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Health Ministry to move SC for medical seat quota in J-K, AP

Friday 17 July '09

While the Medical Council of India (MCI) is contemplating a common entrance for all the 290 medical colleges in India....
Immunisation deficiency

Wednesday 15 July '09

After closure of 3 govt-run vaccine units, Health Ministry data shows 10 per cent decline in target....
Increase marriage age, says Azad

Tuesday 14 July '09

He thinks 18-21 is too young to get married and late marriages are the only way the population explosion in the country...
MCI calls for one all-India entrance test for MBBS

Friday 10 July '09

The Medical Council of India, the regulatory body for medical education, has proposed one entrance examination for all medical colleges in the country.
Indians get heart disease 10 yrs before West: study

Wednesday 8 July '09

Indian population shows established risk factors of cardiovascular disease about 10 years earlier compared to western population.
Pet plans get booster dose

Tuesday 7 July '09

Not only has the allocation for the health sector been increased in the Budget, all flagship programmes...
India-origin polio virus now blamed for 28 cases in Africa

Monday 6 July '09

The polio eradication programme in the country has taken a knocking again. From near-eradication in 2005 when only 66...
FDA tells patients to stick to diabetes drug linked to cancer, relief for millions in India

Friday 3 July '09

International studies published last week linked a very widely used synthetic insulin to increased risk of cancer.
Ramadoss blames judgment delay on Patil

Friday 3 July '09

For former health minister Anbumani Ramadoss, the judgment is a personal victory. He was the only minister in the previous government...
Series of blunders over 12 days

Thursday 11 June '09

Twelve days and a series of mistakes later, the police on Wednesday registered a case of murder in connection with the death of two young....
Shopian women didn’t drown, were raped, murdered: doctors

Wednesday 10 June '09

Doctors who examined the bodies of two Shopian women, whose deaths sparked off protests across the Valley with...
Valley divide impacts Kashmiri, Pandit youth switch to Devnagari

Monday 8 June '09

There is a new offshoot to the Valley divide following the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits....
Stem cell help for insulin dependants

Thursday 16 April '09

In what could bring some cheer and hope for diabetics, research in Brazil claims that stem cell treatment could free patients with type-1....
Bloom or bust?

Friday 10 April '09

As the tulip garden by the banks of the Dal Lake is thrown open to the public, the authorities are skeptic about how long the breathtaking view of the flowers in full glory would last.
Lancet joins calls for Dr Binayak Sen’s release

Tuesday 7 April '09

Nearly two years after renowned paediatrician and human rights activist Binayak Sen’s arrest for his alleged association with the Naxalites....
PHFI gets £5 million for faculty training in UK

Sunday 29 March '09

The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is entering into a major faculty-training collaboration with 12 leading institutes of public health in the United Kingdom....
Court order may be final blow to Dal’s houseboats

Monday 16 March '09

Imagine the Dal Lake without its houseboats. If that left you with a sense of emptiness, get used to it. The future of the 1,200-odd houseboats is under threat.
To promote integration, J-K to focus on history

Wednesday 11 March '09

While trifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir is being debated at many fora, the Education Department has come up with a novel idea to promote integration in the state.....
PM’s surgeons get it right, study backs bypass surgery

Thursday 5 March '09

A study in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine has vindicated the decision of the team of doctors..
Post-surgery, PM’s first appearance in public likely March 4

Sunday 1 March '09

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to make his first public appearance after his bypass next week.
Now, Valley houseboats face sealing threat

Saturday 28 February '09

The iconic houseboats of Kashmir may never leave the shores again following a directive from the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority.
One challenge lost, many more won

Monday 19 January '09

The $20,000 prize money from the BBC World Challenge 2008, would have made a difference. Physiotherapist Sami Wani would have extended his four-room rehabilitation centre...
As Sheikh legacy, NC to reclaim HQ

Wednesday 14 January '09

In 2005, when Mufti Mohammad Sayeed came to power, this was the first thing his government laid claim on...
Overworked, Valley’s maternity hospital struggles to deliver

Tuesday 13 January '09

Voted into power on the promise of change and development, one of the first steps Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah took was to shift...
Farooq: The man who may be CM

Monday 29 December '08

As the National Conference continued its winning streak in Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah returned from New Delhi late afternoon to do what he does best.
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