Also in News
Posted 26 Aug 2024
8 min read
Schedule M of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1945
Pharmaceutical Companies sought more time to implement revised manufacturing practices rules under Schedule M of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1945.
- Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare revised rules under Schedule M in January 2024 to align domestic good manufacturing practices (GMP) recommendations with global standards, particularly those of the WHO.
About Schedule M
- It prescribes the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for pharmaceutical products.
- GMPs are mandatory standards which build and bring quality into a product by way of control on materials, methods, machines, processes, etc.
- GMP was first incorporated in Schedule M in 1988.
- Tags :
- Good Manufacturing Practices
- Schedule M
- Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1945
The Great Nicobar Project
Recently Environment Minister has clarified that Great Nicobar project will not affect the tribals.
The Great Nicobar Project
- Strategic Importance: The Great Nicobar project, involving a port, airport, power plant, and township, is of national, defense, and strategic significance.
- Project costs: Rs 72,000 crore
- Transhipment Port Potential: strategically located near international shipping routes.
- Tribal Safeguards: Provisions to protect the Shompen tribe; with a net increase in tribal reserve land.
- Tags :
- Environment
- Great Nicobar Project
Marshyangdi River
A tourist bus plunged into the Marshyangdi River, killing at least 14 Indians.
About Marshyangdi River
- It is a snow-fed perennial Himalayan River in Nepal with a length of about 150 km.
- The Marshyangdi is a major tributary of the Gandaki River, which joins the Ganga river at Hajipur near Patna.
- The Gandaki River is known as the Narayani in the plains of Nepal and as the Gandak in India.
- It is famous for river rafting, and several hydro-projects have been constructed on the river.
- Tags :
- Marshyangdi River
- Gandaki River
Atacama Salt Flat
A study by Researchers at the University of Chile found that Chile’s Atacama salt flat is sinking due to lithium brine extraction.
About Atacama Salt Flat
- Also known as Salar de Atacama, it is the biggest salt deposit in Chile.
- It has a rough white surface below which there is a large salt lake.
- Lake under the salt flat has one of the largest lithium reserves in the world.
- It lies in Chile’s Atacama Desert, probably the driest place on the planet.
- The northern part of the basin is the San Pedro River delta.
- Tags :
- Atacama Salt Flat
- San Pedro River
Sonoluminescence
Pistol shrimp (family Alpheidae) exhibit Sonoluminescence by rapidly snapping their claws.
About Sonoluminescence:
- It refers to the phenomenon of producing light through the irradiation of liquids with ultrasonic waves.
- It is formed when bubbles formed by cavitation in liquids interact with powerful sound waves.
- The alternating high and low pressure of sound waves leads to rapid expansion and contraction of bubbles.
- This results in intense temperature rise, ionization of gases within the bubble and release of light energy.
- Tags :
- Sonoluminescence
- irradiation
Sonobuoys
Recently, the US approved potential sale of anti-submarine warfare Sonobuoys and related equipment to India.
About Sonobuoys
- They are expendable, electro-mechanical Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) tactical sonar systems, transmitting information about submarine activity.
- They use a transducer and a radio transmitter to record and transmit underwater sounds.
- 3-types:
- Passive sonobuoys: Use underwater microphone to listen for sound energy from a target;
- Active sonobuoy: Use a transducer to send an acoustic signal and then listen for the return echo off an object; and
- Special Purpose buoys: Provide additional information about the environment, such as water temperature or wave height.
- Tags :
- Anti-Submarine Warfare
- Sonobuoys
Scrub Typhus
Recently, Chief Minister of Meghalaya tested positive for Scrub Typhus.
About Scrub Typhus
- Also known as bush typhus, it is a disease caused by bacteria called Orientia Tsutsugamushi.
- It is spread to people through bites of infected chiggers (larval mites).
- Symptoms: Fever, headache, body aches, and rash, a scab-like region at the chigger bite site (eschar) etc.
- No vaccine is available for scrub typhus.
- Most cases of scrub typhus occur in rural areas of South East Asia, China, Indian subcontinent, Northern Australia, etc.
- Tags :
- Scrub Typhus
- Orientia Tsutsugamushi
Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha AbhiyaN (PM-JANMAN)
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is running a nationwide campaign for the PM-JANMAN
PM JANMAN
- Launched to provide PVTG households and habitations with basic facilities such as safe housing, clean drinking water etc. in 3 years.
- Aims to cover 75 PVTG communities residing in 18 States and 1 UT.
- Total budgetary outlay: Rs.24,104 Cr
- It focuses on 11 critical interventions being implemented by 9 Ministries such as Pucca houses ,connecting roads by the Ministry of Rural Development.
- Tags :
- PVTG
- Government Scheme
- PM-JANMAN
News Today (Aug 25-26, 2024)