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Nationwide Compliance Concerns The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has flagged significant violations in the disposal of biomedical waste across 17 states and Union territories. The findings were presented before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which is examining concerns related to the handling, treatment and disposal of biomedical waste. The issue highlights the importance of […]

Strong Pre IPO Fundraising Molbio Diagnostics, a leading point of care molecular diagnostics company, has raised ₹281.5 crore from anchor investors ahead of its initial public offering. The company allotted 34.88 lakh equity shares to 33 anchor investors at ₹807 per share, which was the upper end of the IPO price band. The anchor investment […]

A New Approach to Water Safety Researchers at IIT Guwahati have developed E Eye, a portable optical sensing device designed to rapidly detect multiple toxicants in water and other biological samples. The innovation addresses an important public health challenge: monitoring water quality at the source, particularly in locations where conventional laboratory testing may be difficult […]

More than 100 people have fallen ill with Hepatitis A in Desujodha village in Haryana’s Sirsa district. The outbreak has affected mainly children and young adults, with health authorities investigating contaminated drinking water as the suspected source. Rising Number of Suspected Cases Over the past five days, the health department collected samples from 540 residents. […]

A Major Milestone in Critical Care SRMS Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS), Bareilly, has launched the first Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) facility between Delhi and Lucknow, marking a significant advancement in critical care services across North India. The new facility brings one of the world’s most advanced life support technologies closer to patients in Uttar […]

India Brings AI to Traditional Healthcare The Ministry of AYUSH and IndiaAI, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence in India’s traditional healthcare systems. The partnership aims to combine the country’s rich heritage of Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Sowa […]

Hospitals Raise Concerns Over New Advisory Leading hospital associations across India have opposed the General Insurance Council (GIC) advisory on hospital admissions for patients with fever and infectious diseases. Healthcare providers argue that while clinical guidelines are valuable, decisions regarding hospital admission should always be based on a doctor’s professional judgment and the individual patient’s […]

Strong Start to FY27 India Achieves a Historic Milestone India has achieved a landmark milestone in healthcare by performing 20,138 organ transplants in 2025, crossing the 20,000 mark for the first time in the country’s history. According to the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) annual report, this represents a 6.5 percent increase over […]