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TopicMission Indradhanush

Topic: Mission Indradhanush

Covid year brings 5% drop in routine immunisation, but states throw up surprising trend

Even as the Covid vaccine remains the hot topic of conversation, officials say efforts are on to regain lost ground in the routine immunisation drive.

NFHS-5 findings make a case for continued investment in primary healthcare

Effective counselling has resulted in women in 20 states being better informed of the side effects of various modes of modern contraception than before.

India boosts child vaccinations but lags in access to pneumonia & diarrhoea treatment — report

Johns Hopkins report lauds India for achieving global target of 90% coverage for 3 of 5 vaccines required to cut deaths of children under 5 years of age.

Modi govt planning Covid vaccine rollout, says ex-IAS officer who led immunisation programme

Ex-IAS officer C.K. Mishra says India's experience in rolling out Universal Immunisation Programme will help in designing strategy for distribution of Covid-19 vaccine once ready.

Banks Board Bureau, Modi govt’s answer to woes of PSU banks, is yet to start delivering

Since 2016, PSBs’ performance has only gone downhill despite Banks Board Bureau’s mandate to reinvent them for greater efficiency, among others.

On Camera

How do employees air out their appraisal frustrations? Through reels on Instagram

During appraisal month, tensions run especially high, resignations abound, and the one place it all airs out is on Instagram.

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.