Good news for central govt employees on healthcare front

Now a multi-dimensional rate structure has been created for CGHS cardholders in all categories based on four different parameters, with semi-private rooms forming the base for package rates.......

'Rain not Sole Cause of Delhi Airport Canopy Collapse'

Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), which operates India's largest airport, dismissed the expert committee report as "inaccurate", claiming it relied on "probabilities, hypothesis, and......

'Follow zero tolerance': Health minister on cough syrup deaths

Asserting that India follows a zero-tolerance policy on spurious medicines, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said 71 companies have been issued show-cause notices following concerns......

Covid-19: How the testing infrastructure is struggling

'India is too large a place to have just 10 labs performing these Covid-19 tests.' IMAGE: An isolation ward in a Hyderabad hospital. Photograph: PTI Photo Representatives from three companies,......

It's confirmed! McDonald's India uses authentic cheese

Westlife Foodworld, fast-food chain McDonald's operator in West and South India, on Tuesday said food safety regulator FSSAI has verified the cheese used by it and is now allowed to use the word......

Under the lens: Regulator moots pre-export govt testing for cough syrup cos

After reports of contamination in cough syrups sent from the country, India is considering a system to test them before exporting. Image used for representative purpose only. Photograph: Ajeng......

Nestle hits back: FSSAI's 'recognised labs' lack accreditation

Five of twelve labs lack accreditation from National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laborataries. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) finds itself in a spot in......

ITC goes in for more tests of its products

ITC says, it is conducting stringent tests on its food products. Photograph: Reuters FMCG major ITC on Monday said it is conducting more tests on its products at accredited labs across India over......