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Hiring activity in e-recruitment space dips by 2% in January: Report

Hiring activity in the e-recruitment white-collar space in January witnessed 2 per cent year-on-year decline mainly due to slowdown in sectors including IT, telecom, manufacturing and healthcare, a report said on Wednesday. E-recruitment refers to the process of employing talents using various online sources. Demand for jobs in production and manufacturing declined by 8 per cent as did in healthcare (7 per cent), IT hardware and software (7 per cent), telecom (5 per cent) and banking, financial services and insurance (3 per cent), according to Foundit (formerly Monster) Insights Tracker (fit) for January 2023 . While IT faces a lull due to global macro conditions and course correction from last year's hiring surge, production hiring was impacted due to cost pressures and a rise in input prices. BFSI (banking, financial, services and insurance) sector, which had continuously witnessed positive hiring numbers, has noted a marginal dip of 1 per cent annually, the report stated. The .

Delhi HC takes on record RGCI's stand to give free treatment to poor

The Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute (RGCI) told the Delhi High Court that starting March 1, it will provide free treatment to poor patients to the extent of 25 per cent in OPD and 10 per cent in IPD

India Health Link signs MoU with UP govt to set up health ATMs

A private firm has signed an MoU with the Uttar Pradesh government to set up health ATMs providing screening of various health parameters at more than 4,600 community and primary health care centres in the state. India Health Link signed the MoU with the UP government under their InvestUP programme. Swadeep Srivastava, Co-Founder & President of India Health Link (IHL) said the health ATM, 'hPod', offers a non-invasive digitally-integrated ecosystem that enables Primary, Preventive and Predictive Healthcare. This is a self-service, walk-in Health ATM wherein individuals can get their screening done for 20+ health vital parameters including BP, weight, pulse, temperature, and ECG within 10 minutes followed by an instant report, without any paramedic assistance." India Health Link (IHL) has committed through signing an MoU of up to Rs 1,000 crore investment and opening significant employment opportunities in UP over the next five years by establishing a manufacturing plant in the ...

Integrative Medicine Centres will start at govt medical sites: Mandaviya

The Centre has decided to open Integrative Medicine Centres at all government medical establishments in the country especially at AIIMS, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday. Opening such centres will help in harmonising the Indian and modern systems of medicine and providing joint multidisciplinary care to patients, Mandaviya said. The health minister and Union Minister of Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday jointly inaugurated an Integrative Medicine Centre at the Department of Integrative Medicine of All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) at Safdarjung Hospital here. Integrative medicine is aimed at harnessing the potential of India's rich heritage and medical knowledge, along with using modern advancements in allopathy, Mandaviya said. Both traditional and modern medical practices would help in providing better avenues of health and wellness, he said. "It is, thus, the need of the hour that different medical systems must not compete but complement each other

Medicine sale by dealers to retailers hit Rs 1.40 trn in Apr-Dec: Mandaviya

The total sale of medicines by stockists/dealers to retailers in India stood at over Rs 1.40 lakh crore during the April-December period, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. In a written reply to a query, Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya laid a statement on the table of the Upper House stating no separate data is, however, maintained regarding consumption of generic medicines in the country. During the April-December 2022 period, the total sales of medicines by stockists or dealers to retailers was at Rs 1,40,865.31 crore. In 2021-2022, it was at Rs 1,69,234.82 crore while the same stood at Rs 1,47,586.41 crore in 2020-2021, as per the statement. The Department of Pharmaceuticals has taken various steps for increasing the production of drugs in the country and encourage domestic manufacturing of pharmaceutical drugs, including PLI scheme for manufacturing of critical Key Starting Materials (KSMs)/ Drug Intermediates (DIs)/ Active Pharmaceutical ...

Online medical consultations in smaller cities grew 87% last calendar year

Lybrate study reports 65% spike in online appointments by women in 2022 over 2021; gastroenterology and ENT top list of consulted specialities

Karnataka: CM Bommai to inaugurate 108 Namma Clinics in BBMP limits today

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai would opening as many as 108 Namma Clinics on Tuesday to provide universal and comprehensive Primary Healthcare to common people

Procter & Gamble's net profit dips by 2% to Rs 207 cr in December quarter

Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care on Monday said its net profit declined 2 per cent to Rs 207 crore for the October-December quarter on account of commodity cost inflation. The company, which follows the July-June financial year, had posted a net profit of Rs 212 crore in the same period of last fiscal. Revenue from operations rose to Rs 1,137 crore in the period under review as against Rs 1,092 crore in the year-ago period, Procter & Gamble said in a statement. "Despite external headwinds and macro-economic environment, we delivered a resilient performance as this quarter recorded sequential progress across topline and bottom line," Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Managing Director LV Vaidyanathan said. This has been possible behind the company's integrated growth strategies of a focused product portfolio, superiority, productivity, constructive disruption, and an agile and accountable organisation, it added. The board of the company on Monday declared an .

India accounts for 57% of leprosy cases globally: Dr Lobo at book launch

Dr Lobo shared his thoughts on leprosy at the launch even of his book titled 'Dr S K Noordeen: Architect of the Global Leprosy Elimination Program'

India accounts for 57% of leprosy cases globally: Dr Lobo at book launch

Dr Lobo shared his thoughts on leprosy at the launch event of his book titled 'Dr S K Noordeen: Architect of the Global Leprosy Elimination Program'

For insurance cover against cancer, maintain high sum for hospitalisation

February 4 is World Cancer Day: here is advice on how meet ancillary expenses in treating disease

Govt needs to complement intent with concrete roadmap to boost tourism

In order to attract more international tourists, India must increase investment and leverage public-private partnership models in healthcare at a faster pace

On the agenda: Budget focuses on quality and reach of healthcare in India

It is hoped there is both a short- and long-term vision to make India a leader in the pharmaceutical sector beyond generic drug manufacture

More funds for social sector in Budget: Pain points & what's on offer

Health spending dipped in 2022-23

Union Budget 2023: What health and nutrition sectors want this year

Here's what voices from healthcare & nutrition sector are expecting from Union Budget

Focus mustn't waver, we must continue to invest in health: K Srinath Reddy

We have to create a multi-layered, multi-skilled health workforce. This is good even from the point of view of employment generation, says PHFI founder

US FDA joins global regulators probing tainted overseas cough syrup

The agency seeks more information about the specific raw materials used and whether they were obtained from any of the same suppliers

Aam Aadmi clinics in Punjab are political gimmickry: BJP's Tarun Chugh

Chugh claimed that the entire state "knows that the health dispensaries and mini hospitals are being converted into Aam Aadmi clinics for political reasons"

Healtech startup Innovaccer lays off 15% employees amid structural rejig

An Innovaccer spokesperson said that the company's priority is to fully support its impacted employees, which includes offering them a generous package

Abbott faces criminal investigation over baby formula, says report

The Michigan plant came to national attention in 2022 after FDA, while fielding reports of infants sickened by formula produced there, found strikingly unsanitary co