Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday suggested establishing facilitation centres at Indian embassies across the world for people who want to travel to the country for medical treatments. While addressing a roundtable conference with senior IFS officers on Building Brand India, he also said that a ‘One Step’ portal will be created to provide … Read more
The fifth series of the Union Health Ministry’s National Family Health Survey shows a fertility rate of 1.6 in urban India and 2.1 in rural areas. (Representative image) India’s Total Fertility Rate has declined to 2.0 from 2.2 in 2015-16, according to the latest National Family Health Survey data, on the back of decades-long family … Read more
The country had administered 91.41 crore Covid-19 vaccines till Monday evening. For the first time in the country, a made-in-India drone transported Covid-19 vaccines on Monday, travelling an aerial distance of 15 km in less than 15 minutes from the Bishnupur district hospital to the primary health care centre at Loktak lake, Karang island, in … Read more