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Friday, September 26, 2025
TopicContraception

Topic: Contraception

Expert panel proposes prescription requirement for morning-after pill, CDSCO yet to take final call

Hormonal contraceptives are under Schedule K of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act & can be bought without a doctor's prescription. Concerns were raised over their serious side effects.

Single dose of gene therapy could stop cats getting pregnant for 2 yrs, finds Nature study

Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, CREW & Horae Gene Therapy Center found hormone released after gene therapy blocked development of egg follicles in ovaries for 2 years.

Nirodh – cheap condoms that led India’s family planning project but undone by lousy branding

Nirodh might not be a popular choice, but India’s first govt-owned condom brand has a zany history consisting of terrible branding and marketing blunders.

India has met contraceptives need of more than 90% of women, adolescents, says Lancet study

Study conducted by researchers from University of Washington provides estimates on worldwide contraceptive use — overall need and types used — from 1970 to 2019.

India’s condom market must look beyond flavours and textures. World’s innovating

Despite free and subsidised condoms, the overall condom usage remains low in India at 5.6 per cent, according to National Family Health Survey.

On Camera

Muslims at garba—whenever a festival becomes exclusionary, we lose a piece of India

Conservative clerics warned Muslims against garba as impermissible; now Hindu right-wing groups call their presence provocative—different reasons, same outcome.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.