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.
This is the transcript of Ep 1830 of Cut the Clutter, where Shekhar Gupta explains why strategic petroleum reserves are a national necessity & how India compares with China, US & Japan.
Tracked and wheeled variants, built in collaboration with Tata Advanced Systems and Bharat Forge, carry 30mm turrets, cross water using hydro jets, and are 65% indigenous.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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