Health

Every family has had close relatives who have been victims of cancer. In most cases, we feel the pangs of the suffering and are concerned about what they and their immediate families must be going through.But we often do not pay the necessary amount of…

New Delhi, Feb 2 : The proposed 10 per cent tax to be levied on long-term capital gains (LTCG) alone will be able to fund both the National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) and increased minimum support prices (MSPs) for farmers, Finance Minister Arun…

New Delhi, Feb 2 : Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Friday termed the proposed National Health Protection Scheme as “NaMocare” and said various health components of the ambitious programme have been worked out.”In this NaMocare, under the Ayushman…

New Delhi, Feb 2 : Disclosing details of the mega healthcare scheme announced in the Budget, the government on Friday said this will be jointly executed by the Centre and states and will incur a total cost of up to Rs 10,000 crore in the first year.E…

New Delhi, Feb 2 : Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Friday said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had proven that the government’s massive healthcare scheme was a “jumla” because no money has been provided for the initiative, touted as the bigges…

Kolkata, Feb 2 : Stating that most cases of eye cancer in the country get detected at alarmingly late stages, doctors here have stressed on the importance of spreading awareness about types of the disease and its symptoms among people to ensure its p…

New Delhi, Jan 31 : The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Wednesday said it had provided toilet facilities at 192 toll plazas across the country and the remaining 180 will be covered by the end of March.”NHAI is providing separate ladies…

Panaji, Jan 31 : It will soon be mandatory for home and budget-lodgings owners to install toilets on their premises before leasing out their property, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday.There are more than 72,000 homes without toil…

New Delhi, Jan 31 : Expressing concern over the rape of an eight-month-old baby girl allegedly by her cousin here, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed AIIMS to send two doctors to visit the child in the hospital and assess if the she can be shift…

Mumbai, Jan 31 : The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and American pharmaceutical firm Pfizer have announced a partnership to set up a centre aimed at combating growing Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in India.The project, under an MoU signed…