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GS-4HEALTHCARE SUPPLY CHAIN ETHICS AND DRUG DIVERSION

The Counterfeit Wasn't the Worst Part - the Nursing In-Charge Who Made It Possible Was

Delhi Police have busted a Rs 9 crore interstate racket diverting and counterfeiting anti-cancer drugs like Keytruda, arresting 17 people including four hospital staff members who allegedly used their institutional access to divert medicines meant for cancer patients into a black market supply chain.

Sub TopicTHE DELHI ANTI-CANCER DRUG RACKET AND THE BETRAYAL OF…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, PTI, HINDUSTAN…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-4NATURAL JUSTICE IN MASS EXAM CANCELLATIONS

342 Officers Lost Their Jobs Overnight to End a Protest - the Court Just Asked Whether Any of Them Actually Cheated

The Jharkhand High Court has stayed the state government's cancellation of 342 civil service appointments and 56 Food Safety Officer posts, ruling that terminating regularly appointed officers without individually establishing their involvement in exam irregularities violates natural justice, directly challenging the government's decision to cancel exams wholesale to end a 26-day protest.

Sub TopicTHE JHARKHAND HC STAY, BLANKET EXAM CANCELLATIONS AND…SourceJHARKHAND HIGH COURT, THE HINDU…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-4CAPF MENTAL HEALTH AND INSTITUTIONAL DUTY OF CARE

57, 43, 57, 46, 59 - the Line the CRPF Only Started Watching After the NHRC Did

The CRPF has set up a Director General-headed core group to review self-harm cases monthly, days after the National Human Rights Commission took suo motu cognizance of the force's suicide figures and sought reports from the Ministry of Home Affairs and the CRPF leadership. The CRPF has formed a high-level core group headed by its Director General to conduct monthly reviews of personnel suicides, which hit a five-year high in…

Sub TopicNHRC NOTICE, THE CRPF CORE GROUP AND THE DUTY OF CARE…SourceNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS…
UPSC Relevance9/10
Time to Read3 min read
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GS-4USE OF LETHAL FORCE IN ANTI-POACHING OPERATIONS

Three Shots or a Full Magazine? What the Hanur Encounter Actually Tests

A magisterial inquiry is underway into the killing of three men by Karnataka Forest Department guards inside the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary, after forensic findings of close-range firing from a single gun emptied in rapid succession appeared to contradict the department's official account of three warning shots, while the sole surviving witness has since gone missing.

Sub TopicTHE HANUR ENCOUNTER, FORENSIC CONTRADICTION AND…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, THE HINDU
UPSC Relevance9/10
Time to Read3 min read
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