medicines
- India
91-year-old struggles to make ends meet by running tea stall in Kerala
Alappuzha: 91-year-old Thangamma starts off her day at 5 AM preparing tea at a makeshift stall, in Devikulangara village of coastal Alappuzha district, beginning her day-to-day struggle to make ends meet. She…
- India
Plan to slash prices of heart, diabetes and cancer medicines
Hyderabad: The central government has a plan to reduce the prices of long term medicines particularly used for heart diabetes and cancer. The reductions are likely to be announced on August 15. According…
- India
NMC mulls holding exams for persecuted minorities from Pakistan
New Delhi: The National Medical Commission has formed a group of experts to frame guidelines for a proposed exam to allow medical graduates from persecuted minorities who migrated from Pakistan and got…
- Andhra Pradesh
Garuda drones to survey flood situation in Andhra, Gujarat
Chennai: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has tasked city-based drone-as-a-service (DaaS) provider Garuda Aerospace to assess the flood situation in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, said a top company official. The official…
- World
Sri Lanka’s fuel supplies in crisis with last shipments under Indian credit line to arrive this month
Colombo: The last of the fuel shipments due under the Indian Line of Credit are arriving in Sri Lanka this month with no indications on the sustenance of future supplies which are…
- India
Rajya Sabha members demand rollback of hike in medicine prices
New Delhi: Accusing the Centre of being insensitive towards the common people, two Rajya Sabha members on Friday expressed concern over the “unprecedented” increase in the prices of essential drugs and demanded…
- India
Essential medicines may become dearer from April
New Delhi: After hike in fuel rates and costs of daily commodities, the essential medicines are set to become dearer from April. The hike is expected as the government is set to…
- Health
Researchers discover new medicines for treating heart patients
Ohio: A recent research by the University of Cincinnati discovered a unique class of medications that acted as blood thinners by inhibiting an enzyme in the genes of tick saliva. The study…
- Pakistan
Pak’s mini-budget aftermath: Medicines, cellular services become expensive
Islamabad: Amid soaring inflation in Pakistan, the rates of medicines, prepaid cellular cards and sales tax rate on import of electric vehicles have increased due to the mini-budget worth Rs 360 billion,…
