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Dermatologist & ThePrint columnist Dr Deepali Bhardwaj honoured by IMA for exemplary community service

Annual Doctors’ Day award ceremony was held in Delhi Sunday. Dr Bhardwaj is associated with Deepanjan Charitable Trust, providing free care to BPL families, with focus on women’s health.

Migraine can be caused by weather changes. How you can tackle this

While weather can be a trigger, it’s rarely the only one. Migraine is usually the result of a perfect storm of factors: genetic susceptibility, hormones, stress, sleep, food and, yes, the weather.

AIIMS rolls out 1st Indian-adapted Mediterranean diet to tackle heart disease crisis. Trials underway

Indian Adapted Mediterranean Diet combines principles of Mediterranean diet with Indian cuisines to develop heart-healthy dietary plans. Its efficacy is being assessed in a trial at AIIMS.

Centre plans population-level study amid concerns over sudden deaths among young Indians, ‘Covid link’

The Union Ministry of Health's research department is collaborating with New Delhi-based health research organisation, INCLEN International, for the analysis.

Bringing dramatic drop in TB deaths, how TN set an example for rest of India with one-of-a-kind model

Differentiated TB care involves tailoring services to individual needs of patients. Researchers pitch it as a model that can be replicated across the country.

Odisha govt starts health camp in Nabrangpur district, 1,000 registered for specialised care

The 4-day camp is held under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Bayu Swasthya Seva’ initiative, with a team of doctors from Cuttack airlifted to the location for specialised treatments including surgeries.

‘Calculated step’, or ‘disastrous’ in long run? NMC relaxes medical faculty recruitment norms

Norms unveiled 5 July are a major step towards unlocking existing human resource potential within govt health systems & optimising medical education infra, says Commission.

Are Homeopaths, Ayurvedic practitioners doctors? Grandmaster’s spat with ‘Liver Doc’ revives debate

Vidit Gujrathi-Abby Philips war of words and the debate that followed revives age-old question discussed among practioners of traditional and modern medicine in India.

AI’s most important architects can be neurodivergent people. Here is why

Neurodivergent voices are often excluded from policy discussions because their needs are seen as too complex or niche. But when they share lived experiences, they make these needs visible to policy-makers.

Go easy on Vitamin B6 supplements. Too much can be toxic

A side effect the medical community is worried about is peripheral neuropathy – where there is damage to the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord.

On Camera

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.