Is India Winning the War Against Rising Non-Communicable Diseases? The latest health statistics paint a concerning picture: diabetes, heart disease, and cancer rates are climbing, impacting millions across the country. From rural healthcare access to the burgeoning urban health crisis, challenges remain significant. This week, we delve into the crucial initiatives underway – government policies, technological advancements in telemedicine, and the rising role of preventative healthcare – that aim to address this national health emergency. Experts weigh in on the effectiveness of current strategies and the critical need for increased public awareness campaigns targeting lifestyle diseases. Are these efforts enough? Explore Abtak.com's in-depth coverage on healthcare in India and discover the vital information you need to protect your well-being and the future of public health. Stay informed; stay healthy.
Bulandshahr: A heart-wrenching incident has come to light. State-level Kabaddi player Brijesh Solanki, a resident of Farana village in UP's Bulandshahr, tragically died of rabies after being bitten by a puppy he had rescued. The heartbreaking incident took place three days ago. A disturbing video of Brijesh Solanki suffering from the effects of rabies is making the rounds on the internet. The footage shows the Kabaddi player experiencing a violent rabies attack, visibly writhing in pain while lying on a bed. In the video, Solanki can be seen screaming in agony. Puppy Bites During Rescue Earlier in March, a puppy had fallen into a drain in his village. Brijesh reached in to rescue it, but during the act, the puppy bit his right hand's finger. Brijesh neglected it, thinking that it was a minor injury and did not get an anti-rabies vaccine. Brijesh Solanki's condition worsened rapidly after showing symptoms of rabies last Thursday. When he woke up that morning, he noticed numbness in his right hand. By the afternoon, the numbness had spread throughout his body. He was first taken to Jeevan Jyoti Hospital in Aligarh district, where doctors referred him to a higher medical center. He was then taken to a government medical college, but after observing clear symptoms of rabies, doctors there declined to admit him, citing the severity and incurability of the disease at that stage. Left with no choice, the family rushed him to an Ayurvedic medicine center in Mathura, where he briefly showed signs of improvement after receiving herbal treatment. However, his condition deteriorated again, and he was rushed to GTB Hospital in Delhi. There, based on his symptoms, doctors confirmed rabies and informed the family that treatment would no longer be effective. On Friday morning, while the family was bringing Brijesh back to his village, he tragically died on the way.
HYDERABAD: When the Supreme Court on Friday restored the Animal Birth Control (ABC) protocol and ruled that sterilised and vaccinated dogs must be released back into the same locality they were caught from, animal welfare workers in Hyderabad said the judgment merely reaffirmed what they had long demanded. On the ground, however, they allege the practice of shifting dogs out of affluent colonies and abandoning them in poorer neighbourhoods continues unchecked. The order overturned the August 11 directive calling for mass removal of strays into shelters and reaffirmed that relocation was unla ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) The WHO has acknowledged India's efforts in integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) with traditional medicine systems, particularly Ayush systems, the Centre said on Saturday. The World Health Organization praised the country's efforts in a technical brief - Mapping the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Traditional Medicine. The release follows India's proposal on the subject, leading to the development of WHO's first-ever roadmap for using AI in traditional medicine, the Ayush ministry said in a statement. India's efforts to harness the potential of AI to a ...Read More >
Lucknow: In 2023-24 and 2024-25, animal birth control programme succeeded in sterilising and vaccinating 2,84,641 stray dogs against rabies. Moreover, the state established 17 permanent ABC centres, with two additional centres approved for Lucknow and Ghaziabad, on a comprehensive budget of Rs 34 crore. Additionally, the department issued 5,333 pet dog licences this year, promoting responsible pet ownership and community safety. Taking note of Supreme Court's latest directives issued to local bodies to manage dog bite cases and keep the local population safe, urban development department is ta ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): In a significant milestone for global healthcare innovation, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released a technical brief titled 'Mapping the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Traditional Medicine', acknowledging India's pioneering efforts in AI with traditional medicine systems, particularly Ayush systems. The release follows India's proposal on the subject, leading to the development of WHO's first-ever roadmap for applying AI in traditional medicine, the AYUSH Ministry said in a release on Saturday. The WHO publication not only validates Ind ...Read More >
