March 17, 2025 10:50 am
Kerala’s ASHA workers have been on strike for over a month, highlighting their crucial role in the healthcare system. But who are ASHA workers, and why are they indispensable to public health? Also, go 'Beyond the Nugget' to know about the National Health Mission.
March 09, 2021 9:04 pm
Patel was replying to a supplementary question asked by Congress MLA Punja Vansh during the Question Hour discussions on the recruitment for National Rural Health Mission (NHRM).
February 05, 2019 3:58 pm
Modest increases in budgetary allocation to health should have been directed towards reviving primary healthcare — not an insurance scheme that does not cover a majority of the treatments.
March 03, 2016 9:01 am
The increase in the number of cancer patients has set alarm bells ringing for the health department in the district.
May 21, 2015 5:18 am
The total health spend in the first three years of the 12th Plan has been Rs 70,000 crore, way below the Rs 2,68,000 crore allocation given in the Plan document.
November 13, 2014 12:51 am
The exclusively Santhal hamlet of about 105 households is where Shibu Soren and current CM Hemant Soren were born.
July 08, 2014 1:54 am
Most of the lawyer-turned-ministers are back to practising law, while some are pursuing their interests .
April 01, 2014 4:38 am
Officials blame new rule since Jan last year that requires them to have Aadhaar cards, bank accounts.
March 17, 2014 4:00 am
BMJ says the idea of inviting suggestions from experts is to start a trend of health becoming an election issue.
February 20, 2014 1:22 am
Kushwaha had pleaded that the probe agency had not sought prior sanction for his prosecution under Section 197 of the Criminal Procedure Code.




