Tag: medicines

Accident survivors cry blood theft by nursing home

Three Balasore train accident survivors taken to a Burdwan nursing home by their family members complained of siphoning of blood by the health care unit, which sparked off tension in the town today.

June 8, 2023

Kurmi stir: Trucks with drugs, perishables stranded on NH-6

Community members are blocking tracks, roads demanding recognition as ST

April 8, 2023

Delhi Police recovers ‘medicines’ from farmhouse where Satish Kaushik stayed: Sources

The police are probing the death case of the late actor and are waiting for a detailed post-mortem report.

March 11, 2023

With addition of 34 new drugs, number of essential medicines goes to 384

384 drugs have been included in this list with addition of 34 drugs, while 26 from the previous list have been dropped. The medicines have been categorized into 27 therapeutic categories.

September 13, 2022

Lumpy skin disease: CM approves Rs.30 cr for medicines, vaccines

Earlier the state Animal Husbandry Department has submitted a proposal for additional provision of Rs.30 cr in the current fiscal year 2022-23 under the Pashudhan Nishulk Arogya Yojana for districts to purchase essential drugs and vaccines to cure the animals' lives.

August 23, 2022

WHO recommends two new lifesaving medicines to treat Ebola

In its guidelines published on Friday, the WHO has called for countries to improve access to two lifesaving medicines against viral disease.

August 20, 2022

India hands over 50-bedded hospital to Tajikistan

A team of Indian Army doctors and medical staff have provided various medical services to Tajik nationals and trained numerous Tajik doctors.

July 2, 2022

TN to send rice, milk powder, medicines to Sri Lanka: Stalin

Stalin said with the permission of the BJP-led central government, the state will soon send 40,000 ton of rice, 500 ton of milk powder and life saving drugs to Sri Lanka caught in a severe economic crisis.

May 3, 2022

India on course to become global hub for medicines: DCGI

DCGI Official said that the “Made in India” drugs will have an important effect and hit the world differently in upcoming years.

April 14, 2022

Ukraine war: A look into major drug makers pausing operations in Russia

Following Russia's invasion into Ukraine on February 24, the European Union along with the US and other western nations imposed a slew of sanctions on Russia in the sectors such as finance, energy, transport, technology, visa policy as well in space cooperation.

March 16, 2022

Delhi Zoo: Govt gives Rs 180 cr, only Rs 66.29L spent on medicines

Chief Advocacy Officer, Peta India, Khushboo Gupta told IANS that there is neither clean water nor air in the city of Delhi and it is very difficult to nurture animals.

August 15, 2021

Government to provide medicines at doorstep, order can be placed through WhatsApp, email

PMBJK under the Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers are accepting the orders for medicines on WhatsApp and e-mail, where on the basis of uploaded prescriptions medicines are delivered at the doorsteps of the patients.

May 5, 2020

Amit Shah assures nation of enough food, medicines, essential commodities amid extended lockdown

'I also request the affluent people to come forward and help the poor living near them,' he said.

April 14, 2020

As COVID-19 reaches Delhi, India restricts medicine exports affecting worldwide supplies

Though India produces 20% of the world’s generic drug supply, pharma companies in the country are dependent on China for two-thirds of the chemical components needed to make them.

March 4, 2020

Pakistan imported medicines worth Rs 136 cr from India in 2019

'The imported medicines included life-saving drugs, tablets, syrups and vaccines.'

July 14, 2019

US embargo stopped Indian company from sending medicine to Cuba: UN

By an overwhelming majority of 189 to two, the General Assembly on November 1 passed a resolution criticising the embargo and asking Washington to lift it.

November 5, 2018

Homeopaths claim to have medicines for Nipah

The Indian Homeopathic Medical Association's Kerala unit has claimed of having the medicines to treat the Nipah virus.

June 3, 2018