When a mosquito bites you, it injects its salvia into your skin, triggering an allergic reaction in your body, which causes itchiness and those red bumps.
Over four billion people are currently at risk from mosquito-borne infections, including dengue, Zika, and chikungunya. It's estimated to rise to five billion by 2050.
The R21 or Matrix-M vaccine has been developed by scientists at Oxford University & is the 2nd to receive WHO recommendation, after RTS,S or AS01 (brand name Mosquirix), approved in 2021.
India’s progress in controlling malaria has been a result of pre-emptive anti-mosquito measures taken before onset of monsoon. Coronavirus pandemic can disrupt these.
While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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