Health

Bhopal, Jan 28 : Students who don’t have driving licences or don’t wear helmets will henceforth be barred from driving two-wheelers and/or other vehicles to their educational institutions in Madhya Pradesh, the government has said.Directorate of Publ…

Bengaluru, Jan 28 : The future of medicine in India is likely to combine the benefits of traditional medicine with alternative practices like energy healing, experts at a quantum energy forum said here.”Integration is the key for future medicine, whe…

New Delhi, Jan 28 : He suffered from meningitis and became visually impaired when he was only 10 months old.Yet, fighting insurmountable odds, George Abraham is today not only living a successful and wholesome life himself, but is also working tirele…

Dharamsala, Jan 26 : Elderly Buddhist monk Yeshi Dhonden, who was the personal physician of the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama for two decades, has been chosen for Padma Shri by the Indian government for his contribution towards medicine.He …

Mumbai, Jan 26 : With a total of the coveted 10 Padma awards to 11 nominees, including one posthumously, Maharashtra has bagged the lion’s share of the country’s highest civilian awards in 2018.The awards were announced late on Thursday on the eve of…

Kolkata, Jan 26 : Veteran Bengali film actress Supriya Devi died at her South Kolkata residence on Friday following a massive heart attack, family sources said.She was 85.Supriya Devi is survived by her daughter.”She felt unwell around 6.20 a.m. She …

Agartala, Jan 25 : Border Security Force troopers have seized a US-made small gun, ammunition and drugs, besides Indian and Bangladeshi currencies ahead of the February 18 assembly elections in Tripura, the BSF said on Thursday.”The troopers arrested…

New Delhi, Jan 25 : Three months after conjoined twins from Odisha underwent surgery at AIIMS, one of the separated twins, Kalia, has been put on ventilator after his condition deteriorated following a skin graft surgery performed earlier this week a…

New Delhi, Jan 25 : The Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Health Ministry and others on a plea by a man refused treatment in two Delhi hospitals despite suffering serious head injuries.The court asked the Ministry Secretary, Jai Prakash Nara…

Hyderabad, Jan 24 : Bharat Biotech on Wednesday announced that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has awarded pre-qualification to its rotavirus vaccine ROTAVAC.The vaccine to prevent infant deaths and hospitalisation due to rotavirus diarrhoea was …