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Mumbai chemists stop agitation after talks with the FDA

February 23, 2013
Chemists have finally called off their ‘work-to-rule’ agitation. The resolve was reached after discussions with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and intervention by Raj Thackeray and Manohar Naik. The political leaders …

Chemists on strike from Tuesday, FDA makes alternate arrangements

October 15, 2012
The Maharashtra Chemists and Drugs Association with more than 50,000 chemist shops in the state will go on a three-day strike from October 16 to 18. They are protesting against repeated raids and alleged harassment by FDA to …

IMA doctors’ strike: Lukewarm response by Pune docs

June 27, 2012
The IMA’s call for strike to protest the National Council of Human Resource and Health Bill 2011 and the Clinical Establishment Act met with a lukewarm response in Pune with most hospitals in the city running as usual. The new …

Is it ethical for doctors to go on a strike? SC asks IMA

June 26, 2012
Though the Supreme Court didn’t stay Monday’s nationwide strike by around 1.78 lakh doctors of the IMA because of impracticality of implementation it did agree to examine the ethicality of doctors striking. The bench …

IMA doctor’s strike: SC refuses to stay doctors’ protest

June 25, 2012
The Supreme Court refused to stay the IMA’s nationwide strike today. The main reason for the protest is the decision to dissolve the Medical Council of India (MCI) and other paramedical bodies like the Nursing Council of India …

IMA Doctors’ Strike: Why the NCHRH bill is not a good idea

October 3, 2012
Unless you've been living under a rock or some other such isolated region you must know by now that the Indian Medical Association have called a nation-wide strike on June 25 i.e. today. So why are they protesting? The main …

Mumbai doctors to join IMA strike

June 25, 2012
Monday will see about 25000 doctors from Mumbai joining the one-day nationwide bandh to protest against the Clinical Estabilishments Bill, which lays unrealistic minimal standards on infrastructure and staff in hospitals, nursing …

IMA doctors’ strike: Why are the docs going on strike?

June 25, 2012
The members of the IMA (Indian Medical Association) are holding a nationwide strike today to protest the NCHRH bill and various other bureaucratic decisions that they feel is harming doctors.  Recently, the decision to …

IMA doctors’ strike: Medical service likely to remain paralysed today

June 25, 2012
Medical services across the country are likely to remain paralysed today. All doctor affiliated to the IMA have threatened to go on a daylong strike to protest the proposed amendments to acts related to clinical establishment and …

IMA doctors’ strike: Judge excuses herself from hearing case citing ‘conflict of interest’

June 23, 2012
The Supreme Court could not take up a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to declare that the proposed doctors' strike June 25 was illegal as Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai recused herself from hearing the matter. A vacation …