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Ayurveda Conference Puts Evidence and Child Safety at Centre Stage
Kaumaracon brings researchers together as national leaders call for scientific validation and responsible integration with modern healthcare.
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Delhi launches cashless treatment and tests for Jal Board pensioners
The October 5 facility covers planned and emergency care; earlier DJB orders show a narrower credit-treatment arrangement already existed.
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Jitendra Singh's robotics vision raises a practical question: what does the machine actually do?
An October 2 conference address envisaged wider medical uses. Existing robot-assisted surgery remains a clinician-controlled tool, not an autonomous substitute for care.
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Maharashtra's proposed 1,000-day mission links pregnancy care with a child's first two years
The October report describes instructions to develop a joint programme, not a completed rollout. Nutrition evidence explains why continuity matters.
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Nadda's healthcare-access appeal rests on a defined senior-cover benefit, not unlimited reimbursement
The October 1 awards address highlighted PM-JAY, whose expansion for people aged 70 and above has specific family-cover and existing-scheme rules.
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Eight years of PM-JAY: what its cards and hospital-admission totals actually measure
The anniversary figures show extensive use of hospital cover, but cards, admissions and eligible beneficiaries measure different things and use different reporting dates.
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India's 2030 hepatitis pledge requires different approaches to hepatitis B and C
A September UN-side-event statement restated the elimination goal; WHO guidance explains why vaccination, confirmatory testing and continuing care cannot be treated as interchangeable.
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Health Secretary outlines India's AI approach; later launch provides controlled access to health data
Punya Salila Srivastava highlighted representative data and digital health systems in New York; a September 25 launch set out specific research-access and claims-processing tools.