Supreme Court Asks 19 States and UTs to Declare Cancer a Notifiable Disease

Exam-focused facts from the 17 August 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The Supreme Court asked 19 remaining states and Union territories to declare cancer a notifiable disease.
17 states and UTs have already notified cancer as a notifiable disease.
The direction was given on a PIL filed by Dr. Anurag Srivastava, former head of AIIMS Delhi.
The court directed the remaining states to consider the recommendations and file compliance affidavits.