-The Hindu The New Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill is antiquated and needs to be revised The Union Health Ministry recently published a new draft Bill to replace the antiquated Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. While we salute the Ministry for recognising the need for a new legislation, there is much to disagree with the new Bill. To begin with, although the Ministry has described it as being consistent with the...
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Is crude, edible oil inflation relief on the cards for India? -Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times The fuel and energy basket sub-component has a share of 6.84% in the CPI basket. For oil and Fats (edible oil) sub-category, this share is 3.56%. A simple calculation using the weighted share of these two sub-components shows that they have been a key driver of headline inflation in the past few months. India’s benchmark inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has been above the 6%...
More »India's First Monkeypox Case In Kerala, Centre Rushes High-Level Team
-NDTV.com Kerala Health Minister Veena George says he landed at Thiruvananthapuram airport and all WHO guidelines are being followed Thiruvananthapuram: A man who returned from the UAE has tested positive for monkeypox in Kerala, state Health Minister Veena George said on Thursday. He landed at the Thiruvananthapuram airport on Tuesday and is "quite stable, with all vitals normal", she said. The central government has sent a team, which has experts from the National...
More »Climate change drives down yields and nutrition of Indian crops -Fateh Veer Singh Guram
-TheThirdPole.net Rising temperatures and weather fluctuations may drive hunger and malnutrition in India, unless the country acts urgently Rashpinder Singh, 36, is a farmer who owns 17 acres (almost seven hectares) of land in the state of Punjab. He took up the profession of his foreFathers after completing his MTech degree. “I feel connected with the land. Farming is a part of my identity, since this is what I have been surrounded with...
More »NEP Position Paper to Schools: Meat and Eggs Are Bad for Health and Nation -Megha
-TheWire.in * A position paper drafted by a group of experts under the National Education Policy 2020 advances a misguided idea of nutrition couched in the language of nationalism. * The paper recommends that meat and eggs be removed from midday meals and from children’s lessons, but on unscientific grounds and through statements devoid of evidence. * The paper also uses conflates wildly different – and potentially dangerous – terms like “gene-diet interactions”,...
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