India's dog bite crisis is spiralling into a serious public health challenge, with numbers that experts describe as deeply alarming. In 2024 alone, the country recorded 37.17 lakh dog bite cases -- averaging more than 10,000 incidents every single day. These figures reveal a widening gap between the Centre's goal of eliminating rabies by 2030 and the realities on the ground. India's dog bite crisis is escalating at a pace that public health experts find deeply alarming. In 2024 alone, the countr ...Read More >
Mumbai : Zigly, (Cosmo First Limited) India's first tech-enabled omnichannel pet care brand has reinforced its mission to eliminate rabies, ensuring a safe and healthy environment for pets, pet parents and everyone in the community. As part of its community drive, Zigly will provide free anti rabies vaccination across its pet care centres, pan-India on September 28 for all pets. This initiative is in line with the World Health Organisation's (WHO) World Rabies Day theme - 'Act now: You, Me, Community', which aptly describes Zigly's mission in rebuilding and strengthening rabies control progra ...Read More >
Mysuru: Mysuru district has seen a significant rise in dog bite cases in the last six months. The district reported 9,428 dog bite cases from Jan to June this year. The department of health has stepped up efforts to raise awareness against dog bite cases like rabies, a notified fatal viral disease that poses a serious public health concern.According to sources, of the 9,428 dog bite cases reported in the district, 1,763 cases were children between 1 and 12 years old, 840 were adolescents between 13 and 18 years old, and 6,825 were people above 18 years old. They underwent treatment in govt-run ...Read More >
Coimbatore: Coimbatore MP Ganapathy P Rajkumar said a monitoring committee headed by him with the district collector and the Coimbatore Corporation commissioner as members will be formed to prevent rabies and enhance sterilization of stray dogs in the district.Citing TOI's report (Sept 25) on 25 dogs testing positive for rabies in two months in the city and its suburbs, Rajkumar said on Thursday that the committee will include stakeholders and members from govt departments, such as animal husbandry, and animal welfare organizations. Rajkumar said the corporation is actively working on expandin ...Read More >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 27 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday held 'Janta Darshan' at his residence in Lucknow to address public grievances and concerns. Earlier on Sunday, CM Yogi Adityanath called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi. Later, CM Yogi Adityanath held a courtesy meeting with the BJP National President and Union Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda. In a post on X, CM Yogi shared, "Today, a courtesy meeting was held with the Hon'ble Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah Ji in New Delhi, and his guidance was received. Heartf ...Read More >
NEW DELHI -- India's Supreme Court on Friday scaled back its order to catch and remove tens of thousands of stray dogs from the capital, after feasibility questions about the sheer scale of the exercise. TEMPORARY VICTORY A stray dog is seen on a street following the verdict that modified an earlier order to relocate canines like it in India's capital New Delhi on Aug. 22, 2025. EPA PHOTO The court earlier this month handed city authorities a deadline of eight weeks to round up all dogs, ordering that they be held in shelters and not released. Indian media had suggested there were as many a ...Read More >
Chennai: A post-graduate student at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) suffered a skull fracture when she fell while being chased by a pack of dogs on the hospital campus on Tuesday. The student, who was on her way to the parking lot, was chased by around five dogs. The doctor, who panicked, tried to run but tripped and fell. She suffered a fracture of the zygoma, a part of the skull bone near the cheek. "The bone in the zygomatic arch is displaced and broken into several pieces ...Read More >
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant sent a strong message to industries, stating that the dumping of hazardous and industrial waste in non-designated areas would not be tolerated. He chaired a meeting of the Goa Waste Management Corporation on Friday, and said that all types of waste, including industrial, chemical, and biomedical waste generated in the state, will be monitored and tracked.Sawant said that while nearly all hospitals and medical facilities complied with norms for the disposal of biomedical waste, just half of Goa's industries signed up to dispose of their hazardous waste at th ...Read More >
