public health
- Hyderabad
Telangana health minister stresses on improving public health care
Hyderabad: Stressing the need to improve public health standards across the state, Telangana health minister Damodar Raja Narasimha has asked hospital managements from across Telangana to submit a report on the repairs…
- India
Not right to do politics on public health issue: Kejriwal to PM Modi
New Delhi: AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of doing politics over the issue of public health in the national capital. Kejriwal’s remarks came after Prime Minister…
- Bangalore
Karnataka grappling with major shortage of doctors in govt hospitals
Bengaluru: Karnataka is grappling with a significant shortage of doctors in government hospitals, particularly in rural areas, resulting in more than 1,500 permanent doctor positions lying vacant. This dearth of medical professionals…
- Health
Public health groups, doctors urge for hike in tobacco tax
New Delhi: Public health groups along with doctors and economists have urged the government to increase excise duty on all tobacco products in the Union Budget 2024-25 to generate additional revenue. In…
- Middle East
Dubai Municipality launches ‘Safer Summer’ campaign to foster public health
Dubai Municipality launched the “A Safer Summer” campaign to raise public awareness of the importance of taking necessary health precautions that ensure the well-being of society during the summer season. The programme,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Cops raid godown in LB Nagar; arrest 1 for drug trade
Hyderabad: A man was arrested in connection with dumping spurious medicine illegally in a godown, on Thursday, by the LB Nagar Special Operations Team (SOT) police. The incident took place within the…
- Delhi
Delhi HC upholds ban on gutka, pan masala for public health reasons
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has upheld a ban on the manufacture, storage, and sale of gutka, pan masala, flavoured tobacco, and similar products in the city, citing their direct and…
- India
PM Modi holds high-level review meeting on Covid situation
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level meeting on Wednesday to review the Covid situation amid rise in cases in the country and also took stock of public health preparedness,…
- Telangana
Telangana: ULBs, electricity dept to ensure sufficient water supply in summer
Hyderabad: In view of the temperature soaring up in the state, the Public Health and Municipal Engineering department has issued instructions to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to ensure safe and sufficient water…
- Telangana
Telangana sees qualitative progress in public health, says KCR
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said that the state is registering a qualitative progress in the area of public health and medical infrastructure. He conveyed his greetings to people on the…
- India
India should adopt risk-based approach not blanket bans to contain Covid: WHO
Kolkata: Blanket approaches such as complete restriction on the movement of people and travel bans can be counterproductive in containing Covid in a country like India, says WHO’s India representative Roderico H…
