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• The Multilingual Dementia Research and Assessment (MUDRA) toolbox was released by the Indian Council of Medical Research in five different Indian languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.
• The toolbox includes several features for assessing cognitive domains such as cognition, memory, visuospatial functions, and language.
• MUDRA Toolbox is an initiative launched by the ICMR Neuro-Cognitive Tool Box (ICMR-NCTB) consortium to transform dementia and mild cognitive impairment research and clinical practises in India.

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About ICMR

• ICMR is one of the oldest medical research bodies in the world for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research
• Formation: 1911 (as IRFA)
• Renamed as ICMR: 1949