Ayurveda benefits: From sleep cycles to detox and cellular repair, Ayurveda's daily (dinacharya) and seasonal (ritucharya) routines help align the body with nature's timing (Image: Pexels) Every year, the World Ayurveda Day is observed to honour the holistic path of lifelong wellness. Ayurveda teaches that your body is a self-healing system. As chronic illnesses like diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease continue to rise, this ancient science offers true healing that begins by restoring bala ...Read More >
The child was bitten on his right eye (Representational) Kannur: A five-year-old boy who was bitten by a stray dog last month died at the Pariyaram Medical College Hospital here on Saturday despite being vaccinated. Harith, son of a Tamil couple, was bitten by a stray dog on May 31 near the Sree Narayana Park in Kannur city. The child was bitten on his right eye and left leg and was vaccinated on the same day at the Kannur District Hospital. This is the fourth incident of a child dying of dog bite despite receiving the vaccination in the last few months. In May, seven-year-old Niya, a Ko ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 03: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred Ghana's highest civilian honour -- Officer of the Order of the Star of Ghana -- during his state visit to the West African nation. The award, presented by President John Dramani Mahama, recognises PM Modi's global leadership and statesmanship. This marks the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Ghana in over three decades. Accepting the honour on behalf of 1.4 billion Indians, Modi dedicated it to India's youth, its cultural diversity, and the enduring friendship between India and Ghana. During his visit, PM Modi held bilat ...Read More >
Dr. Mujahid Gilani (Senior Kashmiri Leader): Long before 14 August 1947, people of Jammu and Kashmir had voted in favour of Pakistan even before the division of Sub-Continent. They gave their decision over vehemently to become to join Pakistan as its Muslim majority province. In the backdrop of global situation, we must realize that people of Jammu and Kashmir are struggling for maintaining their lives. Their ratio of population in Jammu and Kashmir which was over 98 % in 1947 has been reduced and it is around 69%. The world has promised to Kashmiris to resolve Kashmir dispute through right to ...Read More >
Gorakhpur: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday conducted an extensive review of preparations at the Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath AYUSH University in Pipri, Bhathat, ahead of President Droupadi Murmu's scheduled visit on July 1.The President is set to inaugurate the newly built state AYUSH University, the first-of-its-kind in Uttar Pradesh. CM Yogi carried out an aerial survey of the campus before conducting a detailed ground inspection and chairing a review meeting with senior officials.Emphasizing the importance of the occasion, the CM directed officials to ensure top-notch arrangements for ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to May 2019, when EC had changed the guidelines to allow EVM counting to proceed regardless of postal ballot counting stage. The 2019 change did not rule out chances of EVM counting being completed before postal ballot counting. INDIA bloc had, during the 2024 elec ...Read More >
Gorakhpur, June 27 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today conducted an extensive review of the preparations for President Droupadi Murmu's upcoming visit to the state's first AYUSH University, located in Pipri, Bhathat. He directed senior officials to ensure exceptional arrangements in terms of security, convenience, and cleanliness for the President's visit. President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to inaugurate the Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath AYUSH University on July 1. Ahead of the inauguration, CM Yogi conducted an aerial survey, on-site inspection, and chaired a review meet ...Read More >
Srinagar, June 28: The Jammu & Kashmir Forest Department has achieved a remarkably high score of 92.97% for Dachigam National Park in Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) exercise, conducted by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change. Minister for Forest, Ecology & Environment, Javed Ahmed Rana, has praised the officers of the Wildlife Department for this outstanding achievement in conservation of protected areas in ecologically sensitive Jammu and Kashmir. He referred to the accomplishment as a benchmark to be emulated in ot ...Read More >
