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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicHPV vaccine

Topic: HPV vaccine

‘One woman dies of cervical cancer every 8 minutes in India’—Centre’s HPV vaccine drive could change that

The drive will cover all 1.15 crore girls who turn 14 each year and will run as a special programme, separate from India’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP).

Scottish study finds zero cases of cervical cancer among women vaccinated against HPV at 12-13 yrs

Study conducted by Public Health Scotland in collaboration with University of Strathclyde & University of Edinburgh. Findings published in Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Men carry cancer-causing HPV. But gender bias in immunisation targets vaccine toward women

Women are at a higher risk of contracting cancers from HPV. But studies suggest a significantly higher prevalence of the virus in men.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.