What is New World screwworm fly? US halts Mexican livestock imports over growing threatThe US has halted livestock imports from Mexico as the New World screwworm fly spreads closer to the southern border. The parasitic insect ...
11 Jul, 2025, 11.57 PM IST
Fearing attack on reproductive rights by Donald Trump, many women in America are undergoing sterilization, only option they sayRecent reports have revealed that numerous women in the US are planning to undergo sterilization while they are actually scared of an attac...
03 Dec, 2024, 01.31 AM IST
Antilia bomb scare case: NIA opposes Waze's house arrest plea, says he may abscondSachin Waze was arrested in March this year for his alleged role in the Antilia bomb scare case and the killing of businessman Mansukh Hira...
27 Sep, 2021, 08.15 PM IST
Private hospital treatment cost go up due to protocol measuresThe cost of treatment across procedures in private hospitals has gone up by 10-25% with non-Covid patients being charged for personal prote...
16 May, 2020, 07.10 AM IST
Northeast set to get a boost in healthcare sector with new hospitalOther facilities include a fully equipped and spacious surgical intensive care unit, a unique Central Sterile Supply Department to ensure h...
08 May, 2015, 05.42 PM IST
Female sterilization up 36%, males’ dips 24%A botched health camp in Chhattisgarh where sterilization were conducted under dubious circumstances left 11 women dead and 40 in shock and...
04 Feb, 2015, 11.15 AM IST
Odisha bans sterilization camps"The govt has decided that henceforth no such camp will be organized for sterilization to ensure quality care.", health sec. Aarti Ahuja sa...
03 Dec, 2014, 12.00 PM IST
2.2 % Indian males underwent sterilisation surgery in 2013-14The data, which was submitted in Parliament today, states that 97.9 per cent women underwent sterilisation operation for birth control in 2...
02 Dec, 2014, 04.58 PM IST
Sterilisation deaths unfortunate, says Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh"It was an unfortunate incident and the state government has terminated services of erring doctors and others responsible for the incident,...
28 Nov, 2014, 05.50 PM IST
Women undergo 98 per cent of sterilizations in IndiaThe botched sterilization of women in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh has once again highlighted the murky world of such mass sterilizations in Indi...
12 Nov, 2014, 12.03 PM IST
8 women dead, 50 hospitalized after sterilization surgery in ChhattisgarhJanaki Bai (30), the first casualty in the case, had undergone sterilization at the health camp on Saturday and she fell ill soon after.
11 Nov, 2014, 12.30 PM IST
Budget 2014: Medical device industry expects incentives in R&D, manufacturing hubs and duty cutsThe association has also called for the inception of benefits such as reduced Customs duty on raw material, excise duty concessions, VAT ho...
03 Jul, 2014, 05.28 PM IST
Indian habit of ‘jugaad’ helps reduce healthcare costs considerablyThe Indian habit of ‘jugaad’ — roughly, making do with what you have — is now coming handy in surgeries and clinics, reducing healthcare co...
16 Feb, 2014, 06.10 AM IST
New 'Icy' technique improves robotic kidney transplantsSurgeons in India and US have successfully transplanted kidneys into 50 patients using an innovative robot-assisted procedure.
22 Jan, 2014, 03.36 PM IST
- Home Ministry asks states to provide vasectomy reversal surgery to maoists
Home ministry has asked naxal-affected states that vasectomy reversal surgery should be offered at govt's cost to those willing to undergo ...
27 Oct, 2012, 06.21 AM IST
- Budget 2012: Rationalizing import duty for multipurpose equipment, says FICCI
FICCI in its pre-budget recommendations on medical equipments and devices industry asked the government to reduce import duty on spares use...
18 Feb, 2012, 04.29 PM IST
- Strides' Ondansetron gets Canada nod
Strides Arcolab has received approval from Canada's health department for selling Ondansetron injection.
08 Aug, 2007, 02.15 PM IST