India is among 10 countries that account for 55 percent of children without measles vaccination globally, show WHO-UNICEF estimates of national immunisation coverage.
Findings come nearly a year after several Indian states had outbreaks. Reported measles incidence increased 72 percent worldwide in 2021-2022, says report.
Nearly 400 lakh children missed a measles vaccine dose in 2021. While cases have not yet gone up dramatically compared to previous years, now is the time to act, WHO's measles lead said.
The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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