During the conclave Assessment on the Sustainable Use of Wild Species report will be published at the 9thconference of Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
9thconference of IPBES is scheduled to held on July 8, 2022.
Report will be made on the basis of earlier IPBES assessment reports.
New report will incorporate the details on diverse uses of wild species and practices that are connected with them, these practices include, Gathering, Logging, Fishing, observing and Terrestrial animal harvesting (shearing and hunting).
It will investigate, what sustainable use implies and how it is associated to United Nations-mandated Sustainable Development Goals.
Buses and trucks will be required to comply with fuel consumption norms from April 2023 that applied only to passenger vehicles so far, according to a draft notification issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
The Ministry has proposed to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules so that the Constant Fuel Consumption Standards (CFCS) include medium and heavy-duty motor vehicles of various categories either manufactured in India or imported to the country. These rules so far applied only to passenger vehicles with up to nine seats.
Shortened daily regimen for tuberculosis treatment which enables better drug compliance and gives the patients better chance at completing treatment is the aim of a study that the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai, is all set to undertake.
NIRTs multi-centric study to be carried out in Nagpur, Lucknow, Vellor and Delhi will evaluate the efficacy of a four-month daily regimen for TB treatment using Moxifloxacin, a drug used to prevent the disease as compared with the existing six-month course.
Under the National TB Elimination Program (NTEP), the anti-TB drugs are offered as fixed-dose combinations (FDC) and a pilot study for this has been completed.