Harsh Vardhan News

BJP MP Harsh Vardhan has said that he felt 'sad and humiliated' that his name is being dragged into a controversy over the use of “unpardonable language” used inside the Parliament. 

BJP MP Harsh Vardhan walked out of swearing-in ceremony of the newly appointed Delhi LG today. Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena refused to comment on Vardhan's exit. Harsh Vardhan is a former Union Health Minister.

40,845 cases of black fungus have been reported in India so far, says Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Out of the total cases, 31,344 are rhinocerebral in nature, and the death toll from the infections stands at 3,129

On the occasion of the seventh International Yoga Day, political leaders in India on Monday (June 21, 2021) practiced yoga to mark the day.

Harsh Vardhan said that citizens let their guard down in following COVID-19-approriate behaviour as coronavirus mutated leading to the second wave of the infection. "As India gradually moves towards unlock we cannot afford laxity and any further increase in cases again," he said.

Child labour across the globe has risen to 160 million with an increase of 8.4 million children working in the last four years. The ILO report warned that the efforts to end child labour has stalled for the first time in 20 years.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan wrote to Rajasthan minister Raghu Sharma citing a media report which highlighted that more than 500 vials of COVID-19 vaccines were found dumped in the waste bins of 35 COVID vaccination centres in the state. Vardhan said 'this is not acceptable and must be investigated.'

The 2021 theme and campaign of World No Tobacco Day is -- "Commit to Quit" Indian Health Minister, got the special recognition for tobacco control from WHO WHO also honoured Tobacco Control Research Group, the University of Bath from the UK for its efforts in the area of tobacco control

Rahul Gandhi accused govt of undercounting COVID deaths Harsh Vardhan slammed Gandhi for trusting a foreign publication He said playing politics over corpses was Congress' style

Yog guru Ramdev withdrew his contentious statement on allopathy medicines. Earlier, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan called Ramdev's statement on allopathic medicines "extremely unfortunate".

Harsh Vardhan on May 21 said that India will be in a position to administer COVID vaccines to at least all of its adult population by the end of 2021. Union Health Minister expressed hope that in the subsequent months, there will be an exponential rise in the production of vaccines in India.

Harsh Vardhan on May 17 hoped that DRDO's anti-COVID drug will serve the world and not just India. Union Health Minister was speaking after the release of the 1st batch of 2-DG by Rajnath Singh.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday (May 13) will convene a meeting with the Health Ministers of six states including Delhi, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu to review the COVID-19 vaccination drive there. 

Harsh Vardhan on May 7 wrote a four-page letter to Mamata Banerjee. He flagged a more than 40% positivity rate in some districts of West Bengal. Union Health Minister asserted that testing needed to be significantly ramped up.

Union Health Minister on Monday took it to his Twitter to share his response to former PM Manmohan Singh's letter on tackling the COVID-19 crisis addressed to PM Narendra Modi. Tweeting the previews of his response to ex-PM Manmohan Singh, the Union Minister said that the history would be kinder to him (Manmohan Singh) if only his own party had followed his advice.

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan will chair the GoM meet to review the COVID-19 situation and the vaccination drive The meeting will take place at 10:30 AM at the Nirman Bhawan. The matters to be discussed are important in view of the recent developments in the country.

Amid allegations over the shortage of COVID vaccines, Harsh Vardhan has hit out at 'some state governments'. Union Health Minister slammed them for their deplorable attempts to distract attention from their failures.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and his wife took the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine The couple has taken the 1st dose of indigenously developed Covaxin by Bharat Biotech on March 2

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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and sitting and retired judges of the SC will get the COVID-19 vaccine today Harsh Vardhan on Monday praised the PM and said that he led by a shining example as he took the first jab of COVID-19 vaccine at the AIIMS, Delhi

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan chaired the 148th session of WHO Executive Board. He said, "We are on the verge of defeating the pandemic by adopting a pre-emptive, proactive and collaborative strategy." He also said that the past year 2020 has been the 'Year Of Science'.

34-year-old Manish Kumar, a machine operator at AIIMS, became the first person in the national capital to get the COVID-19 vaccine. His mother Laxmi Rani also works at the hospital and said he was not at all nervous.