On the occasion of National Ayurveda Day, the Ministry of AYUSH is organizing a one day National Seminar on ‘’Prevention and Control of Diabetes through Ayurveda’’ on 28th October 2016 at New Delhi. The Minister of State (IC) PMO, DoNER, DOPT, Dr. Jitender Singh will inaugurate the seminar and
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This is the story of one Jai Govind Singh from Sasaram in Bihar. Jai Govind was an alcoholic for more than 25 years. He has now turned as a counsellor and runs a de-addiction centre. And this change came following Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's implementation on prohibition. Because of his drinking habits
Now a days so many patients have to use stents and orthopaedic implants that the Health Ministry too can not ignore the issue of its availability. Sometime back there was news of the prices being monitored and reduced (read http://bharatmahan.in/positive-news/stents-used-heart-surgery-cost-half-215)
A MoU has been signed between the National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (NICPR), an autonomous institute under Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), an autonomous institute under the Ministry of AYUSH. The main
By now everyone must have heard of the tragic incident in Bhubaneswar where 20 patients died in a fire that occurred at the SUM Hospital. Amidst the news of deaths this TOI news has highlighted as to how a brave nurse showed courage and did her best to provide help. For about 40 minutes, Baby
So many times every day we receive request for need of blood by a patient, be it from friends, family or from unknown persons through the social media. There are even dedicated websites for this and a number of voluntary organisations in various parts of the country also help. News has come in the
Seeking to address the problem of anaemia in India, scientists of department of biotechnology (DBT) have developed an innovative way to fortify rice with iron which can be mixed with normal rice and consumed without compromising on its flavour. The fortified rice, manufactured using broken rice
Compliments to Shagun Goel for developing a mobile app which can help in fighting drug addiction. This Class XII student of DPS, RK Puram, Delhi, feels that app is a better option to fight drug abuse as most youths are now hooked to smartphones. Read more in Manash Gohain report in TOI.....
Using ground water, most of the rural population in villages are prone to water-borne diseases. It was a similar story for village Sadhopur in Greater Noida in UP till some time back. And then, initiated by the Enactus Shri Ram College of Commerce, a non-profit organisation with nearly 70,000
Some 200 countries agree to reduce the use of greenhouse gases, the hydroflurocarbon gases (HFCs). It is these gases which play a major role in global warming. And it is these gases which are extensively used in our day to day use of airconditioners, refrigerators, shaving foams etc. On Saturday in
A special grant of Rs. 1,155 crore for installing bio-toilets in trains has been given by the Centre. This which will result in taking Swachh Bharat Mission a step forward. According to Railway Board Chairman AK Mital railways has set the target of making the entire network as discharge-free zone by
When one goes to stay in hotels it is observed that the soap that is being given in the wash rooms are not used completely. And it is often felt that what a waste it is. Now, Diya Burman, a sixteen year old - daughter of Dabur India's Vice Chairman Amit Burman, has created her start-up called