AIDS victims deserve compassion, not condemnation: Sakeena Itoo

SRINAGAR, JUNE 24: Minister for Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare and Education, Sakeena Itoo, flagged off Mobile Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre (ICTC) Vans of Jammu and Kashmir AIDS Control Society (JKACS) here today. The initiative was aimed to strengthen the healthcare outreach and awareness among the people of underserved areas and vulnerable communities. … Read more

Om birla inaugurates Pradhan Mantri Divyasha Kendra in Kota, Distributes Aids to Beneficiary

Om birla inaugurates Pradhan Mantri Divyasha Kendra in Kota, Distributes Aids to Beneficiary

Follow Us on Google News Kota (Rajasthan), May 19 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday inaugurated the Pradhan Mantri Divyasha Kendra (PMDK) in Rajasthan’s Kota, and distributed assistive equipment to differently abled individuals. A sense of joy and hope was evident among the beneficiaries as they received the equipment tailored to their needs. … Read more

HIV self-testing a revolutionary tool in Mizoram’s fight against AIDS: Health Ministry

HIV self-testing a revolutionary tool in Mizoram’s fight against AIDS: Health Ministry

New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) HIV self-testing is proving to be a revolutionary tool in Mizoram’s fight against HIV/AIDS, offering a more private, convenient and effective means of diagnosis, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Mizoram has been dabbling with the problem of being the state with the highest HIV prevalence in India, with a … Read more

India no longer dependent on foreign aid or funding for tackling AIDS: NACO

India no longer dependent on foreign aid or funding for tackling AIDS: NACO

New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) India is no longer dependent on foreign aid or funding for tackling the burden of AIDS in India, said Dr Uday Bhanu Das, Deputy Director General of the National AIDS Control Organisation, under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on Friday. Speaking at the 16th National Conference of AIDS … Read more

Gujarat CID aids DRI in seizing leopard skins, claws

Gujarat CID aids DRI in seizing leopard skins, claws

Ahmedabad, Jan 26 (IANS) Acting on specific intelligence inputs from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and CID (Crime), Gujarat, DRI officers in Ahmedabad dismantled an organised wildlife trafficking network in the Rajsamand district of Rajasthan. The operation led to the seizure of two leopard skins and 18 leopard claws, with five individuals involved in … Read more