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States introduced more than 500 bills preempting county land-use authority in 2025

In 2025, states introduced 511 bills that would preempt county authority over land use, including 138 bills that became law, according to the National Association of Counties (NACo). Lawmakers introduced these bills across 40 states and addressed housing, economic development, energy development, and other land-use policies.

Ballotpedia · Aug 24

World AIDS Day 2024: HIV prevalence in Gujarat declines to 0.19 per cent

World AIDS Day is observed annually on December 1. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Nov 30, 2024

SC seeks Centre response on blood donation by gay, transgenders, sex workers

The Top Court was hearing a petition filed by one Sharif D Rangnekar, challenging the constitutional validity of Blood Donor rules of 2017. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Aug 2, 2024

HIV drugs shortage is a challenge to ending AIDS in India

Some people living with HIV have had their regimen changed due to the unavailability of certain ARVs

The Hindu · Aug 13, 2022

India’s HIV patients say shortages leaving hundreds of thousands without drugs

Campaigners say many people have had to stop or switch antiretroviral medication regimes – but the government denies supply crisis

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2022

Drugs shortage haunts HIV-positive community

Union Health Ministry says there are no instances of disruptions or non-availability of treatment services or anti-retroviral medicines at national and State levels. 

The Hindu · Aug 11, 2022

Watch: Why are HIV patients protesting in Delhi?

For over a week now, a group of HIV patients has been protesting outside the Delhi office of the National Aids Control Organization. They allege that HIV patients across the country have been struggling to find life-saving antiretroviral drugs – for six months in some cities – but the government,…

Newslaundry · Jul 29, 2022

Over 17 lakh people contracted HIV in India in last 10 years by unprotected sex: RTI reply

The number of people contracting HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) in the last 10 years has come down significantly.

The Hindu · Apr 24, 2022

Ready to give Aadhaar card to sex workers, UIDAI tells SC

But they have to get certificate from a gazetted officer of health departments of States or from official with NACO, it says

The Hindu · Feb 28, 2022