Author: Joymala Bagchi

A team of doctors at Sir Gangram Hospital in New Delhi successfully removed a tumor sized 20 cm from the neck of a 72-year-old farmer hailing from Begusarai in Bihar.   The farmer Raghubir* had difficulty breathing for 6 months. He also faced problems while eating food as he had trouble swallowing.    He was […]

Taking umbrage over the allegations made by TRS that the BJP is indulging in buying their MLAs, a BJP delegation met the ECI on Friday.

Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has decided to depute a high-level team to Kerala to take stock of Avian Influenza outbreak in the state. The team will investigate the outbreak in detail and submit report with recommendations. The seven member Central team to Kerala comprises of experts drawn from the National Institute of […]

With Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) resting in the category of ‘very poor’, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said that its 15-point Winter Action Plan (WAP) prevented AQI from reaching the severe category.

More than 41,000 cadets of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) will not be able to appear in the B and C category certificate examinations due to the West Bengal government’s refusal to release necessary funds, claimed BJP leader Amit Malviya. In a tweet, Malviya, who heads BJP’s IT Cell, accused Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee […]

The National Capital’s air quality plummeted to ‘very poor’ this morning as people in several parts of Delhi flouted the ban on firecrackers. Delhi’s Air Quality Index worsened as it slipped to 323 that falls under the “very poor category” a day after Diwali. On Tuesday, 6pm Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) stood at 323, […]

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has written to two top officers of Gujarat, reprimanding them for not submitting a report on transfers and postings of government employees who would be deployed in yet-to-be-announced state Assembly polls. As per rules, the officials who would be deployed for election duty can’t be posted in their home […]

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi withdrew with "immediate effect" its order to streamline treatment facilities for all sitting Members of Parliament.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summoned the divisional engineer of West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company (WBSEDCL) in the cattle smuggling case.

India’s premier medical institute, All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), once again became the simmering pot as doctors opposed the institute director’s directives over new standard operating procedures (SOPs) for sitting members of parliament. Dr M Srinivas, director, AIIMS, Delhi, on Wednesday wrote a letter to Lok Sabha joint secretary YM Kandpal over the […]