Increasing brain drain of nurses threatening Pakistan’s healthcare

IANS | September 4, 2025 3:56 PM

New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) An increasing number of nurses in Pakistan are leaving the country in search of better salaries, safer working environments, and professional opportunities abroad. However, this will cause a severe impact on an already fragile health infrastructure in the country, according to a report.

Piyush Goyal urges India Inc. to pass on entire GST rate cut to consumers

IANS | September 4, 2025 3:49 PM

New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Thursday urged India Inc. to pass on to consumers the benefit of the GST rate cut that has been announced across several categories of goods in order to boost demand and spur growth in the economy.

Bold step: Industry experts hail GST reforms in health sector

IANS | September 4, 2025 3:11 PM

New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate cuts in the healthcare sector are a bold step and will go a long way in advancing the vision of a Swasth Bharat underpinning a Samriddh Bharat, said industry experts on Thursday, while hailing the move.

US: Health workers call for resignation of Secretary Kennedy

IANS | September 3, 2025 7:58 PM

Washington, Sep 3 (IANS) Over 1000 current and former employees of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have called for the resignation of Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr after removal of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Susan Monarez and other actions which they said are "compromising the health of the nation."

‘Pest control wasn’t carried out, very serious note taken’: MP Dy CM on hospital rodent attack

IANS | September 3, 2025 3:14 PM

Indore, Sep 3 (IANS) A day after the shocking incident of rodent attack inside the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward of M. Y. Hospital in Indore, in which one newborn (baby girl) died, Madhya Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla on Wednesday claimed that the government has taken the incident very seriously, asserting that pest control was not carried out in the hospital.

Madras HC quashes denial of kidney transplant over 'proof of friendship'

IANS | September 3, 2025 2:37 PM

Chennai, Sep 3 (IANS) Questioning the logic of demanding documents to establish personal friendship, the Madras High Court has set aside an order of the Authorisation Committee that had refused permission for a kidney transplant between two men who described themselves as family friends.