Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
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Topic: Chemist

Pharmacies were supposed to track Punjab’s mild Covid cases, but this is why plan failed

Taran Deol -
Last March, Punjab released SOPs advising chemists to send report on daily basis to civil surgeons when people bought medication for fever, cough or cold — common Covid symptoms.

Angry chemists threaten to boycott Cipla products if it ventures into e-pharmacy business

Himani Chandna -
Over 8.5 lakh chemists say they will ‘sideline’ and ‘stop promoting’ Cipla if reports of its tie-up with online pharmacy Medlife turn out to be true.

Young Indian men are in the grip of a new epidemic. It’s called Viagra

Himani Chandna -
Viagra sales have risen by 40% in 8 years; doctors warn that more and more young men are seeking refuge in the anti-impotency drug.

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Opinion

Currently, India provides pensions for the elderly on the basis of the National Pensions Scheme | Representative Image | Wikimedia Commons

Giving up on NPS a tragedy for state govts. DB pensions are ad hoc, delay fiscal stress

Renuka Sane -
Several of the problems of the National Pensions Scheme can be easily remedied. The solution to fiscal stress isn't going back two decades ago.

Highway upgrade, droughts in one state affect housing demand in another, study shows

M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo | Source: Flickr

Cobalt, copper, China: India should pay more attention to the savage violence in Congo

Economy

Illustration by Soham Sen

Keep calm and carry on: Unlike wheat, rice isn’t hot yet

Sayantan Bera -
The world is worried that India might restrict exports of rice after wheat, pushing prices higher and worsening global food security.

Defence

File photo of a defence personnel armed with a SiG 716 rifle near the Line of Control | Photo: Snehesh Alex Philip | ThePrint

Army puts out tender for 30k ‘night sights’ so its US-made assault rifles can aim better in dark

Raghav Bikhchandani -
While an open tender has been issued for procurement of the optical instruments, Bengaluru-based firm Tonbo Imaging, whose services the Army has previously used, is a frontrunner.

National Interest

Moral, political & ideological questions on Maharashtra: 1st is simplest to answer, 3rd trickiest

Shekhar Gupta -
What is Shiv Sena’s ideology? We might say it’s been a convenient mix of extreme ethnic chauvinism & unforgiving Hindutva. Within the second, the party retained space to manoeuvre.

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