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Topic: guidelines

India’s draft guidelines on biosimilar drugs can make treatments more accessible, affordable

Though India has built a robust domestic biosimilar market, its international presence and the ability to lower prices as compared to small molecule generics remain limited.

May cause bone mineral loss, kidney damage — why ICMR dietary guidelines deter use of protein powders

Latest guidelines recommend getting proteins from right diet. Experts say over reliance on protein supplements is largely market-driven and not necessarily backed by science.

Fire safety, trained counsellors & no students under 16 — govt’s new guidelines for coaching centres

Education ministry's new guidelines attempt to address a host of concerns about largely unregulated coaching industry, also including fee structure, malpractice and tutors' qualifications.

Govt’s new guidelines bar hospitals from admitting critically ill patients to ICU against their will

Guidelines issued by Union health ministry also say that anyone with a living will or advanced directive against ICU care should not be admitted to ICU.

Ads for charitable causes shouldn’t make viewer feel ashamed for not contributing, say new ASCI norms

Advertising Standards Council of India also says such ads must not disrespect dignity of those on whose behalf appeal is made & not mislead consumers or cause them unjustified distress.

‘We will not go back to old cycle of panic’: WHO negotiates new rules to fight future pandemics

WHO already has binding rules known as International Health Regulations, which in 2005 set out countries' obligations where public health events have potential to cross borders.

Covid spike: Delhi asks schools to stay alert, shut down if need be

No let-up in wearing masks, sanitising hands or maintaining social distance, the Education dept tells schools in fresh advisory.

‘Learn Russian words’: Defence ministry issues survival guidelines for Indians stuck in Ukraine

Dos & don’ts list is the first of its kind in a decade, advises to 'walk close to buildings, keep white flag ready, conserve phone battery, be ready for long trek’.

Govt lifts mandatory 7-day quarantine in revised Covid guidelines for international fliers

Instead of 7-day home quarantine as mandated earlier, all travellers will self-monitor their health for 14 days after their arrival, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said.

Govt recommends no masks for kids aged below 5 years in new Covid guidelines, know more here

In revised Covid guidelines for children and adolescents, the health ministry also advises against the use of antivirals or monoclonal antibodies for those less than 18 years of age.

On Camera

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.