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  • Tobacco and other tobacco use kill more than seven million people each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, also warning of the environmental impact of tobacco production, distribution and waste.

  • Almost 40% of Ayurveda products, including Baba Ramdev's Patanjali articles, were found inferior by Haridwar's Ayurveda and Unani's Office, a revealed Right to Information (RTI) response.Out of the 82 samples collected between 2013 and 2016, 32 failed the quality test.

  • The Bureau of Indian Standards, BIS has classified microbeads as unsafe for use in cosmetic products, the government reported to the National Green Court. The petition was made in response to a plea filed by Ashwini Kumar, a Delhi lawyer, who sought a total ban on the use of microspheres in the manufacture, import and sale of various cosmetics or personal care products.

    The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare told a bank headed by Judge Jawad Rahim that BIS published a document on May 16 Classification of raw materials and cosmetic supplements, Part 2 List of raw materials generally not recognized as safe for its Use in cosmetics By incorporating non biodegradable polymer microbeads into the prohibited list.

    It is stated that this draft notification was not issued by the Ministry of Health but was issued by a different department which is BIS. After this information, the affidavit containing the draft notification was submitted to the approval of the General Controller Of Drugs of India, an affidavit by the Health Ministry said.

    Kumar has claimed that microspheres escape filtration and wastewater treatment processes and end up in rivers, which ultimately lead to the ocean where they contribute to the huge amount of plastic soup in the environment. Attorney Sumeer Sodhi, who appears before the petitioner, said that the voluntary step of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to ban cosmetics microspheres would be a monumental step to reduce the water pollution.

    The voluntary step of the Ministry of Health would be a monumental step towards reducing water pollution from plastic (marine and other) and would put India on the list of one of the few countries that have taken a step In this direction. The same has happened of course in promoting the cause raised by the applicant, he  said.

    The NGT had previously directed the Center to test cosmetic products containing microspheres after a request to prohibit their use in soil that are extremely hazardous to aquatic life and the environment. He said it is the governments duty to ensure that no dangerous product is allowed to be manufactured or sold to the public and directed to the Central Drug Organization to analyze the products in a laboratory and report in four weeks.


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  • No Child should die in the country from Vaccine Preventable Diseases. We stand committed to reducing child deaths: Shri J P Nadda

    “No child should die in the country from Vaccine Preventable Diseases” is the Goal & Commitment of our government. We stand committed to reducing child deaths and providing a healthier future to our children.” Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare stated this as he announced the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) in the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) of the country in a function at Mandi, today. Terming this as an historic moment and an exemplary step in India’s immunization programme, the Union Health Minister added that the Government is committed to reducing morbidity and mortality in children. Strengthening routine immunization is an essential investment in India’s children and will ensure a healthy future of the country, he noted.

  • Plans are underway to open the Jan Aushadhi stores to about 1,000 major railway stations in India as part of the government's commitment to make quality medicines available at low cost to the public. Plans are also underway to open such outlets in bus stands in different states with the aim of bringing the network back to small towns and villages.

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