‘Matter complex’: Centre seeks more time to frame policy on online sale of medicines, Delhi HC grants ‘last opportunity’

A bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS Arora emphasised that failure to produce the draft policy before the next hearing would prompt the court to proceed with the matter

“Eat when you’re hungry and only 70% of it, and it should include all six tastes” : Dr Amit Verma

According to Ayurvedic experts, summer is the season of Vaata dosha. To balance this, it is advised to follow practices that normalise the body temperature and give a cooling effect.

No more a female bastion: Men in nursing jobs

India saw its first batch of male nurses almost two decades ago. Yet, even now, the men who chose nursing as their profession find their gender is more of a talking point than the patient care they have been providing A woman dressed in a white caretaker’s uniform, her hair covered in a small cap, […]

Unhealthy exclusion

Delhi government’s decision to increase reservation for the locals in GTB Hospital, to be implemented from September 15, has evoked strong reactions. Outstation patients might get elbowed out unless more beds are created A 57-year-old man from Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh) who has a urinary bladder tumour; a 32-year-old man from Kanakpur village (Bikaspur, UP) who […]

‘No promotion for 25 years’

Initially, there were no male nurses in our country. I was the first male nurse in Delhi and have been in this profession since 1995. Even after working for more than two decades, I have not got a single promotion. We have so many problems. For one, there is a shortage of nursing staff according […]