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Topic: WHO

World’s first-ever malaria vaccine has just been rolled out in Africa

Himani Chandna -
The vaccine — RTS,S or Mosquirix — offers partial protection against the deadly parasitic disease that killed 4.35 lakh people in 2017.

New TB cases in India shot up by 16% in 2018 – but that’s not bad news

Himani Chandna -
Tuberculosis is a contagious disease caused by bacteria, identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide.

After goofing up its rare-disease policy, India looks to US, EU, Japan for pointers

Himani Chandna -
The Delhi High Court has given the Union government nine months to come up with a revised policy on rare diseases.

RBI seeks mobile phone-based solution to help visually impaired identify banknotes

PTI -
The move will benefit around 80 lakh blind or visually impaired people in the country. 

Health ministry to use ‘wonder drug’ aggressively as it steps up war on TB

Himani Chandna -
Number of patients getting this drug to go up from 2,000 to 12,000 to help India eliminate TB by 2025.

Madhya Pradesh records 127 cases of Zika but reports of fatalities false, says govt

Sakshi Arora -
The Zika infection cases in Madhya Pradesh come close on the heels of an outbreak in neighbouring Rajasthan

98% of India’s children breathing in toxic air, not just outside but also at home: WHO

Sandhya Ramesh -
According to the latest WHO report, in 2016, indoor and outdoor pollution killed one lakh children under the age of five in India.

93% of world’s children breathe air that could kill them before adulthood: WHO report

Sandhya Ramesh -
Children exposed to pollution have degrading health in the long term, leading them to develop childhood cancer, asthma, and heart disease.

The detailed story of how India won the battle against poliovirus

Thomas Abraham -
On World Polio Day, excerpts from book, ‘Polio: The Odyssey of Eradication’ by Thomas Abraham.

Government says Zika not yet an ‘outbreak’, deploys 258 teams to contain the spread 

Himani Chandna -
In India's third tryst with the disease, as many as 50 cases of Zika infection have been reported from Jaipur since September.
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Opinion

If the Congress were truly a democratic party, Sam Pitroda would be a nobody

Kapil Komireddi -
It is obscene that a man so detached from India should occupy such a powerful position in a party that governed India for most of its republican history.

Congress, BJP manifestos strangely silent on transforming military to make India a great power

Want to understand Punjab’s history? Look to farmers and peasants, not Gurus

Economy

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

Yuthika Bhargava -
About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Defence

Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Smruti Deshpande -
Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

National Interest

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

Shekhar Gupta -
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.

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