Resident doctors at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital called off their indefinite strike Wednesday after a health ministry official agreed to look into their demands, including better amenities and salaries. ‘A health ministry
Around 800 resident doctors from Safdarjung Hospital went on strike again from Tuesday evening after the Health ministry and the hospital administration reportedly failed to satisfactory action on their demands. Patient services
On Monday, a 25-year-old woman from Panvel shocked medical professionals by naturally giving birth to conjoined twins who were joined below the torso. She did so at her home and didn’t seek medical assistance at a
Resident doctors at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi called off their day-old indefinite strike after the administration agreed to their demands for better amenities and salaries, among others. ‘All our demands including release
After the Maharashtra Association of Residential Doctors (MARD), it’s now Delhi’s Safdarjung hospital's resident doctors turn to go on strike. They’re demanding regular salaries, better hostel facilities and better security
When the Supreme Court said recently that there was something very wrong with men in the country they weren’t wrong. A recent case from Andhra Pradesh show the news depths of cruelty women are made to undergo for giving birth
In the recent case involving a 13-year-old who was raped, the SC said the two-finger test was immaterial as the question of consent doesn’t arise at all. The SC went on to denigrate the practice saying it ‘violates the
Faced with a tough stand from the Punjab State government, the Union Home Ministry is likely to set-up a medical board to assess Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar’s mental health status.
Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal and deputy CM
Do you watch porn? It could soon become a non-bailable offence! The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the various ministries of the Central Government on a PIL which seeks to modify internet laws so that pornography is
On Friday, the SC rejected Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar’s plea to commute his death penalty to life sentence on the grounds that he has undergone great agony for 11 years while waiting for the President’s decision for the mercy
Seventeen-year-old conjoined twins Saba and Farah welcomed the Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that did away with the option of a surgery to separate them and directed the state government to grant the family Rs.5 000 per
India's apex court is in the witness box facing not-so-subtle protests from the $56.67-billion Swiss drugs giant Novartis that is on the losing side of a far-reaching ruling this week on the crucial area of innovation, research
The landmark ruling of the Supreme Court, rejecting Swiss drug maker Novartis AG's attempt to patent its cancer drug, has been welcomed by health experts saying the dictum would ensure that patients get access to cheaper
An important judgment will be pronounced by the Supreme Court on Monday on a Swiss pharma firm's plea asserting its patent over a medicine, and on Tuesday take up Sterlite's plea opposing the order to shut down its plant. In a