Daily Archives: March 1, 2023

CORAL REEFS DAMAGED

Things aren’t looking too good for coral reefs. They’re suffering from bleaching, overfishing and are being cooked by warming oceans. Coral reefs are essentially just big limestone structures built by thousands of tiny coral creatures called polyps. They’re found in more than 100 countries, and just like pina coladas, they …

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DEHUMANISATION OF HEALTHCARE

Patient-doctor violent conflicts often stem from inadequacy of health facilities in the country, spiralling treatment costs and dehumanisation of healthcare that shakes the citizens’ foundational belief that doctors are infallible service providers. The simmering anger of the public against injustice in healthcare is aggravated when either a patient treats the …

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SPIKE IN RAW MATERIAL PRICES HITS PHARMA

A steep price increase of over 100% from prepandemic levels of certain raw materials for essential drugs — called active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) — has raised eyebrows in the industry. Interestingly, the sharp hike — which should have corrected by now with the improvement in supply chain and logistics — …

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‘CORRUPTION – AIDED BY OPAQUE SYSTEMS’

Corruption directly vitiates the relationship of the citizen with the state. Post-Independence, measures to remove corruption assumed great significance in India as the state evolved. A major financial irregularity in a public sector company in 1957 triggered a debate in Parliament and led to the formation of a committee on …

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INDIGENOUS PROJECTS to boost desi defence

Two major indigenous defence projects — the acquisition of 70 basic trainer aircraft for the IAF and three cadet training ships for the Navy — worth almost ₹10,000 crore were cleared by the cabinet committee on security. The 70 Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 (HTT-40) aircraft will be supplied by defence PSU …

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ROCKS FOUND IN TELANGANA

Rock samples dating back 4. 1 billion years and bearing traces of the weather-proof mineral zircon have been found in Telangana’s Chitrial, around 100km north of Hyderabad. It can shed light on geological events from a dark age when the earth was in its infancy. The latest research from a …

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