Hisar MP Dushyant Chautala on Saturday filed a defamation case against Health Minister Anil Vij for making ‘drug addict’ remarks against him, in a local court. The court fixed hearing in the case on August 14. Vij, while interacting with media persons on April 3, had said that he (Dushyant)[Read More…]
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Picture of Rajasthan health minister urinating on Jaipur walls goes viral
Jaipur: In an embarrassment for the BJP government in Rajasthan, a picture of state Health Minister Kalicharan Saraf urinating on the walls of the Pink City has gone viral. He, however, shrugged it off, saying it was “not a big issue”. The picture comes as the Jaipur Municipal Corporation is working[Read More…]
Health Minister Nadda terms health protection scheme as NaMocare
New Delhi: Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Friday termed the proposed National Health Protection Scheme as “NaMocare” and said various health components of the ambitious programme have been worked out. “In this NaMocare, under the Ayushman Bharat, all health components and its stages have been addressed,” Nadda told reporters here,[Read More…]
Health minister seeks report from Fortis Hospital after girl’s death
Calling the death of a seven-year-old girl at Gurugram’s Fortis Hospital unfortunate, Health Minister JP Nadda on Tuesday said the government had sought a detailed report from the hospital. Stating that action will be taken if required, Nadda also said that his ministry had written to all states regarding the[Read More…]
Over 15,000 new cases of TB detected: Health Minister
Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Thursday said that under the government’s initiative, over 15,000 more tuberculosis (TB) cases have been detected. “We have already completed two campaigns covering 257 districts and screened over 30 million vulnerable persons and detected over 15,000 fresh TB cases. We are planning the next[Read More…]
BJP leader carries out protest demanding Momo ban
Days after senior BJP leader, Ramesh Arora, asked for a ban on momos, the MLC is leading a protest in Jammu against the selling of the popular street food in the state on Thursday. The BJP MLC had criticised the dumplings as being both addictive and a health hazard. He[Read More…]
UP cabinet approves GST bill; will roll out new tax regime from July 1
The Uttar Pradesh cabinet has approved the GST Bill on Tuesday even before introducing it in the approaching assembly session with an aim to roll out the new tax regime from July 1. The decision was taken at the fifth cabinet meeting of the state government. The meeting was presided[Read More…]
Manipur health minister resigns from month-old govt led by BJP
Just a month after being sworn in as the minister in the new Manipur government, state health and family welfare minister Langpoklakpam Jayentakumar Singh resigned from his post citing ‘interference’ to his authority.’ The news came into the light that the NPP leader resigned after the copy of his resignation[Read More…]
TMC emerges victorious in West Bengal by-poll
According to the by-poll results in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) retained the Kanthi Dakshin assembly seat while the BJP finished second. They bagged 95,369 votes. TMC candidate and former Health Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya beat BJP nominee Sourindra Mohan Jana by over 42,000 votes. Considering BJP’s popularity[Read More…]
CBI registers inquiry against Satyendra Jain
Ministry unveils a progressive resource material for adolescent education
The resource material formulated by the Health Ministry for adolescent peers is completely changing the way India has looked at things. This set of newly formulated material says it’s okay to “feel attraction” for the opposite sex or the same sex during adolescence: the fundamental of such relationships, it says,[Read More…]
Google says you cannot die from Chikungunya: Delhi health minister
For Delhi health minister Satyendra Jain Google is the most reliable source of information as according to him chikungunya cannot cause deaths because the search engine told him so. The minister said that four of the five supposed chikunguniya deaths in Delhi were reported from the same hospital, which seems ‘suspicious’. Jain[Read More…]
“No one dies of chikungunya” says Delhi health minister as 5 succumb to the disease
As the national capital reels under chikungunya, witnessing five deaths in the past three days, an all-out verbal war has broken out between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party. The former has accused the Delhi Government of negligence and pointed out towards the absence of its ministers,“The[Read More…]