25 govt bills including two-child norm dating back to 1992 pending in RS

As many as 25 government bills, including the one dating back to 1992 pertaining to adopting a two-child norm for panchayat polls, are pending in the Rajya Sabha. IMAGE: Rajya Sabha Chairman......

RS adjourned sine die; Goyal says punish erring MPs

Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die on Wednesday evening, two days ahead of the scheduled end of the Monsoon session, after the passage of four bills including on the OBC list and state-run......

'Will you get surgery done by an Ayurveda doctor?'

'The Ayush minister (Shripad Yesso Naik) himself was suffering from COVID-19 and got treated in a modern hospital.' IMAGE: Doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and the Lok......

Do we really care about our Covid warriors?

'Everyone wants that doctors should fight from the frontlines of the pandemic, but there's no reaction from the government when they fall ill or even die because of it.'Geetanjali Krishna reports.......

India's homoeopathic state of mind

A homoeopathic state of mind pervades our thinking in governance and infrastructure-building.Do it in small, harmless doses, but nothing bitter, sharp, or bloody, says Shekhar Gupta. Homoeopathy,......

Steps that govt must take to help India's ailing healthcare

Regulation, licensing, skill upgradation and continuous monitoring are as much required for all health practitioners as they are for teachers, says Subir Gokarn. In my previous column, I wrote......

Need health insurance for alternative medicine? Read this!

Many companies are yet to include this in their coverage plans because of several complexities involved Seetha, a 44-year-old IT professional was suffering from chronic back pain which developed......

India offers $500 million credit to Mauritius

Image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets the people outside the airport on his arrival, in Mauritius. Photograph, courtesy: PIB   India and Mauritius have agreed to push forward their......

The Ashok Kumar you didn't know

Dadamoni would have been 100 today. He was a man of many talents -- actor, singer, homoeopathy doctor and a man with a great zest for living. He was known to be a simple man who went out of his......

Sports Shorts: India assured four medals at boxing WC

IMAGE: Amit Panghal is assured of a medal. Photograph: BFI/Twitter Amit Panghal (52kg) stormed into the final after three other Indian boxers were assured of medals at the World Cup in Cologne,......