Category: General Interest
-
Haryana releases water to Delhi
The Haryana Government has agreed to release Delhi’s share of Yamuna water, as per reports on the 18th of May, 2017. The shortage in water was due to a leakage in Narwana canal branch on May 8, which affected places in North and Central Delhi. The leakage in the canal had been fixed..
-
NPPA attacks Pharmaceutical Industries
On 17th, May National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) issued a notice against many pharmaceutical companies like Lupin, Zydus Cadila, Wockhardt, Abbott Healthcare, Alembic, Alkem, Zuventus Healthcare, Ranbaxy, Sanofi India, GlaxoSmithKline..
-
Accidents due to Over speeding in India
A report recording 38,131 instances of over speeding vehicles leading to accidents was released on May 17th, 2017 in Bangalore. Every year about 1.2 million deaths occur and millions are injured or handicapped because of road accidents, in the world.
-
First Robotic Parkinson’s Surgery in Asia
Asia witnessed the first robot assisted surgery in Kochi on 17th may, 2017 after an auto driver was treated Parkinson disease in the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences.
-
India’s ageing population
According to PFRDA-CRISIL report titled, ‘Financial security for India’s elderly – The imperatives’, India will begin ageing gradually and will transform from ‘young’ to a ‘greying’. By 2050 every 5th Indian would be a sexagenarian contrast to every 12th person at present..
-
10-year old’s petition for abortion
On 15th May a plea for abortion was made for a 10-year old girl in the town of Rothak, Haryana. After being raped continuously by her stepfather, medical experts have affirmed her pregnancy of 20 weeks. This case sheds light upon the legalities regarding abortion in India..
-
New Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
The Minister of Health and Family Welfare, J P Nadda has launched a new Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine against pneumonia at Lal Bahadur Shastri Medical College in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh.
-
The biggest online extortion of today- Ransomware
On 12th May, a cyber-attack hit 150 countries and has affected approximately 200,000 computers as of 15th May. The hack is being termed as the biggest cyber-attack that has ever occurred and is ‘unique’ since the ransomware..
-
Introduction of the POD Taxi
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has planned to introduce the system of Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) to solve the issue of traffic in the city. It has identified six stretches for the implementation of POD (Provided On Demand) taxis, which will cover a distance of 35.5kms. What are POD taxis? POD taxis are used…
-
Privatisation of defence sector
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley held extensive dialogues with the representative of defence arms of groups including Larsen and Toubro, Ashok Leyland, Mahindra and Mahindra, Reliance Infra, Tata group, Adani Group and representatives of Chambers..