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 […]

Centre Reviews NEET PG 2026 Preparedness Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda has reviewed the preparations for NEET PG 2026, emphasizing that the examination must be conducted in a secure, transparent, and student friendly manner. During the review meeting, officials assessed the readiness of examination centres, technology infrastructure, and security protocols to ensure the smooth […]

Violence Against Healthcare Workers Remains a Global Concern The World Health Organization (WHO) has reaffirmed that violence against healthcare workers continues to be a serious global public health issue. Recent findings indicate that approximately four out of every ten healthcare workers worldwide experience violence during their careers, ranging from verbal abuse and threats to physical […]