NEW DELHI: Three controversial drugs - nimesulide, suspension to treat pain and fever in children, cisapride for stomach acid reflux, and phenyl­ propanolamine (PPA), a component of popular cold and cough syrups - have been declared unsafe by the Union health ministry's Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) and will be ...

CHANDIGARH: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who was in Chandigarh on a private visit, had a breakfast meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday. The Union minister was here on the invitation of Lok Sabha MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal. Food Minister ...

PATIALA: A team from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), which is on a visit to Punjab to analyse the rising cases of cancer has observed that the state lacks specialised cancer treatment, though the situation is "not that alarming as made out by media reports". The team, led by ...

PATIALA: The Punjab Health Department will soon start a programme to save newborns from contracting the human immunodeficiency virus from their mothers. Union Health Ministry subsidiary National AIDS Control Society (NACO) will supervise, fund and impart training in 150 private hospitals and nursing homes across Punjab to prevent mother-to­ child ...

PATIAIA: A three-member team of the Union health ministry on Thursday visited Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital to inspect the facilities available and also the faculty engaged by the hospital. Those who visited the college included Additional Secretary K. Desiraju, AIIMS representative Dr Rani Kumar and an officer of the ...

PATIALA: Punjab Agriculture Minister Sucha Singh Langah on Saturday said that the Central government has been working against the interest of farmers in the state by failing to announce adequate minimum support price for their produce. Langah said if the Centre fails to announce MSP for wheat in keeping with the ...