Meftal
The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) has issued a drug safety alert regarding Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR) associated with the painkiller Meftal.
- Meftal contains mefenamic acid
- Commonly used for menstrual cramps and rheumatoid arthritis.
- It can trigger adverse reactions like DRESS syndrome.
- Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a severe idiosyncratic response to a medication, marked by a protracted onset period.
Mycoplasma pneumonia
Pneumonia cases in AIIMS Delhi have no link to recent surge in respiratory infections in children in China.
- This bacterium commonly causes mild infections of respiratory system (throat, lungs, windpipe).
- One of smallest self-replicating organism, has a highly stable genome, lacks cell wall and grows slowly.
- Cause of community acquired pneumonia which spreads by coughing or sneezing.
Article 99 of U.N. Charter
U.N. Secretary-General invoked Article 99 of UN Charter to warn UN Security Council of impending Humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
- Article 99 states that the Secretary-General may bring to the attention of Security Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security.
- Invoked on only 4 occasions in the past – Congo in 1960, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1971, Iran in 1979, and Lebanon in 1989.
- UN Charter – founding document of United Nations, signed in 1945 in San Francisco.
- Codifies major principles of international relations like sovereign equality of States etc.