by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 25, 2026 | Data, Health
Seven drug samples were identified as spurious during the month. These included four samples from the North Zone (Ghaziabad) and one each from FDA Ahmedabad, Bihar and Maharashtra. The spurious drugs were manufactured by unauthorised entities using brand names owned...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 25, 2026 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health
Author Poonam Muttreja, executive director, Population Foundation of India, said, “Recognising people as partners rather than merely patients is essential to bringing the public into public health. Health systems become more responsive, equitable, and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 24, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Regulation
Principal Secretary (Health) Gayatri Rathore said eight hospitals and diagnostic centres were de-empanelled in the past month. She said cases of improper treatment and other irregularities by these hospitals had come to light. “Strict action was taken after...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 24, 2026 | Health, Indian News
The court said that the term doctor originally meant a learned person qualified to teach, but gradually, with the advancement of medical science, university trained physicians—holders of degrees in medicine—began to be called doctors. “Therefore, the contention that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 24, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Seafarer abandonment is defined by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), headquartered in London, under three criteria: failing to cover the cost of a seafarer’s repatriation; leaving a seafarer without necessary maintenance and support; unilaterally severing...
