Rights Group Lauds India's Ban On Animal Testing

"India's decision to shift its reliance from harmful and often unreliable animal models to robust non-animal approaches for biomedical research and education is a major step in the right direction and they are on a path to leadership in replacing animals in experiments," Andrew Rowan, president and CEO of Humane Society International, said in a statement.

In the guidelines, the ministry of environment and forests has asked research and educational institutions to use training alternatives such as computer-aided simulators. Read the full report here.

Source: Times of India, New Delhi.