Health

A man was arrested for allegedly attempting to cause ‘mass harm’ by distributing rat poison-filled capsules disguised as painkillers during a Muharram procession in Mumbai. The Mumbai Police said  the accused was distributing capsules containing zinc phosphide, a rodenticide, a type...

NEW DELHI: Amid multiple fire accidents in the city in recent weeks, Delhi Fire Service (DFS) has asked owners or occupants of various types of buildings, and basements with two or more levels, to mandatorily have a fire safety...

NEW DELHI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Sunday issued notices to eight food business operators for using misleading brand names, trade names and product claims in violation of the Food Safety and Standards Act,...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the country has worked to make quality healthcare more affordable and accessible in the past 12 years, and the government will keep working on all such initiatives to build a...

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and her cabinet colleagues on Sunday undertook a cleanliness drive at the 28 ghats of the Yamuna river here. Gupta, who participated in the drive at the riverfront in Geeta Colony, said public participation...

LUCKNOW: The Meteorological Centre here has issued a red alert for 10 districts in the state for Friday, warning of "severe" to "very severe" heatwave conditions. The alert has been issued for Banda, Chitrakoot, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Fatehpur, Pratapgarh, Mirzapur, Varanasi,...

With India's healthcare industry growing rapidly Hospital and Healthcare management is emerging as most sought after business specialisation and is witnessing a rising demand for skilled hospital administrators, says Industry expert Mr Pramod Tripathi. As educational trends continue to evolve...

NEW DELHI: In view of the alarming rise in childhood myopia across India and globally, the All India Ophthalmological Society has released guidelines that emphasise annual eye examinations, school vision screenings, and spending two hours outdoors daily. The guidelines on...

NEW DELHI: Doctors at BLK-MAX Super Speciality Hospital have successfully delivered a healthy baby girl to a 32-year-old woman, who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, a fast-growing blood cancer, in the fifth month of her pregnancy, officials said...

NEW DELHI: Doctors at AIIMS, Delhi, have successfully performed a simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant after a gap of 18 years, marking a significant milestone in advanced organ transplantation in the country. The complex surgery was carried out on a 30-year-old patient...