Topics Covered: Issues related to health. Antibiotic resistance: Context: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) recently published a survey report on antibiotic use in the dairy sector. Concerns expressed: Antibiotics are extensively misused in the dairy sector and its residues remain largely untested in milk, which is an integral part of Indian diets, particularly …
[Insights into Editorial]- Battling anti-microbial resistance Context: In November, the world observed Antibiotic Awareness Week. India in its fight against the growing problem of resistance to antibiotics in disease-causing germs, the Indian government banned the manufacture, sale and use of colistin in the poultry industry. Colistin is considered the last-resort medicine to treat …
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Topics covered: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology. Antibiotic resistance What to study? For Prelims: what is antibiotic resistance and how it occurs? Context: Findings of the new study by researchers at the …
Insights MINDMAPS: “Antibiotic Resistance” and “Education and the Constitution of India” Antibiotic Resistance Education and the Constitution of India Antibiotic Resistance Education and the Constitution of India
