Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan addressed the 33rd Stop TB Partnership Board meet in New Delhi and stressed on the need to create a mass movement for elimination of TB with strategized advocacy, thought leadership, disruptive social entrepreneurship, powerful, societal and political commitment. ...

Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan addressed the Ministerial meeting of the Global Prevention Coalition (GPC) for HIV Prevention through video conference. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks cells that help the body fight ...

England World Cup winner Bobby Charlton, regarded England’s greatest, had developed dementia leading to questions that can striking headers in football lead to dementia. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a disease that causes severe ...

At least 14 States have reported a reduction in parasitic intestinal worm infection prevalence in children, revealed the latest report on the National Deworming Day (NDD). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases (STH), also known as parasitic intestinal ...

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan reported that due to the unprecedented challenges faced by the world on account of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a renewed focus on food, nutrition, health, immunity and sustainability. He reminded everyone of the government's effort to make India ...

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan has launched the second phase of “Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojna” for the underprivileged Thalassemic patients, virtually from Nirman Bhawan. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Launched in 2017, this scheme is a Coal India ...

Actor Mishti Mukherjee, 27, who had worked in Bangla, Telugu and some Hindi films, died on October 2 in a hospital in Bengaluru. Her family said Mukherjee suffered from kidney failure as she had been following a ketogenic diet. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The ketogenic diet ...

Several media reports raised alarm about a virus called Cat-Que (CQV) and warned that it ‘can trigger a pandemic in India’ , also calling it ‘Chinese virus’ and that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has warned about the spread of the disease in the country. Daily Current Affairs ...

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has reiterated the the Narendra Modi government's commitment to increase the expenditure on public health to 2.5 per cent of India's gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points He added that the 15th Finance ...

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the report of a survey titled ‘Health in India’, whose main objective was to gather basic quantitative information on India’s health sector. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Around 7.5 % of Indians reported ...