You can now file RTI queries on Telangana online

HYDERABAD : The State government has finally launched an online portal dedicated to receiving applications under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Earlier, a public interest litigation was filed in…

Imposing Restrictions On Doctors Is An Unhealthy Practice

Hyderabad : It is beyond any doubt that nothing can be worse than state intervention in the functioning of professionals and the economy, which are linked to one another. This impact…

Govt reviews medical device testing capabilities

New Delhi : The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) is reviewing a task force report submitted to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on laboratories for testing medical…

ED files chargesheet in Rs 211 crore Insurance Medical Services fraud

HYDERABAD : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint (chargesheet) in the Rs 211 crore Insurance Medical Services (IMS) fraud under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).…

Order directing doctors to prescribe only generic medicines put on hold

The orders issued by the National Medical Commission (NMC) which had barred doctors from prescribing medicines other than generic drugs has been put on hold with immediate effect. The decision…

Consignment of banned tablets received in parcel seized

RAJOURI : The District Police Rajouri unearthed a new modus operandi of some peddlers who are receiving consignment of banned drugs in parcel with seizure of one such consignment in…

Expectant Mother comes out Unscathed from Cancer Conundrum in Apollo

New Delhi : Pregnancy and cancer of uterin cervix is a rare example of double whammy. And it is equally a rare feat to rescue both mother and child unscathed…

Jaypee Hospital pulls off a Reconstruction Miracle, restoring a Mangled Hand

Noida / New Delhi : It was a veritable reconstruction miracle. Thanks to flawless reconstruction surgery, a man who had nearly lost his badly mauled hand was handed a hand…

Four booked for producing, selling spurious medicines from Pinjore house

The chief minister’s (CM) flying squad on Tuesday busted a factory unit manufacturing allopathic drugs sans licence operating from a house in Pinjore was busted The accused have been identified…

Parliamentary Panel Recommends DoP To Expedite Implementation Of TMR For Medical Devices

New Delhi : The Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare has recommended to the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) to ensure expeditious implementation of the Trade Margin Rationalisation Policy…