Team DP

Reiterating the importance of disaster resilient infrastructure (DRI) in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and especially Goal 9 that recognises DRI as a crucial driver of economic growth and development, the Additional…
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Calling for strict adherence to global standards in manufacturing drugs, the Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that world class drugs with unwavering quality at very affordable prices is the need of hour, and exhorted the…
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Expanding on the official World Kidney Day 2019 theme of universal coverage of kidney diseases to mark the World Kidney Day today, a renewed focus on early intervention, innovating later-stage care and improving the evidence base for policy…
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With the announcement of the polling schedule by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on March 10 to be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19, and results to be out on May 23, the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into effect for…
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Recently when the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) invoked extraordinary powers under Para 19 of the Drug Price Control Orders (DPCO) under the Essential Commodities Act, to cap trade margins to 30 per cent for 42…
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The National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) 2018-19, conducted by an Independent Verification Agency (IVA) under the World Bank support project to the Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G), has found that 96.5 per cent of the…
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Twitter was abuzz with #Dyslexia #Tania hashtags as soon as Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a political jibe in form of a “joke” on Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi when an engineering student as part of the Grand Finale of the Smart India…
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The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that medical students should be trained to adhere strictly to their code of ethics and they should serve in rural areas at least once before getting their first promotion.…
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Discussing the economic imperatives and security challenges among other things for the India-Japan partnership was a two-day International Conference on ‘India and Japan: Growing Partnership and Opportunities for Cooperation’. Hosted by…
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Over five hundred patients, their family members and health activists from six major networks gathered at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi to launch a protest demanding that malpractices, gross overcharging and violation of patients’ rights in…
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