healthcare regulation

Kanpur (UP), April 6 Uttar Pradesh Police have arrested another person in the kidney transplant racket, after uncovering a sprawling network involving unqualified practitioners and with possible international connections, officials said on Monday.Kanpur Police Commissioner Raghubir Lal said...

Kanpur (UP), March 31 The Uttar Pradesh Police has identified four more suspects as it widened its investigation into an illegal kidney transplant racket operating through multiple private hospitals in Kanpur.Earlier on Tuesday, the police arrested five doctors and the alleged kingpin of the...

Islamabad, March 31 – A recent raid near Sheikham, near Sarai Mughal in the Kasur district of Punjab province, Pakistan, uncovered a clinic allegedly involved in delivering vulnerable women and selling babies for profit. Arrests were made, and the clinic was shut down, but this was only a small...

Gandhinagar, March 25 – The Gujarat Legislative Assembly passed the Gujarat Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) (Amendment) Bill-2026 on Wednesday without any opposition, a move aimed at simplifying the registration and regulation process for medical institutions across the...

Hyderabad, March 25 A 46-year-old man, who was posing as a dentist and allegedly running an illegal clinic here for the past 14 years, was arrested, police said on Wednesday.The accused, who claims to have completed an intermediate course, was found running the dental clinic without a BDS...

The Drugs Controller of India has intensified regulatory oversight against the unauthorized sale and promotion of GLP-1-based weight loss drugs. This move comes amid growing concerns over the increasing availability of multiple generic versions of these drugs in the Indian market, through retail...

New Delhi, March 12 Caesarean section deliveries in India have increased by more than four times over the last 16 years, now accounting for more than 27 per cent of all reported childbirths in 2024-25, the government has informed Parliament.In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of...

New Delhi, March 11 The apex drug regulator, CDSCO, has issued an advisory, directing that weight-loss drugs, specifically GLP-1 medications, must only be sold with a prescription from a registered medical practitioner.It cautioned pharmaceutical companies against "directly or indirectly"...

Thane, March 6 The Thane police have arrested an electrician from Jalgaon, marking the seventh arrest in connection with an alleged illegal human egg extraction and surrogacy racket, an official said on Friday.The accused, identified as Satish Chaudhary, allegedly forged Aadhaar cards and...

Mumbai, March 4 The Maharashtra government will form special task forces to monitor In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) centers to curb malpractice, Home Minister Yogesh Kadam said in the council on Wednesday.He said the government has taken serious note of...

Kochi, March 2 – The Kerala High Court on Monday admitted appeals filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (IAPMR) challenging a recent single-judge ruling that allowed physiotherapists, along with medical practitioners, to...

Noida, February 18 The Health Department in Gautam Buddh Nagar has sealed five ultrasound centers over the past month for alleged violations of norms, including the determination of fetal sex, an official said on Wednesday.Action was taken against the centers under the Pre-Conception and...