CPI(M) State secretariat member Ch. Babu Rao has said that the YSRCP government failed in addressing the issue of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) in A. Konduru and surrounding mandals of NTR district. Mr. Babu Rao along with party leaders and activists visited the CKD patients in various villages of A. Konduru mandal on Wednesday. They … Read more
Samajwadi Party leaders raise slogans at the joint sitting of both Houses of the State during the Budget Session of Uttar Pradesh Assembly, at Vidhan Bhawan in Lucknow on February 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The Uttar Pradesh Assembly started on a stormy note on February 20 with the Opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) disrupting … Read more
The General Education department has called on teachers to stop using certain terms to address students. This follows a complaint by a parent to the Chief Minister’s complaint redressal cell. As part of the action taken, the Thiruvananthapuram Deputy Director of Education has directed district education officers and assistant education officers to ensure that such … Read more
Britain’s then Foreign Secretary Jack Straw with then External Affairs Minister in New Delhi on May 29, 2002. | Photo Credit: PTI Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, in an interview with veteran journalist Karan Thapar of The Wire on BBC documentary about the 2002 Gujarat riots, said that the British government conducted an investigation … Read more
Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi walks out of the Assembly in Chennai, on January 9, 2023. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi skipping certain portions of the text of his customary address to the Assembly on Monday can be called the first of its kind in the State. Neighbouring Kerala witnessed … Read more
It finds that social contact between people with and without lived experience of mental illness is the most effective way to reduce stigma and discrimination It finds that social contact between people with and without lived experience of mental illness is the most effective way to reduce stigma and discrimination On Monday, observed as World … Read more
March 4, 2022 — With new cases of COVID-19 continuing to fall, this could be the time to focus on making sure everyone has equal access to vaccines and other drugs before the next public health emergency. The coronavirus pandemic, now in its third year, saw major issues develop around equal access to diagnosis, care, … Read more
March 2, 2022 – Beyond COVID-19, President Joe Biden on Tuesday hit on several other health care priorities in his first State of the Union, including a warning that the administration would scrutinize private investor ownership of nursing homes and that Medicare was going to “set higher standards for nursing homes and make sure your … Read more
A national digital drugs databank will help in addressing “information asymmetry” as well as provide key inputs in mapping the regulatory needs of different states, according to a pharmaceutical sector study conducted by the Competition Commission of India. The fair trade watchdog, which works on ways to foster competition and curb anti-competitive practices, in the … Read more
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld, spoke to Sachin Gupta, Founder and CEO, IKS Health, to know more about digital adoption in healthcare and how it can enable various stakeholders to understand patient journeys from a clinical & administrative standpoint. Your views on digital adoption helping the future of Indian Healthcare system?Health systems across the world have … Read more