Weather experts attributed the abnormally warm February to a lack of rainfall. The weather agency has also put out a dire summer forecast this year, predicting intermittent spells of heat waves.
Microsoft co-founder and Philanthropist Bill Gates on Wednesday met Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya in the national capital and appreciated India's COVID-19 management.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Paul said, "we have to make a collation at the ground level that connects each and every stakeholder. We need to make this as Jan Andolan to reach the last mile".
The health ministry's two-day meet on February 26 and 27 at Kanha Shanti Vanam was organised with the aim of building trust and confidence in the quality of drugs, cosmetics and medical devices in domestic and export markets.
Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya is chairing the event which is also being attended by Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar, Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers Dr Bhagwant Khuba and NITI Aayog Member Dr V
Highlighting the lack of proper testing of quality medicines in Gambia, the country's High Commissioner to India Mustapha Jawara on Friday laid thrust on the importance of quality and reasonably priced medicines in the Western African country.
Union Health and family welfare Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya will chair a two-day 'Chintan Shivir' at Telangana's Hyderabad with focus on Drug Quality Regulation and Enforcement.
The Ministry in its February 6 letter to the Punjab Government alleged violation of the provisions of clause 13 of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the state and the Centre.
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has given the National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) certification to district hospitals in Uttar Pradesh in recognition of the high standards of quality and performance maintained by these institutions.
"The E- Pharmacies are currently following that business model which can be problematic for patients who are ordering medicine online, their data privacy at risk and possibility of misuse of drugs," sources told ANI.
The government is working on 'One nation, One policy' for Organ Donation and Transplant in India, under which the Union Health Ministry has discussed and consulted with states to come up with operational guidelines and other changes in organ donation.