News: Eradication of Polio-Management of Social sector services relating to Health On World Polio Day (October 24), an independent commission of experts led by the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared that wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3) has been eradicated worldwide. About Wild poliovirus There are three individual and immunologically distinct wild ... .Read more
Updated on 25 October, 2019 GS2 International Relations Health and Family wellfare
Two-Child Norm Policy Recently Assam government announced that people with more than two children will not be eligible for government jobs from January 2021. About the Assam's Two-Child Norm Policy The policy seeks to bar those having more than two children from being elected or nominated to panchayat and other local bodies’ elections or govern... .Read more
Updated on 24 October, 2019 GS2 Governance Health and Family wellfare
The issue of milk safety came into light when the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) released the National Milk Safety and Quality Survey 2018. A survey found a surprise with the presence of Aflatoxin M1 residues beyond permissible limits in 368 out of 6,432 samples that is 5.7% of the samples. About 93% of the samples were found sa... .Read more
Updated on 22 October, 2019 GS2 Governance Health and Family wellfare
In News: India trails in Global Hunger Index The Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2019 has ranked India a lowly 102 among the 117 countries it has mapped. In 2018, India was pegged at 103 but last year 119 countries were mapped. So while the rank is one better this year, in reality, India is not better off in comparison to the other countries. On the ... .Read more
Updated on 18 October, 2019 GS2 Governance International Relations Health and Family wellfare
In news According to the World Health Organization (WHO), -2019 edition of the Global Tuberculosis (TB) Report tuberculosis incidence rate in India has decreased by almost 50,000 patients over the past year. About the Global Tuberculosis Report : The report notes that in 2017, India had 27.4 lakh TB patients which came down to 26.9 lakh in 2018.... .Read more
Updated on 18 October, 2019 GS2 Health and Family wellfare
Manual scavenging refers to the unsafe and manual removal of raw (fresh and untreated) human excreta from buckets or other containers that are used as toilets or from the pits of simple pit latrines. Despite a 2013 law prohibiting employment of manual scavengers, a government survey recently has identified 54,130 people engaged in this job as of July 2019. I... .Read more
Updated on 12 October, 2019 GS1 GS2 Society Governance Social issues & Justice Health and Family wellfare
