Chennai, Dec 2 (IANS) Upset with the DMK government for failing to fulfil its 2021 election promise to regularise thousands of nurses working on contract, the Tamil Nadu Nurses Empowerment Association has announced a series of statewide protests beginning this month.A major demonstration will be held in Madurai on December 4, followed by a statewide hunger strike in Chennai on December 18.The decisions were announced at the executive committee meeting held in Madurai, where association members e…

Agartala, Dec 1 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday said that screening needs to be increased to combat HIV/AIDS, and that more discussions and awareness campaigns are essential in schools and colleges to create awareness on these vital issues. Saha, who also holds the Health and Family Welfare portfolio, also said that more public awareness needs to be raised, and security agencies are taking a strict stance against drugs. As of October 2025, the total number of HIV/AIDS-infected…

New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) India is not only protecting its citizens, but also supporting other countries in achieving control of HIV/AIDS, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda said on Monday.Speaking at the occasion of World AIDS Day at Vigyan Bhawan, Nadda reaffirmed India’s commitment to accelerating progress toward ending AIDS as a public health threat.He also lauded the efforts of the Indian pharma industry for developing medicines, diagnostics that not only helped India put up a fight against A…

Bhopal, Dec 1 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Department on Monday issued a show cause notice to the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) University in Sehore district, where students created violence late at night on November 25. In a strongly worded notice issued by the Additional Secretary of the Higher Education Department, Veteran Singh Bhalavi has sought a reply from the VIT administration on various issues, including clarity about the number of students who fell sick on campus.In …

New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) While obesity is growing as a global health challenge contributing to millions of preventable deaths each year, the World Health Organisation (WHO), in a new report on Monday, said that medications like Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) alone will not solve the problem affecting more than one billion people worldwide.WHO defines obesity as having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or higher in adults.It has approved GLP-1 therapies to treat obesity as a chronic, relapsing diseas…

New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Simplifying submissions of life digital life certificate, particularly for super senior pensioners, the Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) has generated 1.54 crores of Digital Life Certificate (DLC), the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions said on Monday.Under DLC Campaign 4.0 held from November 1-30, more than 91 lakh DLCs — representing more than 60 per cent — were generated using Face Authentication Technology. It is a 230 time…

Kochi, Dec 1 (IANS) Kochi is set to become a global focal point for the emerging marine biotechnology economy, as it hosts the 7th India International Seaweed Expo and Summit (IISE&S) 2026 on January 29–30.Organised jointly by the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), the event will convene leaders from across industry, academia, government, and global markets…

New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The number of complaints in which insurance companies have not resolved cashless health claim settlements within the stipulated time has come down to 0.39 per cent of the total complaints received in the first half (April-September) of 2025-26, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Parliament on Monday. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, the Finance Minister said during the financial year 2024-25, a total of 2,57,790 complaints were received in …

New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Just over a hundred out of 130 cities under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) have shown a reduction in PM10 levels in 2024-25, the Parliament was informed on Monday.In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) Kirti Vardhan Singh, shared that a total of 103 cities out of the 130 showed an improvement in the levels of PM10, one of the key pollutants, in 2024-25 compared to 2017-18.Of these, 22 citi…

Ulan Bator, Dec 1 (IANS) A total of 424 HIV carriers and AIDS patients are now living in Mongolia, the country’s National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said Monday.A total of 36 new HIV cases were recorded in the first 11 months of 2025, the NCCD said in a statement issued in observance of World AIDS Day, marked annually on December 1.The majority of the HIV-infected are aged between 20 and 44. About 99.7 per cent of the infections resulted from sexual transmission.The first case of HI…