-The Hindu Business Line Experts say authorities will need to probe and take quick action, in the interest of keeping the faith in medicine exports from India The death of 66 children in Gambia, potentially-linked to four cough and cold syrups made in India by Maiden Pharmaceuticals, has brought up the quality question, again. How did an allegedly contaminated product slip through the regulatory cracks, casting a long shadow on the Indian...
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Disparity among States in facilities for eye donation -Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu RTI data show that no cornea was collected in some States in 2021-22; Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh fare better; nearly 4.8 million are visually challenged in India Despite Central Government’s emphasis on improving eye-donations across the country—Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, some States of North-East and Island States— have had zero cornea collection in 2021-22 so far as per data procured through RTI. The data from 2016 onwards...
More »Job Situation has Improved? Not so Fast! -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in The share of the working-age population that is actually working is still less than in pre-pandemic times. The latest data on unemployment has been met with optimism, and near-celebration, especially in the mainstream media, which is straining at the leash to portray some good news about the economy under the Narendra Modi government. September’s unemployment rate fell to 6.43% from August’s 8.3%, according to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE)—both...
More »Damning report surfaces on riots in Delhi -Pheroze L Vincent
-The Telegraph Document accuses Centre of delayed response and alleges the state government had failed in 'civic mediation and statesmanship' New Delhi: A report by a panel of retired judges and a former Union home secretary has accused the central and Delhi governments of “glaring failures of constitutional duties” during and after the February 2020 communal riots in the capital. It has accused the Centre of delayed response and the state government of...
More »India Needs An Urgent Early Warning System For Landslides, But Challenges Abound -Flavia Lopes
-IndiaSpend.com At present, India is developing an early warning system for landslides, but it is likely to be operational not before 2025 Mumbai: On September 24, a major landslide hit a water pump at Chaba in the Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh and reportedly damaged a pipeline worth Rs 5 crore that supplied water to the district. Earlier in June, relentless rains led to deadly landslides in Manipur's Noney district, killing more...
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