Presently, the law does not allow a pregnant woman to undergo an abortion if she has passed the period of over 20 weeks. The only exception is when there is a serious risk to the life of the mother.

Determined to continue with the efforts to curb the practice of smoking in public places, the Health Ministry plans to extend ‘The Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places Rules 2008’ to almost all public venues, by ‘Gandhi Jayanti’ – October 2. Though parks and roads have been excluded from the banned places list, strict fines will be imposed at the places where smoking has been banned – and, the Bollywood movies too fall in this category!

In U.K, thousands of people suffer from osteoarthritis in knee, which can be painful for the patients. Some of the UK surgeons were still carrying out the operation, against national guidance, which is not beneficial for the patients .New England Journal of medicine study showed surgeons were misguided who still relying on the operation technique.

According to a Canadian doctor, after surgery there is no difference in the symptoms of a patient. Physiotherapy and painkillers provide the same result.  
 

The ‘No. 1 Haryana’ campaign, which is currently being aired on cable networks

An international survey conducted in 13 countries suggests that 9 out of 10 children with diabetes lack support at school. The number of diabetic children — even type 2 diabetes, has increased worldwide. Recent statistics show that more than 200 children develop diabetes every day in the world. The disease not only affects the children physically but also has severe mental, economic and social implications on the children as well as their parents.

At least 80 malnurished infants have died in the tribal belts of Satna and Khandwa districts of Madhya Pradesh. Though the BJP govt is refuting the charges by the NGOs working in these blocks a Unicef report suggests that “malnutrition could be one of the reasons”.