medicines
- India
Apollo Hospital launches ‘Medicines from the Sky’ at Ziro in Arunachal Pradesh
The ‘Medicine from the sky’ project drone service was successfully launched today at Ziro, Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh in the presence of honourable health and family welfare minister, Alo Libang.…
- Middle East
Expired medicines kill 10 children in Yemen’s hospital
Sanaa: Ten children with leukemia died after receiving expired medicines in a public hospital in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, Houthi-run state media reported, citing a statement by the Houthi-controlled health authorities. Meanwhile, nine…
- India
With addition of 34 new drugs, number of essential medicines goes to 384
New Delhi: A total of 384 drugs have been included in the National Lists of Essential Medicines (NLEM) 2022, which was released by the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya here on Tuesday.…
- Health
Drinking 2 cups of tea daily may help you live longer
New York: Those who drink more than two cups of tea every day are more likely to live longer than people who do not, says a new study. The study, published in…
- India
SC on Dolo-650 makers spending Rs 1K cr as freebies on docs for prescribing tablet
New Delhi: The Supreme Court was told on Thursday that the Central Board for Direct Taxes (CBDT) has accused the makers of the Dolo-650 tablets of distributing freebies of around Rs 1,000…
- India
HIV+ patients protest over shortage of drugs; Govt denies medicine scarcity
New Delhi: A group of people who are HIV positive have been protesting outside the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) office here for the past 20 days alleging shortage of certain antiretroviral…
- India
91-year-old struggles to make ends meet by running tea stall in Kerala
Alappuzha: 91-year-old Thangamma starts off her day at 5 AM preparing tea at a makeshift stall, in Devikulangara village of coastal Alappuzha district, beginning her day-to-day struggle to make ends meet. She…
- India
Plan to slash prices of heart, diabetes and cancer medicines
Hyderabad: The central government has a plan to reduce the prices of long term medicines particularly used for heart diabetes and cancer. The reductions are likely to be announced on August 15. According…
- India
NMC mulls holding exams for persecuted minorities from Pakistan
New Delhi: The National Medical Commission has formed a group of experts to frame guidelines for a proposed exam to allow medical graduates from persecuted minorities who migrated from Pakistan and got…
- Andhra Pradesh
Garuda drones to survey flood situation in Andhra, Gujarat
Chennai: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has tasked city-based drone-as-a-service (DaaS) provider Garuda Aerospace to assess the flood situation in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, said a top company official. The official…
- World
Sri Lanka’s fuel supplies in crisis with last shipments under Indian credit line to arrive this month
Colombo: The last of the fuel shipments due under the Indian Line of Credit are arriving in Sri Lanka this month with no indications on the sustenance of future supplies which are…
- India
Rajya Sabha members demand rollback of hike in medicine prices
New Delhi: Accusing the Centre of being insensitive towards the common people, two Rajya Sabha members on Friday expressed concern over the “unprecedented” increase in the prices of essential drugs and demanded…
- Health
Researchers discover new medicines for treating heart patients
Ohio: A recent research by the University of Cincinnati discovered a unique class of medications that acted as blood thinners by inhibiting an enzyme in the genes of tick saliva. The study…
- Pakistan
Pak’s mini-budget aftermath: Medicines, cellular services become expensive
Islamabad: Amid soaring inflation in Pakistan, the rates of medicines, prepaid cellular cards and sales tax rate on import of electric vehicles have increased due to the mini-budget worth Rs 360 billion,…