Kala-azar had wiped out entire villages in Asia, Africa and Latin America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Urea Stibamine was the main-stay in its treatment.
All four states where the disease is endemic — Bihar, West Bengal, UP and Jharkhand — are running nearly behind schedule on spraying insecticides that starts in March.
India’s policy on Myanmar has been to deal with its Generals and maintain a distance from the country’s insurgent groups and political struggles. This will have to change.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
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.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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