New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Bangladesh is grappling with a severe measles outbreak that has killed over 1,000 people since mid‑March, exposing immunity gaps after years of declining routine vaccination coverage and disruptions to immunisation services, a new report has...
Kohima, Sep 14 (IANS) In the wake of 10 people, including three members of a family, dying in "dry state" Nagaland’s Tuensang, with spurious liquor consumption suspected as the cause in nine of the cases, the state Excise and Prohibition...
Bengaluru, Sep 14 (IANS) The Karnataka Special Investigation Team (SIT), questioning fake pharmaceuticals racket key accused Veeresh Kumar Jain, has found that he allegedly ran the network that supplied counterfeit tablets, syrups, and other medicines to medical shops and private...
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) As millions of children in Pakistan remain nutritionally vulnerable despite years of interventions, malnutrition can no longer be treated as an occasional emergency in the country, according to a new report.Pakistan’s ‘National Nutrition Survey 2018’...
Kohima, Sep 13 (IANS) At least nine people, including three members of a family, died at the Civil Hospital in Nagaland's Tuensang district over the past three days after allegedly consuming suspected spurious liquor, prompting the state police to issue...
Kohima, Sep 13 (IANS) At least nine people, including three members of a family, died at the Civil Hospital in Nagaland's Tuensang district over the past three days after allegedly consuming suspected spurious liquor, prompting the state police to issue...
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, arrived in New Delhi on Saturday to attend the 18th BRICS Summit.Extending a warm welcome to Ghebreyesus, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) took to...
Jaipur, Sep 10 (IANS) As part of 'Shuddh Aahar – Milawat Par Vaar' (Pure Food – War on Adulteration) campaign being conducted across Rajasthan on Thursday by the Food Safety and Drug Control Department, a central team of the department...
Dili (Timor-Leste), Sep 10 (IANS) World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has praised India’s significant progress in the healthcare sector, particularly its efforts to expand primary healthcare coverage, improve maternal and child health and strengthen the prevention and...
Dili (Timor-Leste), Sep 10 (IANS) World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has praised India’s significant progress in the healthcare sector, particularly its efforts to expand primary healthcare coverage, improve maternal and child health and strengthen the prevention and...
Dhaka, Sep 9 (IANS) As Bangladesh grapples with an unprecedented measles outbreak, three more children died from symptoms of the disease on Wednesday, pushing the overall death toll to 1002 this year, local media reported.According to the Directorate General of...
Mumbai, September 7 (IANS) Actress Rubina Dilaik has reacted to the controversy surrounding Kriti Sanon’s Raksha Bandhan advertisement.The actress stated that brands should not use public sentiment around festivals merely to generate buzz.Discussing the controversy on The4POV, a podcast featuring...