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The findings will inform evidence-based policy decisions, emphasizing the establishment of guardrails and the development of effective coping mechanisms to safeguard consumers, the IEIC said in a press statement.

NIMHANS and DIA signed a MoU to collaborate on dementia care with an aim to improve the quality of life for persons with dementia and their caregivers. They will work together on advocacy, outreach, training, research, and support services. The MoU ...

The Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies (RMP) will fund CBM operations for five years, from April 2023. CBM will focus on long-term examination of environmental and genetic factors involved in brain development which underlie mental illnesses. NCBS will ...

The Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies Foundation has provided a grant of INR 100 crore to the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences and the National Centre for Biological Sciences to help establish a centre for brain and mind. The centr...

Dr Pratima Murthy, director at Bengaluru-based National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (Nimhans) says that the prolonged uncertainty about the future is creating a sense of loss of control among professionals.

"One-stop centres in collaboration with the Bureau of Police Research and Development are planning to organise self-defence camps for women and girls in every district," she told in her speech at the conference organised on the occasion of the Inter...

Sitharaman said the programme will include a network of 23 tele-mental health centres of excellence, with NIMHANS being the nodal centre and International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore (IIITB) providing tech support.

The Budget speech identified ‘Genomics and Pharmaceuticals’ to be among the sunrise opportunities eligible for supportive policies, light-touch regulations, facilitative actions to build domestic capacities and promotion of R&D. The government will ...

Under this programme, the doctors will be trained in screening and treating mental health patients. The initiative is being rolled out in Bengaluru, Kolar and Chikkaballapur districts on pilot basis.

The state Minister for Health & Family Welfare and Medical Education, Dr Sudhakar K on Sunday said that there has been a paradigm shift in modern women's thinking as they do not want to get married and give birth to babies. Speaking at the programme...

​​Noting that Modi had dreamt of 'Atma Nirbhar Bharat,' which means India's all round development including health, the Union Minister said, "Narendra Modi wants to see India's health infrastructure and quality health as number one. He wants the cou...

"All our festivals were part of mental treatment. Our gatherings on religious and social events, our prayers in the morning and evening and our Aarati are all associated with our mental health. These traditions used to treat mental problems," the Mi...

The top court was considering the fresh guidelines issued by the Centre to simplify the process of issuance of death certificates, as per the directions in the judgment delivered on June 30. The apex court asked the Solicitor General about the perso...

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to cancel the AIIMS and JIPMER common entrance test for admission to PG courses but ordered that it may be postponed for a month to allow MBBS doctors on Covid-19 duty to study for these examinations.

He said in a written reply that infection among children is mild and most of them remain asymptomatic. "Hence no specific action plan has been formulated in the current response phase to minimise the adverse effects of COVID-19 on such children," he...

"All those arriving from Maharashtra and checking into hotels, resorts, hostels, homestays, dormitories, etc. shall compulsorily produce a negative RT-PCR certificate that is not older than 72 hours. Owners of the above-mentioned places should ensur...

Of the 73 cases, the mutated UK strain was detected in eight samples at National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi, in 20 at the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi, in one at National Institute of Biomedical Genom...

Replying to queries, he said he would hold a meeting with Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai after the cabinet meeting because the UK returnees could not be tracked, have switched off their phones and were not responding to requests through media and so...

In a gazette notification, the government said psychiatrists have also been included in the medical authority for assessment of Specific Learning Disabilities.