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Public Health Needs the Public, Modiji, but it Also Needs the Government

Vasudevan Mukunth and Siddharth Varadarajan 19/03/2020

In a televised address on March 20, Prime Minister...

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Coronavirus: SC Takes Suo Moto Cognisance of Overcrowding in Prisons

The bench also took suo moto cognisance of conditions...

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Health Ministry Proposes Scrapping Entry Exam for Medical Post-Graduation Degree

Payal Banerjee 15/07/2019

Under consideration is the idea that the final exam...

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E-Cigarettes Soon to Be Labelled as ‘Drug’ and Banned

The Wire Staff 03/07/2019

Expert committees of the government have ruled against e-cigarettes...

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Explained: Can the Health Ministry Curtail Research on E-Cigarettes?

Anoo Bhuyan 01/06/2019

The Union health ministry has issued a circular cautioning...

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IMA Asks Centre to Reconsider Policy on Oxytocin Manufacturing

Restriction on the supply of Oxytocin could jeopardise health...

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Swine Flu Cases in Delhi on the Rise, Over 1,000 Reported in January

"All hospitals have been asked to keep ventilators ready,...