Withdrawal of MSMER, 2023Recent decision: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has denotified and withdrawn the Maintenance of Standards of Medical Education Regulations (MSMER), 2023, weakening the framework for penalising violations of educational...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: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan’s remarks on voter deletions and mass disenfranchisement have revived the debate over judicial propriety, particularly whether sitting judges should comment publicly on issues pending before courts.The central question i...

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...