Nov 2 : An AIDS patient committed suicide by jumping from a four-storey building here Thursday.

Nov 2 : ‘Puris’ have been banned with immediate effect in mid-day meals served in schools across Uttar Pradesh.
This follows a preliminary study that revealed that the bulk of the 600-odd children who fell ill in the current academic session had consumed ‘puris’ during their mid-day meals in government-run primary schools in the state.
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Oct 27 : Researchers at New Mexico State University have announced the discovery of the world’s hottest chile pepper, Bhut Jolokia, a variety found in Assam, India.

Oct 24 :Informing the poor about government provided health, educational, and social services they are entitled to, could go a long way towards improving the health care and

Oct 5 : Medical Research in the country has got a boost with the setting up of a separate department under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Sep 14: Indian researchers have moved a step further in the fight against malaria by shedding a deeper light on the malarial parasite

Sep 14 : The cholera-hit Kashipur block of Orissa’s Rayagada district, where 52 people have died, is a study in contrast.

Sep 13 : Thanks to the initiative of around 20 NRI doctors, mostly from Britain and the US, a hospital is being set up here with the aim of providing quality healthcare at a low cost to the poor.

Sep 8 : At least 20,000 people in India die every year due to rabies, accounting for nearly 35 percent of such deaths worldwide, the health ministry said Saturday, the World Rabies Day.

Sep 6 : The cardiac team of a private hospital here claimed to have achieved a global first by simultaneously conducting a beating heart surgery and an angioplasty on a 57-year-old diabetic patient.