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James was suspended on July 28 after the ministry launched a probe into the alleged irregularities in appointments and recruitment of faculty and compliance to reservation rosters during his tenure.
The Indian health ministry has accepted the resignation of International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) Director, K S James, and revoked his suspension. James was suspended in July following allegations of irregularities in appointments and compliance with reservation rosters. The ministry launched an investigation and found irregularities in 11 out of 35 complaints received. The suspension was lifted due to "material changes in circumstances". James' resignation, submitted in August, was also accepted.
The Centre suspended KS James as the chief of the International Institute for Population Sciences, a body that prepares family health survey, on July 28.
Currently a young country, India will turn into a rapidly ageing society in the coming decades, a recent UN report said.
Associations between a higher BMI and depression were weaker between ages 16 and 21 indicating ages 12-16 is a sensitive point where preventative methods could be beneficial. The study, published recently in Psychological Medicine by researchers