM IST
Raised retirement age will help, now consider raising PG seats as well: IMAThere is acute shortage of gastroenterologists, diabetologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, rheumatologists and psychiatrists even as the ...
28 May, 2016, 12.15 PM IST
Government admits to shortage of doctors in CGHS dispensariesThe government admitted that there is "some" shortage of doctors in the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) dispensaries across the cou...
31 Jul, 2015, 06.25 PM IST
Health Ministry looks at DoPT proposal, prescribes medical service on lines of IAS & IPSAs per government statistics, there’s only one doctor for every 1,700 Indians as against the desired ratio of 1:1,000.
23 Jul, 2014, 10.27 AM IST
Three-year rural healthcare course to start from 2013Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has decided to go ahead and introduce the Bachelor of Science (Community Health).
24 Nov, 2012, 05.02 AM IST
- NRHM funds to be linked to states’ performance
States will also have to post performance audits of health facilities online, failing which up to 7.5% of their total outlay will be deduct...
25 Jun, 2012, 10.24 AM IST