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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
TopicWorld Health Organisation

Topic: World Health Organisation

Pak squash player alleges Indian officials offered him Rs20 mn to drop out of a 2014 match

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Pakistan's Presidential Palace opened to public for first time in history; Nandita Das’sManto cleared by Pakistan’s censor board. 

Modi govt’s ambitious TB eradication scheme is stuck because it can’t locate patients

Just 8 per cent of 28 lakh patients benefit from the direct benefit scheme as government also does not have bank account details.

India’s poor health facilities may be a hurdle for Modi’s insurance plan

The country has 0.8 hospital beds per 1000 people, compared to an average of 3.3 among Asian countries.

Non-communicable diseases cause 61% of all deaths in India annually, says WHO report

Non-communicable diseases, which account for 41 million deaths globally every year, include cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases.

WHO’s list of tests could lead to effective medical care in India, say experts

Doctors say list could help streamline tests and improve disease diagnosis, but warn implementation could be problem in over-populated environment.

Nipah virus death toll at 10, food safety inspectors to check fruits & vegetables in Kerala

Fruit bats are the natural host of the Nipah virus; 2 persons are critical and 9 are under surveillance in Kerala hospitals.

Trader’s margin on drugs for rare diseases may be cut to 30% from 4,000%

The treatment of rare diseases requires medicines categorised as ‘orphan’ drugs, which are mostly imported and cost a patient anything between Rs 50 lakh and Rs 4 crore per year.

Global Pulse: A lesson for Trump from the Vietnam War, are women drivers Saudi Arabia’s ‘PR stunt’?

When the US found itself it the midst of a self-defeating war in Vietnam, its president knew that the country was headed for something ugly. 

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Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

‘Not just Russian oil, India tapped us along on trade deal,’ says US treasury secy Scott Bessent

New Delhi: The US is not worried about the rupee “becoming a reserve currency” given that it is at an all-time low versus the...

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.