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Tuesday, January 6, 2026
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Topic: Vaccination

High number of dog bites & poor post-exposure vaccination coverage drive India’s rabies crisis

New Delhi: Coupled with an alarmingly high number of dog bites, poor post-exposure vaccination adherence has put India at the top of the list...

Lancet report highlights gaps in immunisation—no routine vaccine for 14.4 lakh Indian kids in 2023

India after Nigeria recorded highest number of zero-dose children in 2023. The lack of immunisation against deadly diseases puts children at risk of life-threatening diseases.

Don’t let anti-vaxxers weaponise AstraZeneca furore. Vaccines are safe—and we are the proof

Vaccines have eliminated two diseases—smallpox in humans and rinderpest in cattle. If they were killing one in 50,000 people, we wouldn’t be rolling them out across the globe for decades.

Eye on rabies-free status, Agra to launch mega drive to ‘vaccinate, sterilise every dog on streets’

Animal Welfare Officer Dr Ajay Kumar Singh says Agra civic body plans to rope in private agency that will aim to vaccinate 250-300 dogs per day, and make pet registration mandatory.

Dog bite cases rising, low awareness of rabies vaccination protocols a challenge. Here’s what guidelines say

About 96 percent of the mortality and morbidity due to rabies is associated with dog bites. India faces uphill struggle as it attempts to eliminate disease by 2030.

Global child vaccination efforts recover post-Covid, but challenges remain, say WHO & UNICEF

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the numbers were 'encouraging', but there were concerns the most vulnerable were being left behind.

On Camera

Bangladesh’s February elections are in the Jamaat’s hands. They want a ‘unity government’

‘This is a not-so-subtle warning by the Jamaat to the BNP that no future government can be run without taking it along,' Bangladeshi journalist Sahidul Hasan Khokon told ThePrint.

Trump threatens India with fresh tariffs on Russian oil, calls PM Modi a ‘good guy’

The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.