Justice Gita Mittal asked AIIMS director P Venugopal and Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss to file their replies by October 31 on the contempt petition of one Dr Manoj Kumar.
It would be a violation of fundamental rights, Ramadoss said.
. People don't die of the virus. Those who are dying are succumbing to secondary complications," Health and Family Welfare Minister Anbumani Ramadoss told reporters. \n
Hitting back at Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss for his repeated comments over smoking on the silver screen, Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has said the the minister should focus on his own people and stop tarnishing the image of the film industry. The actor refused to agree that smoking and drinking scenes portrayed in the films provoke people to indulge in such practice in real life.
Ramadoss had, earlier this week, said that Khan should not have smoked in the stands while watching a cricket match in Mumbai and that he and Amitabh Bachchan should learn a thing or two from superstar Rajinikant regarding smoking on screen. "I do not endorse smoking and I do not like anyone telling me personally what to do and what not to do," Khan had said in an interview to a private news channel.
"The prime minister has directed the two ministers to sit together and discuss the matter and sort out differences," Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters after the cabinet meeting. He said the cabinet deferred a decision on the issue which was being argued before the court
Avoiding an answer on whether the ministry was seeking a ban on such advertisements, the minister said there should be a 'consensus' on such matters.
Concerned over the impression they leave on youngsters when they smoke on the silver screen, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has urged Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan to desist from smoking in their films. "The movies are most responsible (for encouraging smoking). When I said movies should not have smoking scenes, we have statistics which show that 52 per cent of children have their first puff of a cigarette because of movie celebrities."
The Centre, under flak for taking a contradictory stand on the homosexuality law, on Monday told the Delhi High Court not to consider Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' views on allowing gay sex among consenting adults."It doesn't matter what the minister says. It is also not important what the affidavit says. It is for the court to decide the issue," Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra said before a bench headed by Chief Justice A P Shah.
Cases are on the rise in Haryana, J&K, UP, Delhi and Rajasthan.
No human beings had been affected by bird flu in India so far and no cases have been reported, Union Health Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss said in Chennai on Sunday.
Amid widespread outrage and criticism, and opposition demand for a CBI probe, Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday ordered transferring to the central agency, the investigation into death of Ajithkumar (29), who was picked up by a "special team" for interrogation in connection with a theft case.
The protesting doctors displayed placards that read "Ramadoss Get Well Soon" and held bouquets of red roses.
Successive elections since 2019 have proved that the Modi charisma and Shah's strategy does not work in Tamil Nadu. Now, they have to see next year if the DMK is capable of losing, whether to an existing NDA alliance or an expanded version, if one becomes necessary and possible!, explains N Sathiya Moorthy.
A revolution in the country's health system is firmly under way, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss tells Sreelatha Menon.
EPS' acceptance of Amit Shah's proposal for an electoral alliance with the BJP is being interpreted to mean how the AIADMK has signed up the NDA national leader as a junior partner. Not many have appreciated EPS for this strategic move that has now forced the BJP to play second fiddle to the AIADMK. This has meant that the BJP has buried its ambitions of capturing power in Tamil Nadu now, and is willing to wait until after the 2029 Lok Sabha polls, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
The PMK has now lent its voice to the protests against the mining of atomic minerals in Kanyakumari.
The government said relief activities have been expedited and that efforts to pump out stagnant water were on in different places in the city.
"From October 2, the government would introduce the no smoking policy in all indoor establishments," Ramadoss told reporters in Bangalore on the sidelines of a function.
Dr Ramadoss also played down the controversy over AIIMS Director P Venugopal.
The faculty demanded Ramadoss's removal from the post of president of the institute.
Union Health Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday charged the Delhi media with bias against him as he was from the ranks of most backward classes.
Ramadoss stressed the need for raising the level of bio-security in poultry holdings by commitment and financial investments from the government, private sector and commercial firms.
The Union Health Ministry will take up initiatives to check occupational health hazards faced by employees in the IT and ITES sector.
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said on Saturday that the mandated pictorial warning on cigarette and beedi packets will come into effect from December 1.
The Central Vigilance Commission has sought information regarding complaints of irregularities committed by the registrar of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said on Friday.
"We will be carrying out verbal autopsy into each deaths. We will carry out a scientific study, before confirming the deaths," he said.
The vaccine is being tested on 30 volunteers in the first phase of the trial.
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday said the government would continue to fight the tobacco companies tooth and nail.\n
Minister for Health and Family Welfare Anbumani Ramadoss is on an official visit to China,
A review committee will be formed in two weeks.
Pranab Mukherjee's speech was so boring that half of the Treasury benches were found napping. Newsmen peeped from the Press Gallery to see the mood of the MPs.
The worst affected areas from dengue in Delhi are central zone, Shahdara (in the north) and Najafgarh, which have reported 115, 79 and 72 cases respectively.
Eighty one people have died due to chickungunya in the state.
After the CPI(M), the crucial partner of the ruling UPA government, raised its voice against any attempt to shut down three public sector vaccine manufacturing units, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has quickly moved to announce that it will upgrade the units and 'do everything to protect their interest'.
The Pattali Makkal Katchi said on Sunday that it has decided to snap ties with the front led by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief Jayalalithaa.All was not well in AIADMK-led front after Jayalalithaa recently gave permission to her party MLA C V Shanmugam to file a case in a court seeking to direct the police to include PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss and his son and former Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss in a murder case.
"Creative liberty should be used to improve society and not kill mankind," Ramadoss said in response to a query on public icons supporting smoking on screen as their right to creative liberty.
India has 5.13 million estimated cases of HIV.
The Union health ministry has decided to ask the Maharashtra government for comments on the reported presence of harmful chemicals in baby products produced by Johnson & Johnson, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said in New Delhi on Thursday.
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