Health Care

Tuberculosis to be eradicated by 2025

Dr. Harsh Vardhan meets Development Partners to discuss the challenge and opportunity in eradicating TB by 2025; Sets the way forward; “At a time, when COVID is taking prioritized attention, we should not lose sight of the goal to eliminate TB by 2025. Advocacy and engagement are a way to move forward.”; “Fight against TB needs to be through a Jan Andolan- a People’s Movement”; Important to address issues of stigma: Dr Harsh Vardhan […]

Health Care

India is the Global Centre of Traditional: WHO Report

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi dedicated two future-ready Ayurveda institutions to the nation on the 5th Ayurveda Day today via video conferencing. These are the Institute of Teaching & Research in Ayurveda (ITRA), Jamnagar and the National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur. Both the Institutes are premier institutions of Ayurveda in the country. The former has been conferred the status of an Institution of National Importance (INI) by an Act of the Parliament, and the latter is an Institution Deemed to be University by the University Grants Commission. The Ministry of AYUSH, since 2016, has been observing ‘Ayurveda Day’ every year on the occasion of Dhanwantari Jayanti (Dhanteras). […]

Health Care

NPPA makes Cancer Drugs affordable

NPPA plays a crucial role in making Cancer Drugs affordable; Following NPPA’s price rationalization initiated in February 2019, 526 brands of 42 anti-cancer drugs showed price reduction up to 90%; Saving about 1000 crore annually to Cancer Patients; NPPA Observes National Cancer Awareness day on 07th November […]

Foreign Relations

BRICS Anti-Drug Working Group meeting held

4th Meeting of the BRICS Anti-Drug Working Group held; Communiqué adopted reaffirming commitment of the five member states to the International Anti-drug conventions; India called for nodal points to enable real-time information sharing among BRICS nations; Meeting focused on misuse of darknet and other advanced technologies for drug trafficking […]