The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to conduct a fresh probe into the alleged rape and murder of a four-year-old child in Uttar Pradesh, observing that the "diabolical nature of the offence" and the apprehensions expressed by the victim’s family warranted intervention by senior au...
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday carried out a surprise inspection at Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital and directed the administration to improve the availability of medicines, sanitation, and seating facilities for senior citizens in the waiting area....
Former Rajya Sabha member Priyanka Chaturvedi on Thursday raised concerns over US-India trade negotiations and pushed for greater political representation for women....
The Central government's Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission has signed two memoranda of understandings (MoU) with two government institutes to strengthen quality assurance, ensure rational use of medicines, pharmacovigilance and collaborative research, an official statement said on Friday....
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has submitted an extensive set of recommendations to key Central ministries, outlining a holistic, survivor-centric framework to improve care, justice delivery and long-term rehabilitation for acid attack survivors across the country....
Pakistan has the world's highest number of Hepatitis C (HCV) patients due to negligence and unchecked medical culture which enables more than 600,000 quack doctors to practice all over the country. Combined with Hepatitis B (HBV), 13.8-15 million Pakistanis are believed to be living with either virus and only 25-30 per c...
The Madhya Pradesh Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved the establishment of accommodation facilities for patients' relatives within the campuses of selected medical colleges in the state, to be facilitated through philanthropic organisations....
Prioritising public health and patient safety, the Commissionerate of Food Safety and Drug Control, Rajasthan, has issued an alert regarding seven medicines and declared them “Not of Standard Quality” following laboratory testing conducted between April 1 and April 15, 2026, prompting immediate regulatory action across the sta...
The Gujarat government has sought a detailed report from district authorities after a mass illness linked to a private wedding function in Dahod left hundreds requiring medical attention, with 34 people still admitted in hospitals as of Tuesday....
Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh said on Tuesday that the Drugs Control Department unearthed a racket of illegal sale of medicines in East Delhi’s Shahdara and seized a large quantity of drugs....
