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The aim of this review article is planning to collect, transport, processing and dispose of hazardous and non-hazardous biomedical waste, with a special concern on the biomedical waste tracking system in India. This review article sheds insight on some of the tracking systems of COVID-19 waste over the barcode, IoT, and GPS-based trash monitoring, related to COVID-19 waste management. Better waste management may reduce the amount of time that garbage is exposed to the environment and the risk of transportation. COVID-19 waste treatment facility might assist to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission, as well as the hazardous component risk respectively. © 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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Covid-19, a virus-driven pandemic, has shown the world the possible dangers posed by microorganisms like bacteria, viruses, rickettsia, fungi, and their toxins. However, genetically engineered microorganisms are helpful in various biosciences fields, including medication, horticulture, and fundamental investigation into life processes. Among these, some genetically altered microorganisms have drastic potential to cause harm to humans, and the environment, like the current coronavirus pandemic has shaken the world with fatalities caused by it worldwide and crashed the global economy. On the one hand, genetically engineered organisms help understand the ultrastructure of these organisms and as a tool to combat the disease caused by them. On the other, the increasing research on this also poses a threat to the occurrence of pandemics throughout the world. In India, genetically altered microorganisms are regulated by the Rules, 1989 under sections 6,8 and 25 of the Environment Act, 1986. Bioterrorism is the systematic and deliberate deployment of hazardous organisms such as bacteria, viruses, or toxins to spread infectious diseases on a massive scale to wipe out a vast population. The global incidents of the recent twenty years presented that the danger of biological fighting isn't a fictional thing yet a harsh truth. Hazardous microbes can be utilised in bioterrorism by seeing flare-ups brought about by microorganisms. So, there is a need to improve the countermeasures to tackle the spread of infectious diseases. This review covers the various regulations for genetically altered microorganisms in India regarding their sale, import-export storage, and creation, emphasising regulating bodies;their constitution, and application forms for the registrations and approval for research on such microorganisms, and this assessment presents a clear overview of the country's probable biothreats, current laws, and regulations to combat such incidents, with a significant necessity for their execution, and biodefense measures for readiness and defence, in favour of making India a bioterror-free country. Copyright © 2022 Assiut University. All rights reserved.
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Food additives or supplements are self-illustrative to define their need in day to day life. With an increase in their demand in daily life, the FMCG companies are launching their best quality products competitively. Keeping in mind, we designed this study to understand the need for nutritional supplements in a developing country. The purpose of the present study is to find out Indian government’s initiatives to build a healthy nation along with the contributions of private organizations, to pinpoint consumer perceptions towards the purchase of food supplements and lastly the consumer mentality towards the consumption of health supplements during COVID-19 Pandemic. Another attempt was to identify consumer compliance towards the online market while buying health supplements. Method: A questionnaire of 12 multiple choice questions was prepared and circulated among the Indian public from 2020 May 06 to 2020 July 25 through a google form. The questions were designed to get an idea about the desire of common Indian masses for the Nutraceuticals. Especially the youngsters who were aimed in this study and we succeeded to get optimum response from 325 human subjects. Some people from other age groups also contributed to the study. This research was conducted through online modes and all the statistics were generated using the latest technology. Results: From the study, it is very clear that people are becoming health conscious and to slow down the degradation in their bodies due to ageing they have started consuming these products in the early age that shows a remarkable increase in the consumption pattern of nutraceuticals.