Govt issues advisory to regulate stem cell therapy

IANS | September 17, 2026 9:38 AM

New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) The government on Thursday said it has issued an advisory to regulate stem cell therapy, saying the therapy is permitted as standard care in routine clinical practice only for disease conditions or indications included in the list approved by the Health Ministry.

5 Congress MPs, including P Chidambaram, supported MDR framework for UPI in Parliament

IANS | September 16, 2026 10:51 PM

New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) As Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi criticised the Centre over its decision to "impose" fees on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions above Rs 2,000, five Congress MPs -- P. Chidambaram, Manish Tewari, Gaurav Gogoi, Kishori Lal and K. Gopinath -- actually supported a tiered Merchant Discount Rate (MDR)/revenue framework for UPI in the Parliament.