BENGALURU: With the death of a 22-year-old kabaddi player due to rabies in Uttar Pradesh, the BBMP is now focussing on prevention of the disease through vaccination and awareness camps and by launching a drive to round up suspected rabid dogs in its limits. The palike's dog catching squad isolated 1,107 strays and found 673 of them to be rabid in the past four-and-a-half years. A senior veterinarian from BBMP's animal husbandry department said whenever dog bite complaints are received, the canine is caught and kept under observation and certain tests conducted. "Normally in ten days, the ra ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath called on union home minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Sunday. Later, CM Yogi Adityanath held a courtesy meeting with the BJP national president and union minister Jagat Prakash Nadda.In a post on X, CM Yogi shared, "Today, a courtesy meeting was held with the hon'ble union home and cooperation minister Shri Amit Shah Ji in New Delhi, and his guidance was received. Heartfelt thanks for providing your valuable time!""Today, a courtesy meeting was held in New Delhi with the honourable national president and union minister Jagat Prakash Nadda J ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Bringing down the curtain on the proceedings initiated against misleading advertisements for medicinal products, the Supreme Court has closed the case filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) against Patanjali Ayurved and its founders.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and K V Viswanathan said no further hearing was needed as the court had already passed various orders and the purpose of the case had been achieved. "By various orders, the prayers of the WP have been achieved and do not survive for further consideration. Hence, the writ petition stands disposed of. Liberty is al ...Read More >
Ahead of the Garh Ganga Mela in Hapur, UP CM Yogi directed officials to ensure no obscene songs are played during cultural programs. He urged inclusion of folk artists and emphasized safety, cleanliness, CCTV monitoring, and emergency preparedness. No obscene songs should be played during cultural programs: UP CM Yogi Adityanath ahead of Garh Ganga Mela in HapurUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a meeting with district administration officials and public representatives regarding ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 28: Recognised for her lifelong dedication to promoting authentic Ayurvedic healing across the world, Vaidya Smita Pankaj Naram, Co-Founder of Ayushakti Ayurved, has been conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 67th International Global Ayurveda Conference, hosted by the Association of Ayurvedic Professionals of North America (AAPNA) in Pennsylvania, USA. Also Read | West Bengal Bengal BJP Leader Rakesh Singh and His Children Arrested for 'Assaulting' Owner of Flat in Kasba Area. The four-day event, themed "Ayurveda and the Mind," brought togethe ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Central Government is aiming to eliminate Rabies by 2030. According to the study done by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE), on Human rabies death and animal bite burden estimates in India, 2022-2023, more than 5000 people die every year due to dog bites. Nearly 9.1 million animal bites and 5,726 human rabies deaths due to dog bites are estimated to occur every year in India. 80 per cent of the dog bite victims reported taking at least one dose of the vaccination. In order to eliminate dog-mediated rabi ...Read More >
Mumbai: In a concerning incident, a stray dog from Mazgaon's Irani Wadi has bitten two children just ten days after being released back into the area by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The dog was earlier picked up for aggressive behaviour by the civic body, was sterilised, and then returned to the area. According to a report by Mumbai Mirror, after returning to the area, the again started chasing and attacking people. The dog bit two children in separate incidents, one aged seven and the other 10, both from poor families. BMC dog squad vs Residents Though the BMC dog squad sa ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): In an Interim relief to Dabur India Ltd., the Delhi High Court on Thursday directed Patanjali Ayurved to withdraw advertisements that allegedly disparage Dabur's Chyawanprash. The interim order was passed by Justice Mini Pushkarna in response to a lawsuit filed by Dabur, which accused Patanjali of misleading claims aimed at undermining its long-established product. Also Read | RBI Bank Holiday List for July 2025: Banks To Remain Closed on These Days This Month, Check Region-Wise Bank Holidays Dates. While allowed the interim application, the Court listed the ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: In a controversial move, a high-level meeting chaired by local self-govt minister M B Rajesh here on Wednesday decided to allow local bodies to euthanise severely ill or dangerous stray dogs. The meeting, co-chaired by animal husbandry minister Chinchurani, was convened to address the rising stray dog menace in state.A health department report had put the number of dog bite cases between Jan and April this year at 1,31,244. Sixteen deaths due to dog bites occurred between Jan ...Read More >