Parimal Kumar

A Gujarat-based company has been accused of supplying poor quality eye drops in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government, in a complaint to the Indian government, said that the eye drops supplied by the company, Indiana Opthalmics, have caused eye infect

Around 150 medical colleges in India are at risk of losing their recognition from the National Medical Commission (NMC), the central body that regulates medical education and practice in India.

Around 150 medical colleges of the country are likely to lose recognition of the National Medical Commission -- the regulatory body for country's medical education and medical professionals -- for inadequate faculty and non-compliance of rules.

The study, conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and published in the top medical journal The Lancet, sought to address the reasons for delays at multiple levels in reaching the facilities.

Rs 2,000 Notes Withdrawn: The first day of exchanging or depositing junked Rs 2,000 notes is off to a rocky start with confusion over the requirement of officially valid identity cards, like PAN or Aadhaar, and official forms.

The centre has asked eight states to keep a close watch on the COVID-19 situation amid rising positivity rate, or infections per 100 tests.

Covid cases in the country will rise for the next 10-12 days and then subside, said government sources today, asserting that there's no need to worry over the latest uptick in infections across the country.

India recorded 7,830 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases increased to 40,215, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.

Pointing out that there has been no increase in hospital admissions and the death count due to Covid, he said the new mutation of the virus is more contagious but isn't causing serious disease.

India's daily Covid graph saw a worrying upward curve today as the country added 6,050 cases, which is 13 per cent higher from yesterday. Daily cases have crossed the 5,000-mark for the first time since September 16 last year.

At least 98 per cent of the samples collected from patients infected with COVID-19 in Delhi contain traces of XBB.1.16 variant, a senior doctor at the city's Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) told NDTV.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday denied bail to jailed former AAP minister Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

India recorded 5,335 fresh Covid cases in the past 24 hours, 20 per cent more than yesterday. Daily cases have crossed the 5,000 mark for the first time since September 23 last year.

The samples of eye drops made by Chennai-based Global Pharma Healthcare - linked to three deaths and blindness in the US, are of "standard quality", sources in the Health Ministry told NDTV today.

Licenses of 18 pharma companies have been cancelled and they have been asked to stop manufacturing, sources in the Union Health ministry have told NDTV. Show cause notices have been issued to 26 pharma companies, sources said.

A Gujarat-based company has been accused of supplying poor quality eye drops in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government, in a complaint to the Indian government, said that the eye drops supplied by the company, Indiana Opthalmics, have caused eye infect

Around 150 medical colleges in India are at risk of losing their recognition from the National Medical Commission (NMC), the central body that regulates medical education and practice in India.

Around 150 medical colleges of the country are likely to lose recognition of the National Medical Commission -- the regulatory body for country's medical education and medical professionals -- for inadequate faculty and non-compliance of rules.

The study, conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and published in the top medical journal The Lancet, sought to address the reasons for delays at multiple levels in reaching the facilities.

Rs 2,000 Notes Withdrawn: The first day of exchanging or depositing junked Rs 2,000 notes is off to a rocky start with confusion over the requirement of officially valid identity cards, like PAN or Aadhaar, and official forms.

The centre has asked eight states to keep a close watch on the COVID-19 situation amid rising positivity rate, or infections per 100 tests.

Covid cases in the country will rise for the next 10-12 days and then subside, said government sources today, asserting that there's no need to worry over the latest uptick in infections across the country.

India recorded 7,830 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases increased to 40,215, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.

Pointing out that there has been no increase in hospital admissions and the death count due to Covid, he said the new mutation of the virus is more contagious but isn't causing serious disease.

India's daily Covid graph saw a worrying upward curve today as the country added 6,050 cases, which is 13 per cent higher from yesterday. Daily cases have crossed the 5,000-mark for the first time since September 16 last year.

At least 98 per cent of the samples collected from patients infected with COVID-19 in Delhi contain traces of XBB.1.16 variant, a senior doctor at the city's Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) told NDTV.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday denied bail to jailed former AAP minister Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

India recorded 5,335 fresh Covid cases in the past 24 hours, 20 per cent more than yesterday. Daily cases have crossed the 5,000 mark for the first time since September 23 last year.

The samples of eye drops made by Chennai-based Global Pharma Healthcare - linked to three deaths and blindness in the US, are of "standard quality", sources in the Health Ministry told NDTV today.

Licenses of 18 pharma companies have been cancelled and they have been asked to stop manufacturing, sources in the Union Health ministry have told NDTV. Show cause notices have been issued to 26 pharma companies, sources said.