Context: With the increasing pace of urbanisation along with the baggage of problems it comes. Urbanisation: Urbanisation is the process of transformation that occurs as a society evolves from predominantly rural to predominantly urban areas. It involves the increase in the proportion of a country’s population residing in urban areas, leading to the expansion and growth of cities and towns. Urbanisation is …
Read More »Human challenge studies
Context: Recently, the ICMR Bioethics Unit posted the consensus policy statement for the ethical conduct of controlled human infection studies (CHIS), also known as human challenge studies, in India. Key details: Traditional human clinical trials have been carried out in the country for a very long time. The inclusion of human challenge studies will …
Read More »LONELY IN A CROWD
Manasvi Khandelwal talks about the loneliness that has stayed with her for a few months now, ever since she moved to Atlanta, the United States, after her wedding. “My husband and I are in a very happy relationship,” she says. “But there is some sense of grief because we are …
Read More »ALL-IN-ONE POLICY PLAN INSURANCE IN INDIA
IRDA is devising an affordable product covering health, life, property, accident risks to give citizens protection, expedite claim settlements by linking death registries onto one industry platform If India’s insurance regulator’s plans fructify, households across the country could soon be able to get an affordable single policy that covers health, life, …
Read More »RIGHT TO EDUCATION ACT
Even after 14 years of implementation of the Right to education, the proportion of single-teacher schools in India is still a high 14.7%. The Right to Education Act states that every school must have at least two teachers. The Act also requires presence of a primary school within one kilometer of every habitation. In some …
Read More »REGULATING THE SALT INTAKE
The Indian council for Medical Research (ICMR) highlighted the need to reduce the Salt intake. A healthy, active adult need between 200 and 500 mg of sodium per day. According to WHO, the world is off track to achieve its global target of reducing salt intake by 30% by 2025. Only 5% of …
Read More »SURGE IN GLOBAL PRICES OF EDIBLE OILS
India’s edible oil imports set for a record high. The Global prices of edible oils, which hit an all-time high after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have crashed. Sunflower has seen the greatest volatility in the prices in the last one year. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s global vegetable oils price index soared to an …
Read More »INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Ministry of AYUSH signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) to enhance collaboration and cooperation in health research in the field of integrated medicine. What is integrative medicine? Integrative medicine focuses on you as a whole person and not just your illness or disease. It seeks …
Read More »RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Newly synthesised biocompatible drug delivery system combined with anti-inflammatory drugs brings potential solution for rheumatoid arthritis Scientists explored the potential of the anti-inflammatory FDA-approved drug 9-aminoacridine (9AA) and the natural compound caffeic acid (CA), generally found in coffee or wine conjugated to nano micelles, an amphiphilic molecule that forms spherical structure when immersed in water, for …
Read More »HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCE CENTRE REPORT
India recorded the second highest number of attacks on defenders protesting harmful business practices in 2022, according to a new report. The report is prepared by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC), an international non-profit. India saw 54 such incidents of attacks, which is lower only than Brazil’s record of 63. India’s Jindal Steel Ltd (JSW) …
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