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Friday, April 26, 2024
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

Why the future of cars does not look electrified

Making a jump from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles is the kind of romantic prospect that would appeal to India, which jumped from a shortage of landline phones to an abundance of smartphones.

Notices, fines, court case & now a limited ban — RBI-Kotak relationship has been fraught for years

RBI Wednesday banned Kotak Mahindra Bank from taking on new customers through digital channels & from issuing new credit cards. Violations had to do with strength of bank’s IT infra.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.