Gujarat, TN, Maharashtra top in FSSAI food safety index for 2019-20Among the smaller states, Goa came first followed by Manipur and Meghalaya. Among Union Territories, Chandigarh, Delhi and Andaman Islands ...
07 Jun, 2020, 08.22 PM IST
The Department of Pharmaceuticals proposes to oversee drug regulatorThe Cabinet secretary had constituted a committee tasked with reforming the drug regulatory system under the chairmanship of Rajesh Bhushan...
22 May, 2020, 07.26 AM IST
Do not insist on Covid-19 test for patients who need other healthcare services: Centre to private hospitalsICMR guidelines lay down only asymptomatic healthworkers who have been exposed, asymptomatic direct contacts of laboratory confirmed cases ...
28 Apr, 2020, 07.46 PM IST
Post-lockdown challenge: Two key officers moved from PMO to Finance Ministry and MSME MinistryThe same has been done with an eye on reviving the economy and focussing on the MSME sector, the two focus areas of the government while th...
26 Apr, 2020, 07.58 PM IST
Bureaucratic reshuffle: Health Secretary Preeti Sudan gets 3-month extensionThe move assumes significance as the Health Ministry is at the forefront of India's battle against the novel coronavirus.
26 Apr, 2020, 04.58 PM IST
PM lines up videoconference from home to tackle pandemicPrime Minister Narendra Modi, who has asked people to stay at home to save themselves and their loved ones from Covid-19, is emulating the ...
25 Mar, 2020, 04.50 AM IST
nCoV outbreak: Govt directs ports to put screening system; regular monitoring of situation by PMO, othersA detailed statement regarding the situation and measures taken to check the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus (nCoV) was made by Unio...
07 Feb, 2020, 09.29 PM IST
Novel coronavirus: Centre steps up vigil in areas bordering Nepal, reviews preparedness of statesUnion Health Secretary Preeti Sudan chaired a video-conference meeting with chief secretaries and police chiefs of the five states borderin...
27 Jan, 2020, 06.49 PM IST
Patients with faulty Johnson & Johnson hip implants to be compensated up to Rs 1.23 croreAccording to a statement issued by the ministry, patients who had received faulty hip implants prior to August, 2010 will be eligible for t...
29 Nov, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
Centre will provide all possible support to flood-hit Kerala: J P NaddaUnion Health Minister J P Nadda said he would evaluate with the state government the rehabilitation and rebuilding work being carried out i...
07 Sep, 2018, 02.09 PM IST
High-level team of doctors in Kerala to probe Nipah virus deathsThe high-level team from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has been asked to assist the Kerala government and closely monitor ...
21 May, 2018, 04.23 PM IST
Central law notified 5 years ago can check medical malpractices: ExpertsThe Delhi government, sources said, has formed a committee to deliberate upon the concerns raised by the medical community.
02 Dec, 2017, 11.21 AM IST
Fortis dengue case: Government to probe negligence, overcharging claimsThe hospital yesterday claimed that an itemised bill "spread over 20 pages was explained and handed over to the family" at the time of thei...
22 Nov, 2017, 10.02 AM IST
Ajay Narayan Jha is new expenditure secretaryAjay Narayan Jha will take over from Ashok Lavasa and will join as Officer on Special Duty in expenditure department.
12 Oct, 2017, 10.25 AM IST
Cabinet reassigns health secretary as part of reshuffle of top-level bureaucratsMishra, who took charge as health ministry secretary in July 2016, will replace Ajay Narayan Jha as secretary at the environment.
12 Oct, 2017, 02.02 AM IST
States should follow WHO norms for piped water supply: Centre"With regard to quality of piped water, the states should follow minimum WHO standards. I will write to states on this issue,"Ram Vilas Pas...
17 Apr, 2017, 05.54 PM IST
- Shatrughna Singh appointed Addl Secretary in PMO
Shatrughna Singh, a joint secretary in the PMO, is among a batch of officials who have been promoted as Additional Secretaries in the Gover...
17 Jul, 2013, 08.59 PM IST