Old Shimla bus stand turning into garbage dump
byShimla: Neglect of the old bus stand, which presently serves as the city bus stand, reflects the apathy of the authorities that has left much…
Health
MPs panel raps ministry for clearing 33 drugs without trials
byNew Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Thirty-three new drugs were granted approval by the health ministry without clinical trials on Indian patients between January 2008…
52 new AIDS patients admitted in Islamabad
byIslamabad, April 28 (IANS) As many as 52 new AIDS patients have been registered in the first four months of this year at the…
Kerala Police collect Rs.1.5 million as fine from smokers
byThiruvananthapuram, April 28 (IANS) The Kerala Police have collected around Rs.1.5 million as fine after stepping up vigil in the past five months against…
SC commission tells government to aid Sarabjit’s treatment
byAmritsar, April 28 (IANS) The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has summoned officials of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Ministry of Home…
Sri Lanka posing a challenge to Kerala ayurveda
byGuruvayoor (Kerala), April 28 (IANS) Its decades long ethnic conflict over, Sri Lanka is steadily emerging as a major competitor to Kerala’s ayurvedic system…
Interventional treatment gains popularity against life-threatening diseases
byNew Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Akash Saxena, 55, was diagnosed with liver cancer and a transplant would have cost him Rs 17-18 lakh (Rs…
Cancer-struck Indian professor waits for donor
byMumbai, April 28 (IANS) The clock is ticking away for an Indian-origin professor at Stanford who is suffering from leukaemia and is desperately waiting…
PIL for 50 percent non-doctors in medical councils
byKolkata, April 27 (IANS) To make medical councils in India “unbiased” and “corruption-free”, NGO People For Better Treatment (PBT) will file a public interest…
Awareness on chronic heart disease must
byNew Delhi, April 27 (IANS) With an increasing number of Indians suffering from heart diseases, proper eating habits, heart friendly nutrition and a healthy…