The Union Cabinet was on Wednesday apprised of the progress made in the country's health sector, including the decline of Malaria Annual Parasite  Incidence from 1.10 in 2011 to 0.84 in 2016.


Cabinet apprised of declining Malaria, TB incidences


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The Union Cabinet was on Wednesday apprised about the progress made in the country's health sector, including spending Rs 113 crore in 2016-17 on maintenance of 4,560 medical devices which were not functional in various public hospitals.


Rs 113 cr spent on maintenance of medical devices: Nadda


The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved an increase in cost norms for supplementary nutrition provided in anganwadi centres that would benefit 11 crore children, adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers.


Cost of nutrition given in anganwadi centres revised


Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited noted gastroenterologist and liver transplant surgeon Saumitra Rawat to be part of the Swachhata Hi Seva initiative, saying that his contribution will be instrumental in building a clean and healthy India.


Modi invites noted gastroenterologist to contribute to Swachhata Hi Seva


Rome, Sep 20 (IANS/AKI) A 51-year-old woman doctor was allegedly raped by a 26-year-old male patient at an out-of-hours surgery in Sicily, reports said on Tuesday.


Italian woman doctor raped by patient at out-of-hours surgery


Ever wondered why some dogs are so friendly with their owners? It's because of an association with genetic variations in sensitivity for the hormone oxytocin, according to a new study.


Dogs' social skills may be linked to oxytocin sensitivity


Russian state-run National Immunobiological Company (Nacimbio) on Tuesday announced signing an agreement with Indian pharma firm Mylan Laboratories on the transfer of technology for producing readymade dosage forms and active pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of HIV.


Russian, Indian firms ink deal to produce drugs for HIV


Contrary to popular perception, today's teenagers are actually growing up more slowly than their predecessors, with 18-year-olds now behaving like 15-year-olds of yesteryears, suggests new research.


Teenagers growing up more slowly today than they used to


People living with HIV who adhere to antiretroviral therapy but smoke tobacco cigarettes are more likely to die from lung cancer than from AIDS, a study led by an Indian-origin researcher has revealed.


Smokers with HIV more at risk of lung cancer than AIDS


The World Health Organization (WHO) urged governments worldwide to address non-communicable diseases (NCDs) with "bolder political actions" to save millions of people from premature deaths.


WHO urges actions against non-communicable diseases


SBI Life Insurance is eyeing to achieve 35-40 per cent growth in the new business premium collection in the current fiscal, said a company official on Monday.


SBI Life eyes 35-40% growth in new business premium


If a child has an asthma attack in school, would the staff there know how to respond? For most parents in the US, the answer would be a "no", says a study.


Are schools equipped to assist children with chronic disease?


India will emerge as an economic superpower supplying more than half the  increase in Asia's potential workforce over the coming decade in a developing scenario where demography is shifting the balance of power in Asia, according to Deloitte's "Voice of Asia" report.


India's demography will make it economic superpower: Deloitte


A team of experts from India and Sweden has flagged concerns over uncontrolled dumping of partly treated/untreated urban waste into rivers -- leading to the spread of antibiotic resistance.


Waste dumping in rivers leading to antibiotic resistance: Experts


A woman who was given 9,000 pounds by late singer George Michael has given birth to a boy.


Woman given 9,000 pounds by George Michael delivers boy


Singer Lady Gaga has sent "prayers and love" to "warrior princess" Selena Gomez after learning of her kidney transplant.


Lady Gaga sends prayers to Gomez


Pharmaceuticals major Zydus Cadila on Saturday said that Nesher Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of its US arm, has received final approval from the US health regulator to market an oral suspension of Oseltamivir powder, used for treatment and prevention of influenza.


Zydus' Nesher gets USFDA nod to market influenza drug


Stressing the importance of construction of toilets, President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday launched a cleanliness campaign at an Uttar Pradesh village and honoured those who helped make the village free of open defecation.


President launches cleanliness campaign in UP village


Over 150 tribal girl students of a government residential school fell ill on Friday with symptoms of food poisoning in Odisha's Malkangiri district, officials said.


Over 150 girl students fall ill in Odisha


After steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger is on the rise again, affecting 815 million people in 2016, or 11 per cent of the global population, Rome-base UN food agencies said on Friday.


Global hunger on rise, say UN food agencies


A renowned Indian doctor who expounded a system called "Absolute Yoga" has been stabbed to death in Kansas state in the US. One of his patients was arrested for the killing, police said.

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