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WHO nod for traditional Chinese medicines could mean extinction of some of India’s wildlife

Sanya Dhingra -
India could 'express its apprehension' over the WHO approval internationally as it 'basically encourages widespread use of animal products'.

Listen parents, this is why kids younger than 6 are getting headaches, blurred vision

Himani Chandna -
WHO advises that children aged less than 5 years should not be allowed screen time of more than an hour/day. Indian doctors tell us why.

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.
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Opinion

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

AG Sulzberger -
Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

There’s a new M-Y formula at work in Bihar this time

Economy

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

Udit Bubna -
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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