New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Centre on Saturday assigned additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to Rajesh Bhushan who is currently the Union Health Secretary.

New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research on Tuesday released a book and a mobile app for use by physicians that would help them deal with problems associated with irrational use of medicines, over and under diagnosis, among other things.

New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has set up a National Registry of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Indian Multiple Sclerosis and Allied Demyelinating Disorders Registry and Research Network (IMSRN) and it will create an organised system for data collection, storage, retrieval, analysis, management and outcomes.

New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday questioned the process of the World Health Organization (WHO) in projecting excess mortality estimates due to COVID, and said that the source of the data must have accuracy while also stating that the health body itself does not vouch for the verification of the source.

New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): A day after India objected to the use of mathematical models by the World Health Organisation (WHO) claiming 4.7 million "excess" COVID deaths in the country, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a jibe at the government stating "Science does not lie, Modi does".

New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): After the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that India had 4.7 million "excess" COVID deaths, the country questioned the modelling methodology used by the organisation and said it is disappointed with its ''one-size-fits-all'' approach.

New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said that the way India has managed the COVID-19 pandemic is a global case study.

New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): The term of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava has been extended by three months until further orders, said sources.

New Delhi Mar 30 PTI Names of three doctors shortlisted by a search-cum-selection panel for the post of AIIMS director have been approved by a key body of the institute and will now be sent to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet ACC for final approvalThe three AIIMS doctors recommended for the top job in the premier institute are Dr Nikhil Tandon head of the department of endocrinology Dr Rajesh Malhotra chief of AIIMS Trauma Centre and the head of the department of orthopaedics and Dr Pramod Garg professor in the gastroenterology department at the institute sources saidThese three names shortlisted by the search-cum-selection committee were placed before the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya-headed Institute Body the top decision-making body of AIIMS on Tuesday and were approvedThese names will be sent to the ACC headed by the prime minister for final approval the sources saidThe four-member search-cum-selection committee tasked with shortlisting names for the AIIMS directors post is headed by Union Health Secretary Rajesh BhushanApart from Bhushan the committee includes Secretary of Department of Biotechnology Rajesh S Gokhale Principal Scientific Advisor to the government K Vijay Raghavan and Delhi University vice-chancellor Yogesh Singh The tenure of New Delhi AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria which was set to end on March 24 was extended by three months He was appointed to the post on March 28 2017 Around 32 candidates had applied for the post of director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS in New Delhi They included 13 doctors from AIIMS as well as ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava PTI PLB ZMN

New Delhi Mar 23 PTI The tenure of Dr Randeep Guleria as the director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS here has been extended by three months according to an office memorandum issued by the premier hospitalGulerias current term is scheduled to end on Thursday March 24He was appointed as the director of AIIMS New Delhi for a term of five years on March 28 2017He will complete his tenure on 24032022 President AIIMS is pleased to extend his tenure wef March 25 2022 by three months or by the time new director is appointed whichever is earlier the office memorandum issued by the hospital on Tuesday saidOther terms and conditions of Gulerias appointment would be in accordance with the rules of the institute it addedThe four-member search-cum-selection committee comprising Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan Secretary of Department of Biotechnology Rajesh S Gokhale Principal Scientific Advisor to the government K Vijay Raghavan and Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh held a meeting on TuesdayThirty-two candidates are in contention for the post of director of AIIMS New DelhiOf the 32 there are 12 doctors of the hospital who have applied for the post including Rajesh Malhotra the head of the orthopaedics department and the chief of the trauma centre MV Padma Srivastava the chief of the neurosciences centre Nikhil Tandon the head of the endocrinology department Sunil Chumber the head of surgery A K Bishoi professor of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery CTVS and forensic chief Sudhir GuptaBesides Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava has also applied for the post PTI PLB RC