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Centre to establish 70 cancer centres, says Modi

The Centre will establish seventy new cancer facilities across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged. The Centre plans to erect twenty state cancer institutes and fifty tertiary cancer care centres, Modi said during a speech at the Adyar Cancer Institute in Chennai. There will be fourteen new oncology-focused All India Institutes of Medical …

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No topical steroid creams without prescription, says Centre

Topical steroid creams can no longer be sold over the counter in India. This is per a notification issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), banning the sale of fourteen topical steroid creams and ointments without prescription. The ban comes after dermatologists raised concerns that overuse of such creams is leading to …

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Delhi unveils new weapon in the fight against pollution: a smog cannon

Delhi unveils its latest weapon in the fight against the city’s air pollution crisis: a smog cannon.  It is an intervention that has failed everywhere else that it has been tried. A trial run of the anti-smog gun, which is manufactured by Haryana-based firm Cloud Tech, took place on December 20 in East Delhi. Imran …

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