-The Times of India NEW DELHI: To promote low-cost generic medicines, the government’s top drug regulatory board has allowed Jan Aushadhi Kendras — which are like fair price shops for medicines under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana — to substitute doctor’s prescription with a generic brand. On Thursday, the Drugs Technical Advisory Board cleared a proposal to amend a rule under the drugs law. “This proposal asking permission for chemists to...
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1/3 of world's stunted kids are from India, says report -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: India is among the countries accounting for the highest burden of stunted, wasted and overweight children, the new Global Nutrition Report, 2018 reflecting the growing concern around child nutrition in the country. With 46.6 million stunted children, India accounted for nearly one-third of the world’s 150.8 million children who are stunted, the report shows warning against a major malnutrition crisis.. India is followed by Nigeria (13.9...
More »Ahead of 2019 polls, govt slashes GDP growth rate during UPA era
-PTI NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday lowered the country's economic growth rate during the previous Congress-led UPA regime, shaving off over 1 percentage point from the only year when India posted double-digit GDP growth post liberalisation and from each of the three years with 9-plus per cent expansion. Recalibrating data of past years using 2011-12 as the base year instead of 2004-05, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) estimated that India's GDP...
More »West Bengal finds ways to increase organic farming -Sutanuka Ghosal
-The Economic Times West Bengal state agriculture department is geared up to increase organic farming in the state. As part of its drive to increase organic farming, the state is focusing on increasing production of some of the aromatic rice varieties like Radhatilak, Dudhsar, Kalabhat, Kalonuniya. As of now, 17,807 hectares of land are used for organic farming. The department is planning to bring another 10,000 hectares under organic farming. Apart...
More »Supreme Court orders CBI probe against all shelter homes in Bihar -Amit Anand Choudhary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed CBI probe against all erring shelter homes and their owners for allegedly subjecting the children to torture and sexual abuse after noting that state police investigation was not up to the mark. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur, S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta directed the CBI to probe into all allegation of torture and sexual abuse of children...
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