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.
Guwahati: AIIMS Guwahati has become the first health facility in the Northeast to receive accreditation as an Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) provider centre. The institute conducted its inaugural ATLS provider course from December 12 to 14, marking a major step in structured trauma education in the region. In a statement issued on Tuesday, AIIMS Guwahati said the accreditation represents a significant milestone in standardising trauma care practices. Eminent ATLS faculty members from acro
NEW DELHI: Four air conditioning mechanics died of suspected gas leak at their rented accommodation in south Delhi's Dakshinpuri area, police said on Saturday. Police said a man named Zeeshan called them up, saying his relative was not responding to the calls and that the house was locked from the inside. When police arrived at the spot, they found four unconscious men on the first floor of the house in Dakshinpuri. The victims were rushed to Ambedkar hospital, which referred them to Safdarjung and AIIMS Trauma Centre, DCP (South) Ankit Chauhan said. Zeeshan told police that his relative, Im ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Verbal autopsy is a scientific tool that can significantly aid India in the fight against tuberculosis, as it helps identify the deep reasons for mortality caused by the world's deadliest infection, said Dr Kavita Vasudevan from Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute (IGMC&RI) in Puducherry. Speaking to IANS, Vasudevan, from the Community Medicine Department at the Medical College explained how a verbal autopsy model can help identify TB treatment delay patterns, and reasons for TB deaths and improve the referral process. "A comprehensive appr ...Read More >
Srinagar- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said foreign countries were told clearly during the post-Operation Sindoor diplomatic outreach that in case of a fresh provocation, India would repeat its action. Speaking at a discussion at the Ahmedabad Management Association, Tharoor said Indian delegations which visited foreign countries in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor managed to convey that India acted with restraint and responsibility. "In other places, we actually were able to get some very high-placed people to say not only that they respected and supported India's right of self- ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 5: Four AC mechanics were found dead in their sleep, allegedly due to suffocation from inhaling toxic fumes, possibly from leakage of chemicals used in AC servicing, inside their home in the Dakshinpuri area of south Delhi, police said on Saturday. The incident came to light when Zishan, a cousin of two of the victims, contacted the police because his brother was not answering his phone calls. A police team promptly arrived at the house, which was allegedly locked from the inside. Upon entering, they discovered the four men unconscious on the first floor of the 25-square-yard r ...Read More >
Guwahati, Dec 17: AIIMS Guwahati has achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first institution in the North East region to be accredited as an Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Provider Centre. "The accreditation has been granted under the leadership of Prof (Col) Ashok Puranik, Executive Director, AIIMS Guwahati. Marking this landmark development, the institute successfully conducted its inaugural ATLS Provider Course from December 12 to 14, 2025, ushering in a new chapter in structured trauma education in the region," said an official statement. The programme was attended by Pro ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 4 (ANI): Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday came down heavily on the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) over its pitch to reconsider the words 'secular and socialist' from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution while saying that it was 'all talk'. He dared and challenged RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale and top leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the centre to remove the words 'secular and socialist' from the Preamble. 'Days before, I heard that some RSS person said that we should remove Secular and Socialist words from ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 5 (PTI) In a major security lapse, an undertrial prisoner who was brought to Saket Court for a hearing on Thursday was killed inside the court's lock-up after two men allegedly kicked him repeatedly and smashed his head on the wall in the presence of several prisoners. Aman (24), who was facing trial in an attempt to murder case, was rushed to the hospital but was declared dead by doctors. Police sources said they have formed a team to investigate the matter, including why security personnel present at the lock-up were slow in responding. Multiple undertrial prisoners were in ...Read More >
Rourkela: In its effort to bring innovations from the lab to the real world, the National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NIT Rourkela) spun off the startup Miraqules MedSolutions Pvt. Ltd. On Tuesday, the startup received regulatory approval for commercial manufacturing and clinical deployment of its patented technology -- a rapid nano-biopolymer hemostat designed to transform emergency hemorrhage control. As India faces significant challenges in trauma care, a major proportion of road accident fatalities occur due to delays in controlling patients' bleeding. Many of these incidents take p ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Trades worth nearly Rs 3.21 lakh crore have been conducted through the electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) platform during the last five financial years, the government said on Friday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Agriculture Ramnath Thakur said, "From 1st April, 2020 to 31st March, 2025, trade worth Rs 3,20,766 crore has been conducted through electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)". The minister was replying to a question by Congress member Randeep Singh Surjewala. "The inter-state trade volume on the e-NAM platform ...Read More >
VMPL New Delhi [India], August 14: Ellenox, India's largest venture studio, is accelerating its global push in enterprise AI development. In the past year, the company has grown its headcount by 50% over the last year, bringing in senior AI talent from Amazon and Google to power its next phase of expansion. Already delivering AI transformation for Fortune 50 leaders in fintech, cloud computing, consumer social, and sports-tech, Ellenox has built systems that replace costly call centers with natural-voice AI agents and deployed end-to-end social media pipelines capable of scaling global brand ...Read More >
Guwahati: AIIMS Guwahati has become the first health facility in the Northeast to receive accreditation as an Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) provider centre. The institute conducted its inaugural ATLS provider course from December 12 to 14, marking a major step in structured trauma education in the region. In a statement issued on Tuesday, AIIMS Guwahati said the accreditation represents a significant milestone in standardising trauma care practices. Eminent ATLS faculty members from across the country participated in the three-day course and contributed their expertise to the programm ...Read More >
