AIIMS director Randeep Guleria gets another 3-month extension

The tenure of All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi director Dr Randeep Guleria has been extended by another three months, according to an office memorandum issued by the premier......

PM-led panel seeks wider panel of names for next AIIMS-Delhi chief: Sources

The appointments committee of the Cabinet headed by the prime minister on Monday sought a wider panel of names for the post of director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi,......

Problems related to bones, muscles persist post Covid

People continue to suffer from musculoskeletal problems like joint pain, backache, muscle pain, fatigue and stiffness in joints even after recovery from the novel coronavirus infection, doctors......

Remembering Diana: The life of a princess

On July 1, 2021, Britain's Princess Diana would have turned 60 and two decades after her tragic death in a car accident near the end of summer 1997, she still holds an exalted place on the altar of......

Pharma sector in alarm over govt's cure

The government plans to rationalise trade margins for many other medical devices, besides stents and knee implants. Price cap and regulatory clampdown: These are the twin factors that kept the......

Allocate 3% of GDP to healthcare: Doctors

Doctors from both government and private sectors on Wednesday appealed to the Narendra Modi-government to increase the budget allocation for the health sector from 0.9 per cent of the GDP to 3......

E-rickshaws legal but aren't regulated

Jai Bhagwan Goel, a politician active in Delhi circles who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in February, was instrumental in getting a significant rally convened on  June 17. In the rally, he......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

Teenage footballer dies after knee surgery in Chennai

IMAGE: Friends and relatives stage a protest, alleging medical negligence at the local hospital in Chennai, which resulted in the death of 17-year old Priya, an aspiring footballer. Photograph:......

MotoGP: Rossi leaves hospital after surgery on broken leg

'I will do everything I can to get back as soon as possible.' IMAGE: Valentino Ross in action. Photograph: Mirco Lazzari gp/Getty Images Italian MotoGP great Valentino Rossi left hospital on......

Sports Shorts: Kynan raises medal hopes; Pacquiao withdraws from fight with Horn

Kynan shoots 49 as Indian men's trap raises medal hopes IMAGE: Kynan Chenai in action. Photograph: Twitter Indian men's trap team, including Kynan Chenai, raised hopes of a medal after they......