Sterilisation

CDSCO relaxes loan license requirement for med device sterilisation

Medical device makers can now outsource sterilisation through third-party agreements without loan licences if the facility holds a valid sterilisation licence

Court orders Japan govt to compensate forcibly sterilised disabled people

In a landmark decision, Japan's Supreme Court ordered the government Wednesday to pay suitable compensation to about a dozen victims who were forcibly sterilised under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law that was designed to eliminate offspring of people with disabilities. An estimated 25,000 people were sterilised between the 1950s and 1970s without consent to prevent the birth of poor-quality descendants" under the law, described by plaintiffs' lawyers as the biggest human rights violation in the post-war era" in Japan. The court said the 1948 eugenics law was unconstitutional and rejected the government's claim that the 20-year statute of limitations should prevent it from paying restitution. Wednesday's decision involved 11 of the 39 plaintiffs who fought at five lower courts across Japan to get their case heard by the country's top court. Cases involving the other litigants are still pending. The plaintiffs, a number of them in wheelchairs, held up signs saying thank you and

Stray dog menace: Govt plans to push for speeding up sterilisation

On an average bodies that do sterilisation get around Rs 800-1500 per dog, according to sources

BJP had opposed sterilisation drive in 1970s: Chhattisgarh CM Bhagel

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday said had the BJP not opposed the sterilisation drive in the 1970s the population would have not increased so much.

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MP govt scraps circular on sterilisation, transfers official after furore

The government also transferred Director of National Health Mission (NHM), Chhavi Bharadwaj, who had signed the circular