Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Savita Vihar Vs Irrigation & Flood Control Department & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant raised the grievance against throwing of construction debris and sewage obstruction in the Ghazipur drain. According to the applicant this drain flows behind …
The present guidelines are in addition to guidelines on appropriate management of suspect/confirmed case of COVID-19 issued by MoHFW on 7th April, 2020. All suspected (awaiting test results) and confirmed cases of COVID-19 disease are currently being isolated and managed in a hospital setting with the intent to break the …
This SOP is applicable to current phase of COVID-19 pandemic in India (local transmission and limited community transmission), wherein as per plan of action, all suspect cases are admitted to isolation facilities. These procedures are meant to guide and be used for training ambulance drivers and technicians in transporting COVID19 …
The NDHM has proposed to provide the technology platform for collection of core health data from the providers and patients The government has proposed mapping health data of citizens and building a National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) on the lines of the Aadhaar database, and set up ‘digital health’ as …
The FDA officials have received the correspondence and will carry out a survey and send notices to the concerned department. Mumbai: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed curbing advertisements of unhealthy food such as High Fat, Salt and Sugar (HFSS) in and around school premises. …
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan appealed to people on Friday to make the "eat less and eat right" campaign a mass movement to ensure even one grain of food is not wasted and everyone has food to eat. "Food is everyone's responsibility. Let us pledge to not waste even one …
The health ministry, headed by KK Shailaja which worked overtime during the crisis last year, activated safety protocols at the hospital in Ernakulam and has sent a team of top medical officials to the district. Having learned valuable lessons during the outbreak of the Nipah virus in Kozhikode and Malappuram …
Union Health Minister J P Nadda Thursday urged the Delhi government to implement the Centre's ambitious Ayushman Bharat scheme, saying not only the people of the national capital but those from other states who live in Delhi are also not getting health benefits under the initiative. The Union government on …
The Centre’s long-pending plan to combine tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) control programmes may never happen. Last month, Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan chaired a meeting attended by senior officials from the National Health Mission (NHM), National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), and Health Secretaries of Gujarat, Bihar, and …
To prevent indiscriminate sale of topical preparations containing steroids and antibiotics without prescription, the Health Ministry has banned over-the-counter sale of around 14 such creams. In a March 23 notification, the Ministry has put 14 steroid-based creams and ointments under the Schedule H category by making amendments to certain Drugs …
The government on Tuesday deferred the deadline for the implementation of new anti-tobacco warnings that need to be rotated with stricter deterrent images every two years. The Ministry of Health amended the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008, that mandate the two-yearly rotation and allowed the …
According to a senior health ministry official, daily treatment regimen is likely to be more effective with lesser relapses and it is expected to reduce drug-resistance with greater compliance. On the lines of its anti-polio drive, the health ministry has launched a 15-day door-to-door campaign across the country for early …
