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Indian Healthcare-2025:Robust growth in AB-PMJAY and digital delivery, AI next frontier
The health ministry's initiative, launch in October last year, to...
India poised to become 3rd-largest economy with GDP of $7.3 trillion by 2030:Govt
“India is among the world’s fastest-growing major economies and is...
EPFO retains 8.25 pc interest rate on employees’ provident fund deposits for 2024-25
The retirement body had paid 50.8 million claims worth Rs 2.05 lakh crore in 2024-25, up from 44.5 million claims totaling Rs1.82 lakh crore in the previous year. The 8.25 per cent interest rate in 2023-24 was based on EPFO’s record investment income of Rs 1.07 lakh...
Govt appoints Fin Secy Tuhin K Pandey as new Sebi chief for 3 yrs
Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Chairman, Sebi IRDAI chief Debasish Panda will also complete his three-year tenure on Mar 14 and it is yet to be know whether the government will extend his tenure at the Indian insurance regulatory body New Delhi: The government on Thursday...
Delhi HC asks probe agencies to exercise caution over blanket freezing of bank accounts
While an investigating agency was fully empowered to conduct an investigation and recommend freezing of the entire account to the bank, the court pointed out, when resorted to such a measure, it must assign reasons. When it comes to small-time vendors, the action...
India committed to partnering with international stakeholders to tackle global healthcare challenges: Goyal
Piyush Goyal,Union Commerce Minister Goyal also mentioned that over the past decade, transformative steps have been taken in public healthcare, such as providing free treatment to millions of Indians, establishing Jan Aushadhi Kendras, and building modern medical...
India on the verge of becoming clinical trials hub
India's clinical trials data market is estimated to touch $1.51 billion in 2025, according to U.S.-based GrandView Research. While India's reputation as a trusted region for conducting trials is improving, several challenges, such as a lack of standardized regulations...
SC sets aside Allahabad HC direction mandating govt officials to use public hospitals
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar said that such directives interfere with policy decisions and limit individual choice regarding medical treatment New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a 2018 Allahabad...
Regulatory standards must be stronger for quality medicines: Health secy
The meeting with state drug regulators comes in the wake of the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) prohibiting the production and export of all combinations of pain relief medicines tapentadol and carisoprodol, following reports that unapproved combinations of...
Govt seeks merchant bankers for selling equity in public sector banks financial institutions
As per the RFP (request for proposal) floated by DIPAM, the merchant bankers would be empanelled for a period of three years (further extendable by 1 year) and they would advise the government on the timing and the modalities of the transaction for dilution of equity...
SC seeks info from Centre on central, state mental health facilities
The top court previously said chaining of persons suffering from mentally illnesses could not be allowed and termed it as "atrocious" and "inhuman". The court said such acts were violative of their rights under Article 21 of the Constitution, which dealt with life and...
Machinery for citizens to flag misleading ads needed: SC
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said the Drug and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 was of vital importance New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday underscored the importance of creating a mechanism for citizens to file complaints...