He mentioned that Covishield uses a vector that is an "adenovirus". ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed Study at AIIMS found no clear link between COVID vaccines and sudden cardiac deathsCOVID vaccines significantly reduced coronavirus mortality during the pandemicCovishield vaccine efficacy reported at 62.1 per cent by AIIMS expert Did our AI summary help? Let us know. New Delhi: A day after the Indian Council of Medical Research debunked claims of the Corona vaccine ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): A fire broke out in a Vishal Mega Mart in Delhi's Karol Bagh area, fire officials said on Friday evening. According to the Delhi Fire Service, 13 fire tenders reached at the spot to douse the blaze. The officials informed that dousing operations were underway and efforts were being made to extinguish the fire that had broken out at Vishal Mega Mart. As of now, there are no reports of any injuries in the incident. Earlier, a fire broke out at the trauma centre of Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday. According to an official, ...Read More >
Coimbatore: The steady flow of burn victims requiring skin grafting has now prompted the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital to consider setting up a skin bank on its premises. A Nirmala, dean, CMCH, said the experts at the hospital's department of plastic and reconstructive surgery had been asked to prepare a proposal to set up the skin bank. "The proposal will be sent to the state govt soon. It will help people easily undergo treatment for deep burn injuries at the hospital in the future."The CMCH on an average receives at least five patients with burn injuries a day. "Thermal burn is th ...Read More >
New Delhi: Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) -- a common fungal infection that claims 340,000 lives every year worldwide, can turn lethal for about 1 in three people with lung diseases, finds a study by researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital. CPA, caused by exposure to airborne spores of the mould Aspergillus, causes gradual scarring of the lungs for months and years. It is a debilitating condition that causes severe tiredness, weight loss, breathlessness, and coughing up blood. While exposure to Aspergillus is harmless to most people, ...Read More >
Bhopal, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's seven-day foreign visits to Dubai and Spain concluded on Saturday, and he is scheduled to return to New Delhi on Sunday, government officials said. Talking to media in Barcelona in Spain on Saturday, Chief Minister Yadav said that his visit has been successful as various memorandums of understanding were signed with investors to increase production, employment opportunity and farmers' income in the state. Speaking at the conclusion of his visit, the Chief Minister highlighted the state's focused efforts on developme ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) The living room of Navjot Singh's residence was filled with muffled grief, the air heavy with disbelief. The 52-year-old deputy secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, known within his family for his intellect and dedication, had been killed when a luxury car crashed into his motorcycle near Dhaula Kuan on Sunday afternoon. Singh's wife, who was admitted to the intensive care unit after suffering multiple fractures and a head injury in the accident, is stable and recovering now, the family said. "After Operation Sindoor, Navjot went to the United Nations to d ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): Delhi Police's Special Staff (South East District) arrested two armed robbers following a brief exchange of fire early Sunday morning. The duo had allegedly stabbed and robbed a US citizen on the night of June 25-26 in Amar Colony in South Delhi, officials said. The accused have been identified as Jatin alias Mogli and Akshay. According to police, on June 26, Fortis Escorts Hospital informed Amar Colony Police Station about the medical examination of Aradome Bela Kahn (28), a US national, who was stabbed by two assailants near Nehru Place while walking throu ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: It was an almost decade-long vendetta that led to the murder of 56-year-old property dealer Lakhpat Singh Kataria in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar, police said on Sunday. A father-son duo has been nabbed for the crime after a 48-hour manhunt aided by CCTV analysis, technical surveillance and human intelligence, cops said.The man arrested for Kataria's murder has criminal antecedents, special commissioner (law and order) Ravindra Yadav said. He had filed an FIR against Kataria in 2016 fol ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) None of the Covid vaccine doses are linked to heart attacks and deaths, said Dr Sudheer Arava from AIIMS, who is part of the research currently underway by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Speaking to IANS, he noted that preliminary data so far has shown no indication between heart attack and Covid jabs, developed in the country. "Till now, our study data says that the vaccine has no effect on the cause of death, whether it is a first dose, second dose or third dose, there is no differenc ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 5: A 25-year-old shopper was found dead inside a lift in Vishal Mega Mart after a fire broke out there, police said on Saturday. Kumar Dhirender Pratap likely died of suffocation, they said. A search party composed of police, the fire department, and the disaster response unit found his body. At 6.51 pm on Friday, Dhirender began a streak of messages to his elder brother from inside the lift. "Bhaiya (brother)" followed by, "Hum lift mein hoon. Gas (sic) gaye hain. Karol Bagh Mega Mart." His final message, also sent at 6.51 pm, read, "Ab saans phool raha. Kuchh karo" (I am sho ...Read More >
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Guwahati has achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first institution in Northeast India to receive accreditation as an Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Provider Centre. The recognition marks a major step forward in strengthening structured trauma care and emergency medical training in the region. The accreditation has been secured under the leadership of Prof. (Col.) Ashok Puranik, Executive Director of AIIMS Guwahati. To mark the achievement, the institute successfully conducted its inaugural ATLS Provider Course from December ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): A man named Sudhir Kumar, 50, was declared dead by the AIIMS Trauma Care Centre after he and his daughter Priya, 22, were rushed to the Centre, informed the Delhi Police on Thursday. This comes after they were trapped beneath the fallen tree, owing to heavy rains, near Paras Chowk, Kalkaji, New Delhi, the Delhi Police told ANI. Describing more on the incident, the Delhi Police told ANI, One of the injured, Sudhir Kumar, aged 50 years, passed away during treatment. At approximately 9:50 AM, an old roadside Neem tree fell in front of HDFC Bank near Paras Ch ...Read More >