Afshan Azad

Patna, May 24(IANS) Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Thursday announced that the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - Patna would start this year itself.Read Full Story

New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Concerned over the increase in diabetes among children and adolescents, the union health ministry has initiated a school-based screening programme for diabetes on pilot basis in six districts in the country, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Wednesday.Read Full Story

New Delhi: Perhaps one of the biggest talking points today were Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s extraordinary words where at a HIV seminar he implied that homosexuality was a disease, and that gay sex was unnatural. Today, he clarified his words saying he had been misquoted.”I am sorry if I have hurt feelings of any section of the society. During my speech I used technical words. I kept myself very clear, didn’t use the word homosexual or gay. The subject was HIV, used man having sex with...Read Full Story

Afshan Azad's brother, Ashraf Azad, was sentenced to 6 months in jail for the assault of his sister. She played Padma Patil in the Harry Potter movie series.What inspired the attack on Azad by her brother? She, of Muslim faith, was dating a man of the Hindu faith.This from The Guardian:The brother of the Harry Potter actor Afshan Azad was jailed for six months yesterday after he was convicted of assaulting her because her boyfriend was not a Muslim. Ashraf Azad, 28, was sentenced at...Read Full Story

New Delhi, Dec 2: Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has a tiny squirrel who is his close friend at his official residence here.Nearly three and a half months ago, two offsprings of a squirrel suddenly fell from a tree inside their residence. One died, and Azad's daughter adopted the other one. At that time, the offspring's eyes had not opened. 09 more images and video after the break...Continue Reading.......Read Full Story