New Delhi: A recent study conducted by doctors at AIIMS and Maulana Azad Medical College has shown a startling increase in the number of celiac cases in the country. The study reveals that undiagnosed celiac or allergy to wheat may be a major cause of malnutrition in the country. Three-year-old Gudiya has body of a one year old, all because of a condition that is increasingly prevalent across India. Gudiya's...
08:48 AM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: It seems that another scandal is set to rock the Health Ministry. A CNN-IBN investigation has revealed that former Medical council of India (MCI) members, close to arrested former chief Ketan Desai, are being brought back into the Medical Council. The Board of Governors that was appointed to clean up the mess is under scrutiny. Two years after Ketan Desai's arrest and dissolution of the Medical Council of...
10:05 AM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: India contributes to more than 50 per cent of the world's pneumonia deaths. Pneumonia is fast emerging as the next big challenge after polio for the country. During the World Immunisation Week, the question is whether pneumonia vaccines should be introduced in India's national immunisation programme. Pneumonia is a big challenge as 3,70,000 Indian children die due to the disease annually and 60,00,000 children are affected by it...
07:04 PM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Health Ministry has sacked Medical Council of India Secretary Sangeeta Sharma. This comes days after CNN-IBN reported how she was blocking investigations into the Medical council scam. "My appointment here is permanent. There is no question of deputation," Sharma earlier said. Days after Sharma made that statement on CNN-IBN - her services at the Medical Coucil of India office have been terminated. The decision comes close on...
06:47 AM, Mar 31, 2012
Bijnor: The mascot and the idiom has completely changed. Samajwadi Party's face and heir apparent Akhilesh Yadav is leading the campaign now with Mulayam Singh taking a backseat. Akhilesh also put his foot down and refused to induct the likes of DP Yadav - an image make over to reach out to the upper-caste. Akhilesh said, "I may be young but I've decided not to take in corrupt people." After...
06:49 PM, Jan 08, 2012
New Delhi: It's going to be a battle for numbers in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday when the Lokpal Bill will be debated. For now it seems that allies like the TMC and regional parties like the RJD, Samajwadi Party and the BSP will play a crucial role. The Congress leadership is cracking the whip on erring MPs who were absent from the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. It's also trying...
10:18 PM, Dec 28, 2011
New Delhi: It is a head-to-head battle now between social activist Anna Hazaare and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi. On his day-long fast at Jantar Mantar, the anti corruption crusader made it clear that it was Rahul Gandhi who is responsible for Lokpal deadlock. Anna said, "When the Prime Minister has given in writing... then who can be behind that. It is Rahul Gandhi. Who else can influence? I think...
09:18 PM, Dec 11, 2011
Kiran Bedi said that politicians should take part in the open debate in front of the public. ...
11:34 AM, Dec 11, 2011
New Delhi: The encephalitis virus has killed more than 500 in just the last 2 months in Uttar Pradesh. The political class is finally waking up to the epidemic after a series of CNN-IBN ground reports. Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday promised to take up the matter with the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi. "I will soon meet the Prime Minister and the ...
07:19 PM, Oct 22, 2011
New Delhi: The encephalitis virus has killed more than 500 in just the last 2 months in Uttar Pradesh. The political class is finally waking up to the epidemic after a series of CNN-IBN ground reports. Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday promised to take up the matter with the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi. "I will soon meet the Prime Minister and the...
07:19 PM, Oct 22, 2011
New Delhi: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare is back in the news and this time with a political agenda. Anna has said that he will campaign against the Congress in the polls if the Jan Lokpal Bill is not passed in the winter session of Parliament. As the festive season picks up, Team Anna is now assuming strong political colours. From his den of Ralegaon Siddhi, Anna is outlining his next...
06:03 PM, Oct 04, 2011
New Delhi: One of the many headaches for the Congress at the moment, the Telangana crisis is now threatening to take a new turn as protests entered their 20th day on Sunday. Stepping up the pressure was TRS Chief K Chandrashekhar Rao who sat on a token fast on Sunday at Rajghat. Rao was fasting at Rajghat for a separate state of Telangana on the day of Gandhi Jayanti. Since...
06:37 PM, Oct 02, 2011
New Delhi: One and a half years after the don of the Medical Council of India, Ketan Desai was arrested for taking a bribe of Rs 2 crore, the Central Bureau of Investigation is finally ready with a chargesheet. CNN-IBN has accessed the confidential papers that document how the deal was struck, rules bent, quality of medical education compromised and how money changed hands. The CBI decoded the modus operandi...
08:25 PM, Sep 14, 2011
New Delhi: It's been a year since the Medical Council of India (MCI) was dissolved and its president Ketan Desai arrested. But it seems the rot in the MCI has yet to be cleaned out. A case in point is Dr Sangeeta Sharma, the senior most officer in the MCI. CNN-IBN accessed documents that prove that the Health Ministry raised questions about the validity of her appointment as secretary. In...
06:43 PM, Sep 09, 2011
New Delhi: Still recovering from the after effects of Anna Hazare's campaign, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has taken a step forward towards transparency. The PMO website now contains details of the net financial worth of his entire cabinet. According to the information put on the site, the Prime Minister has assets worth Rs 5.10 crore, including a Rs 90-lakh house in Chandigarh, a Rs 88-lakh flat in Delhi's Vasant Kunj...
01:01 PM, Sep 03, 2011
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