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Only 2 Out Of 8 Indian Brands Pass NIV Test
Umesh Isalkar | TNN

Pune: Despite loud promises that these gadgets suck out disease-causing bugs from drinking water, most purifiers sold across India do not completely eliminate waterborne viruses like Hepatitis E, says Pune-based National Institute of Virology.

A study by the government-funded body that conducts research on communicable dise

Priscilla Jebaraj

NEW DELHI: The Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) will only deal with the safety and efficacy aspects of biotech products, leaving the controversial commercialisation aspect hanging in the air, according to the latest version of the BRAI Bill, 2010.

The Bill, which was supposed to be introduced in the last session of Parliament, is back in limbo after object

The Union health ministry on Tuesday said that some Indian missions abroad have expressed concern over the dengue

By Mohinder Verma

JAMMU, Aug 29: With no respite from the diarrhoea epidemic in the mountainous and vast Doda district mainly caused by contaminated water, Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry is deputing its team to the district tomorrow to inspect water resources and suggest corrective measures to tackle the epidemic and prevent its recurrence in the future.

Authoritative sources told

When 59-year-old Kuldip Chatwal (name changed) came to Ludhiana from his home in Sweden in November 2007, little did he know what was in store for him. A seemingly innocuous urinary tract infection took him to a Ludhiana hospital. A few days later, he was shifted to a hospital in Delhi where he was operated on and developed a decubital ulcer.

Aarti Dhar

NEW DELHI: The Centre has sent a two-member team to Lucknow to probe the deaths of four infants after they were administered anti-measles vaccination at an immunisation camp in the Mohanlal Ganj area.

    The parliamentary standing committee on health and family welfare has slammed the health ministry for failing to take enough steps to restart the manufacture of vaccines in the three major public sector vaccine manufacturing units and hence raising the costs of the Universal Immunization Programme.