The Supreme Court on Tuesday, 24 January, agreed to modify the guidelines for passive euthanasia for terminally ill patients, in a bid to simplify the process. The new guidelines are…
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The Bombay High Court has allowed a married woman to terminate her 33-week pregnancy after the foetus was detected with severe abnormalities. The Court noted that the length of the…
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As per the latest analysis of maternal health indicators fed by states and UTs into the Centre’s Health Management Information System (HMIS) system, seven in every 10 pregnant women in…
Read MoreWith the number of the Covid cases soaring in various nations, India stepped up for genome sequencing of Covid positive cases. States have been requested to ensure that samples are…
Read MoreUnion Minister of State (Independent Charge) Dr Jitendra Singh announces India’s first indigenously developed vaccine, “CERVAVAC”, quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus (qHPV) vaccine , for the prevention of cervical cancer. …
Read MoreThere has been a significant decline in the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in the country:from 130 in 2014-16 to 97 per lakh live births in 2018-20. As per the…
Read MoreOman hosted the 3rd high-level ministerial conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), on 24 and 25 November 2022, to accelerate tackling AMR at the national, regional, and global levels and to…
Read MoreWorld Pneumonia Day, November 12, brings people from all over the world together uniting to demand that something be done to fight the pneumonia illness. World Pneumonia Day helps to…
Read MoreNovember 7 is observed annually as National Cancer Awareness Day in India to raise awareness about cancer, of which 1.1 million cases are reported in the country each year. National…
Read MoreIndia has ranked 107th out of 121 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022, down from the 101st position in 2021. A high score gets a country a…
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