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December 15, 2025, 05:35 PM - 3 min read
There cannot be any doubt about the compelling situation in which the governments requisitioned services of doctors and other health professionals to contain the virus during Covid-19, a bench of Justices PS Narasimha and R Mahadevan said.
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December 13, 2025, 07:35 PM - 4 min read
Flagging concern over increase in number of patients, the doctors emphasised that the ongoing pollution crisis is a serious public health risk rather than a seasonal inconvenience.
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December 12, 2025, 07:50 PM - 2 min read
Till now, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has made eight arrests in the case, which is linked to a 'white collar' terror module busted by the Jammu and Kashmir Police.
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December 9, 2025, 08:50 PM - 2 min read
"The government had approved these demands last year, but no notification was issued," Dr Verma explained.
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November 29, 2025, 03:40 PM - 3 min read
Expediting probe into the ‘white collar terror module’ at multiple levels post Delhi blast, the Police has now issued notices to private hospitals across the national Capital, asking them to submit information about doctors who received their medical education abroad.
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November 4, 2025, 06:20 PM - 4 min read
Delhi's high pollution is not only impacting respiratory issues but hugely affecting the most important organ-eyes of residents in entire region. A thick blanket of smog and toxic air hanging over Delhi has triggered a sharp rise in eye-related ailments like allergies, dryness, burning sensations, and excessive watering, affecting both adults and children. Doctors have reported as high as 60% in such cases post spike in pollution levels in Delhi.
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October 20, 2025, 04:43 PM - 3 min read
The Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench the question whether doctors practising indigenous medical systems such as Ayurveda, Unani, homeopathy can be treated on par with “allopathic” doctors for determining service conditions, retirement age, and pay scales.
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September 22, 2025, 06:14 PM - 2 min read
Doctors from Bengaluru have embarked on a 45-day cycle rally from Kashmir to Kanyakumari to promote oral hygiene, preventive dental care, and awareness nationwide.
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May 2, 2025, 10:09 PM - 3 min read
The Supreme Court has recommended that doctors across India be mandated to prescribe only generic medicines, as is already done in Rajasthan. The court said such a move would counter unethical pharmaceutical marketing, reduce drug costs, and prevent irrational prescriptions influenced by corporate incentives.
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April 22, 2025, 03:34 PM - 2 min read
The directive emphasised that these doctors must report back to their respective Directorates of Health Services. The move, the government stated, is in the interest of better administration and to improve patient care in peripheral regions that are facing a critical shortage of medical staff.
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August 4, 2024, 05:32 PM - 2 min read
"I have written multiple times to him but there has been no action. I joined as health minister in March last year and wrote to him in April to fill 292 vacancies of doctors and 234 vacancies of specialists. I had suggested that since the recruitment through the UPSC is taking time, the doctors could be hired on a contractual basis," he said.
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July 29, 2024, 06:23 PM - 2 min read
From Swine flu to types of influenza, conjunctivitis, Covid, dengue, diarrhoea and chicken pox are making life difficult for city dwellers.
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