Union Government clears Tamil Nadu’s Ordinance on – Jallikattu

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  •  The Union Government has Tamil Nadu government’s proposal to promulgate an ordinance to hold Jallikattu, which is a traditional bull taming sport.
  • The Union Ministries of Home, Law and Environment has vetted the state’s draft ordinance and cleared this amendment.

Ministry of AYUSH, ASCI has signed MoU to co-regulate misleading advertisements in the AYUSH sector 

  •  On 20th January 2017 Ministry of AYUSH has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI).
  • The MoU was inked with an aim to curtail the malpractices in the advertisement of AYUSH drugs.
  • According to the MoU, ASCI will comprehensively monitor advertisements the cases of misleading advertisements of Ayurveda, Unani, Yoga and Naturopathy, Siddha and Homoepathy drugs, treatments and related services, advertised across print and electronic media.