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TopicContraceptives

Topic: contraceptives

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.

Global contraceptive makers eye ‘condom-shy’ India’s growing market amid population boom

With population decline & aging societies in major markets, condom manufacturers are taking advantage of modern marketing tools to reach India's huge, young & tech-savvy demographic in both urban & rural settings.

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.

Men are ready to use male contraception methods but govts, pharma sector are big barriers

17 million men in the U.S. who are looking for new methods of contraception to prevent unintended pregnancies.

Chinese policies against Uyghurs could claim 4.5 million lives by 2040, study says

Study by Dr Adrian Zenz, an anthropologist who has researched extensively on Uyghurs, reveals Chinese govt has been using birth control measures to control Uyghur population.

Govt could now home deliver mother & child care drugs, contraceptives in containment zones

The health ministry’s plan is part of a larger attempt to plug loopholes in mother and child healthcare under the Covid-19 lockdown.

UN study predicts 7 million unplanned pregnancies during Covid-19 crisis

47 million women in low and middle-income countries will be unable to use modern contraceptives due to the ongoing lockdowns, according to latest UN data.

Modi govt to tweak law, resume over-the-counter sale of contraceptives under central scheme

Contraceptive pills under the Modi govt’s family planning scheme currently require a doctor’s prescription, a practice brought in last year. 

Male contraceptive pills — a step towards equality or will it make women cede reproductive rights again?

A new male contraceptive pill has passed the safety and tolerability test when tried on healthy males for a month, a recent US study showed.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.