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Why in News Every year February 10 and August 10 are observed as the National Deworming Days (NDD). The days aim at eradicating intestinal worms...
11 Feb 2020 Health
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Vigilance Wing for Health in Kerala
Why in News Kerala government has proposed to set up a Vigilance Wing in the Health Department to monitor private practice by doctors and crackdown...
10 Feb 2020 Health
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Cancer-Causing Mutated Genes Mapped
Why in News The Pan-Cancer Project involving 1,300 scientists has completed a decade-long project to map the many gene mutations that drive...
07 Feb 2020 Health
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Why in News The Department of Biotechnology under the Ministry of Science and Technology has cleared the Genome India Project. It is a...
07 Feb 2020 Health
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Centre Persists with ‘toothless’ Pharma Codes
Why in News The Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP), under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, has requested the pharmaceutical companies to...
07 Feb 2020 Health
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Why in News The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has sent show cause notices to 14 thermal power plants for not complying with the 31st...
06 Feb 2020 Health
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Lack of Anganwadis in Urban Areas
Why in News Recently, the government’s response to a Right to Information (RTI) query has revealed that for every 100 anganwadi beneficiaries...
05 Feb 2020 Health
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Why in News The live attenuated Classical Swine Fever (CSF) Vaccine technology developed by the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) has been...
04 Feb 2020 Health
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Why in News The World Health Organisation (WHO) and it’s specialized International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) have released two...
04 Feb 2020 Health
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Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana Awards
Why in News? States, Union Territories and Districts have been awarded the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana Awards by the Ministry of Women &...
04 Feb 2020 Health
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Inquiry into Study on Bats and Bat-Hunters
Why in News The government has ordered an inquiry into a study conducted in Nagaland by researchers from China, US, and India on bats and humans...
03 Feb 2020 Health
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Economic Survey 2019-20: Social Infrastructure, Employment and Human Development
Employment and Income Largest proportion of Indian population depends directly or indirectly on agriculture for employment opportunities as...
01 Feb 2020 Health
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This article is based on “A sneeze, a global cold and testing times for China” which was published in The Hindu on 01/02/2020. It talks...
01 Feb 2020 Health
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Agrochemical Spraying through Drones Illegal
Why in News Recently, the Union Government has clarified that drone-spraying is illegal as per the Insecticides Act, 1968. This clarification has...
01 Feb 2020 Health
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Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia
Why in News World’s first conference on Childhood Pneumonia was held in Barcelona (Spain) to make it part of the global health...
01 Feb 2020 Health
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Public Health Emergency of International Concern
Why in News The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently announced that the Wuhan coronavirus does not yet constitute a Public Health Emergency...
30 Jan 2020 Health
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Amendments to National Commission for Homoeopathy Bill, 2019
Why in News Recently, the Union Cabinet has given its approval to the amendments in the National Commission for Homoeopathy Bill, 2019. The draft...
30 Jan 2020 Health
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Draft Bill to Raise Upper Limit for Abortion
Why in News The Union Cabinet has approved changes to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971 in order to increase the upper limit for...
29 Jan 2020 Health
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Why in News There have been allegations against Johnson & Johnson that its Baby Powder (talcum powder) contains asbestos which can cause...
28 Jan 2020 Health
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Why in News Recently, the Lancet published a study titled “Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan,...
28 Jan 2020 Health
