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 […]

Finance

Union Govt. releases Rs. 890.32 cr as II Financial Package to States/UTs

Government of India has released Rs. 890.32 cr as the second installment of the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package to 22 States/UTs. These include Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim. The amount of the financial assistance is based on the COVID-19 case load in these States/UTs. […]

Foreign Relations

Dr. Harshvardhan talks to ASEAN Health Ministers on COVID related activities

Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare joined a virtual meeting of the Regional Director of WHO for South East Asia (SEA) Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh with Ministers for Health of the member states of the region. The meet was focused on maintaining essential health services and public health programmes in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]