EPIDEMIC DISEASES ACT
Context: All states and Union Territories have been directed to invoke provisions of Section 2 of the Epidemic Diseases Act,…
Read MoreNATIONAL CLEAN AIR PROGRAMME
Why in News? Union Environment Ministry has asked for city-level plans for the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) as these…
Read More50 YEARS OF NPT
Why in News? Recently, the foreign ministers of the five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council issued a…
Read MoreTREATING DRUG-RESISTANT TB
Why in News? A small trial (Nix-TB) undertaken at three sites in South Africa to test the safety and efficacy…
Read MoreBIRD FLU – AVIAN…
Why in News? The suspected cases of avian influenza (bird flu) are being reported from various parts of the Kerala.…
Read MoreROLE OF GLUCOSE IN…
Why in News? The recent study by researchers from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (TIFR) has revealed that…
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