Withdrawal of MSMER, 2023Recent decision: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has denotified and withdrawn the Maintenance of Standards of Medical Education Regulations (MSMER), 2023, weakening the framework for penalising violations of educational...

Context: The alleged detention of freelance and independent journalists during protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has revived the debate over who qualifies as a journalist and who should have the authority...

Context: The Supreme Court has raised concerns over large disparities between the Price to Retailer (PTR) and Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of certain medicines, particularly anti-cancer drugs.In some cases, the difference has reportedly reached 1,000%,...

Context: A counterfeit medicine racket in Bengaluru has exposed serious gaps in drug-quality monitoring and supply-chain oversight in Karnataka.Relabelled, fake and expired medicines, including cancer drugs and ICU injections, were supplied to more t...

Context: India is witnessing a sharp rise in childhood obesity and diabetes, alongside widespread consumption of sugar-heavy packaged and unbranded foods. Recent regulatory proposals on front-of-pack warnings are an important step, but effective acti...

Context: Recent proposals to dilute Gram Sabha consent requirements for projects affecting tribal and forest land have raised concerns that the legal protections provided to forest-dependent communities under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 may be...