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Friday, August 15, 2025
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Topic: illness

Neglected tropical diseases affect one in five people in the world. We need a rallying cry

A meeting of Commonwealth leaders in Rwanda has spurred the Kigali Declaration, an agreement to combine forces to end neglected tropical diseases.

5 dead and 22 hospitalised as hooch tragedy strikes UP’s Aligarh again

Aligarh: Five people died and 22 more were hospitalised after consuming spurious liquor in a village here, days after another hooch tragedy resulted in the...

Pesticide residues could be behind Andhra mystery illness, ‘long-term study’ needed — experts

Experts from AIIMS, Delhi, say lead was found in blood samples, while experts of other institutes found no traces of lead, nickel and arsenic in water samples.

Andhra mystery illness plagues nearly 600, but similar symptoms seen in cases last month too

West Godavari district official says between November last week and 4 December, there were about a total of 20 cases with similar symptoms in other hospitals, mostly private.

Taking sick leave has never been more crucial. So why are people still ‘soldiering on’?

Soldiering on — also known as ‘sickness presenteeism’ — is alive and well even in 2020. Many people feel they have no choice but to show up and carry on.

Scrub typhus, the disease that killed Lt Gen Jaggi, is one of the most under-diagnosed in Asia

A rare bacterial infection spread through insect bites can kill through mutliple-organ failure and is on the rise in India.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.