New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Smt. Anandiben Patel today held meetings with Union Ministers Shri Suresh Prabhu, Shri J P Nadda and Shri Ananth Kumar here and discussed issues pertaining to railways, health and chemicals & Fertilizers of the State pending with respective ministries. During her meeting with Union Railways …
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PM insists for Drug-free India
New Delhi: Text of Prime Minister’s ‘Mann ki Baat’ on All India Radio मेरे प्यारे देशवासियों, आज फिर मुझे आप से मिलने का सौभाग्य मिला है। आपको लगता होगा कि प्रधानमंत्री ऐसी बातें क्यों करता है। एक तो मैं इसलिए करता हूँ कि मैं प्रधानमंत्री कम, प्रधान सेवक ज्यादा हूँ। …
Read More »UN declares 21st June as ‘International Day of Yoga’
New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has welcomed the UN decision of declaring 21st June as ‘International Day of Yoga’ “Elated! Have no words to describe my joy on the UN declaring 21st June as ‘International Day of Yoga.’ I fully welcome the decision. I profusely thank all 177 …
Read More »WHO’s Action Plan for Prevention and Control of NCDs
New Delhi: WHO has developed a comprehensive Global Monitoring Framework and Action Plan for prevention and Control of NCDs (2013-2020), which was endorsed by the 66th World Health Assembly (WHA) in May 2013. The Framework includes a set of nine voluntary targets and 25 indicators which can be applied across …
Read More »Medical Institutions should inculcate a humanistic approach
New Delhi: The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated 150 bed facility at the Institute of Neurosciences today (November 28, 2014) at Kolkata. The Institute of Neurosciences is a project of Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal in collaboration with Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Neurosciences …
Read More »India-Sweden celebrate 5 yrs of collaboration in healthcare
New Delhi: Shri J P Nadda, Minister of Health & Family Welfare said that the Government of India is committed to providing quality healthcare to all, and to ensuring that all have equal access to necessary medicines, with particular focus on the underserved population and marginalised communities. He said this …
Read More »India’s “TB-Mission 2020” announced
New Delhi: Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Health Minister, today outlined the broad contours of India’s new thrust against tuberculosis (TB), and stressed that he is determined to take the country substantially down the road to elimination of the disease by 2020. Delivering the keynote address at the World Health Organisation’s …
Read More »India will undergo a renewal: PM
Mumbai: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today said India will undergo a renewal through the combined efforts of 125 crore Indians. He was speaking at the inauguration of the Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre in Mumbai. He said, just as this 90 year old hospital has …
Read More »India needs more medical research to keep pace with a changing world
New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, delivering the Convocation Address at the 42nd Convocation of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, in New Delhi today, said “This is not the end of your learning – rather you are now going from a closed and protected classroom, to …
Read More »Mauritius Health Minister visits India
New Delhi: The Minister of Health and Quality of Life, the Republic of Mauritius, Mr. Lormus Bundhoo meeting the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, in New Delhi. The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan presenting the book authored by him “A …
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