Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
POLICY ALLOWS 100% FDI, BUT NEW PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN CITING HEALTH CONCERNS Partha Ghosh NEW DELHI JAPAN Tobacco International's recent move to raise stake in its Indian subsidiary, JTI India, has lit up an old debate related to foreign direct investment in the tobacco or cigarette manufacturing business. …
THE OTHER INDIA Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi July 23, 2008, 0:28 IST After the overwhelming success of its job cards scheme, which covered about 20 million households in villages, the UPA government is ready with yet another programme, health insurance for poor, and a set of smart cards. The …
Imagine visiting a government hospital that can give your average high-priced private hospital a run for its money in cleanliness, has a staff who is amicable and safety of patients is not compromised at the drop of a hat. This is all set to be reality. For the first time …
Chewing tobacco and snuff are less dangerous than cigarettes but the smokeless products still raise the risk of oral cancer by 80%, the World Health Organisation's cancer agency said. The review of 11 studies worldwide showed people who chewed tobacco and used snuff also had a 60% higher risk of …
On May 22 a Delhi High Court hearing brought to the fore the rift between two Union ministries. The object of discord was a law dating back to days of high Victorian puritanism: section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. It criminalizes sexual acts
1860 The Indian Penal Code formulated. Section 377, an important part 1994 Condoms not allowed in Tihar Jail 2001 Offices of the NGOs working with homosexuals raided 2001 Naz Foundation files a case in the Delhi High court 2002 JACK files a counter affidavit 2004 Ministry of home affairs says …
In 1994, a medical team suggested that condoms be made available in Tihar Jail after finding high rates of homosexuality there. Kiran Bedi, the then Inspector General of prisons, refused because that would tantamount to admitting an illegal activity, homosexuality, on jail premises. A human rights group, AIDS Bhedbav Virodh …
Tinesh Bhasin & Falaknaaz Syed Holders of health insurance policies issued from June 1 onwards will benefit. Buyers of health insurance policies will now get their pre-existing diseases covered from the fourth year of their policy. Pre-existing disease has long been a grey area and the biggest reason for dispute …
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has sought from the Planning Commission an allocation of Rs.9,000 crore for implementing the National Urban Health Mission during the 11th Plan. Disclosing this to reporters here on Sunday, Union Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said the mission would be implemented in slum areas …
This book attempts to partially fill the void by systematically assessing health financing reforms in nine low- and middle-income countries that have demonstrated good performance in expanding their populations
In a move to improve and regulate the healthcare system in Lagos, the largest city in Nigeria, the state government has shut down 184 private hospitals, clinics and laboratories. Private facilities, which represented seven per cent of the total number of hospitals in Lagos, failed to meet basic standards of …
the prime minister's commitment to tackle malnutrition among children by promoting breastfeeding seems to be hollow. The cabinet has agreed to increase maternity benefit allowance for working women from Rs 250 to Rs 1,000, but has remained silent about funds for the breastfeeding campaign. The Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India …
recently, the Indian Medical Association (ima) earned the dubious distinction of being the first association of medical professionals in the world to endorse a food brand. And that too of a company best known for its brands of non-nutritive and unsafe carbonated beverages. Going by the law of the land, …
From getting chilled in a spa to receiving super-speciality treatment under one roof might become a reality in the near future with a mega health project proposed on the city outskirts. Dubbed
there are those in India who don't get food. There are those that do. Then there are those that only get bad food. The cheapest available, but bad. It is this group which is bearing the brunt of increasing obesity and chronic diseases in the world. The experience of the …
