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25 members of NMC finalised till today: Health Ministry
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 14, (ANI): Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has finalised 25 members of the National Medical Commission (NMC), which will replace the Medical Council of India (MCI).
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Delhi: Clinic busted for promising male babies through IVF abroad
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 1 (ANI): A team comprising of the National Commission for Women (NCW) along with Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and other organisations, on Tuesday conducted a raid at an IVF clinic here that offered gender identification services and promised male babies
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New health warnings on tobacco products packs from Sept 1
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday notified new sets of specified health warnings for all tobacco product packs by making an amendment in the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labeling) Rules, 2008.
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Organ Donation: In India less than one per million population donate, lowe
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): Roughly 5 lakh people die annually in India due to lack of an organ donor but with less than one per million people opting to donate, the organ donation rate in the country is one of the lowest in the world, according to estimates.
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PGIMER, RML Hospital to be renamed after Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has approved the request to re-name PGIMER & Dr RML Hospital, Delhi as 'Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences & Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi'.
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Microplastics in packaged water within safe limits: Health Minister
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Food regulator FSSAI's scientific panel has examined the issue of the presence of microplastics in packaged water and found it to be within safe limits, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
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There is no definition of 'generic drugs', says Ashwini Kumar Choubey
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The Minister of State in Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey said that there is no definition of 'generic drugs' in the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Drugs & Cosmetics Rules, 1945, on Tuesday in Lok Sabha.
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'H1N1 virus claimed 1,076 lives in 2019, over 26,000 infected'
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): A total of 1,076 people have lost their lives due to H1N1 virus across the country this year (until June 23), while the number of those infected by it stands at 26,140, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday.
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Now on, no cookies, biscuits with chai at Health Ministry
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): Biscuits and cookies, the ubiquitous snacks offered in almost every official meeting are now on their way out, at least inside the Health Ministry, which is replacing them with healthier alternatives such as dates and roasted chana!
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Ashwini Choubey takes charge as Minister of State in Ministry of Health
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi(India) June 4 (ANI): Amidst chanting of prayers and mantras, veteran BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Choubey took charge as Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare here on Tuesday.
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Health Ministry requests MCI to extend last date for PG medical admissions
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has requested Medical Council of India (MCI) to consider extending the last date for PG medical admissions in states from May 18 to May 31 to fill up the remaining vacant seats in the academic session 2019-20.
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Delhi HC seeks Centre's response on plea to extend pregnancy termination p
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought a response from Central government on a plea seeking to extend the length of pregnancy termination by further four to six weeks in case of any health risk to mother or the foetus.
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