ICMR & Hyderabad-based Indian Immunologicals come together to develop vaccine for vector-borne disease being seen as emerging threat. India reported nearly 600 Zika cases this year.
Cases have been reported from Karnataka and Kerala, and at least three districts in Maharashtra — Pune, Kolhapur and Ahmednagar. Till 8 July morning, number of confirmed cases was 9.
The three-member team, consisting a public health expert, gynaecologist & entomologist, will work closely with the state health department and monitor the situation on the ground.
The state health department has said that a cluster of the virus was identified within a three-km radius of Anayara and a control room has been set up at the district medical office.
Union health ministry sends 6-member team to Kerala as state reports 18 cases of Zika virus. Kerala says situation is being monitored closely and more testing labs will be opened.
A 24-year-old woman, with no travel history outside the state, was diagnosed with the mosquito-transmitted disease. She recently delivered a baby on 7 July.
This year, Jawan and The Kerala Story both won National Awards. The irony was impossible to miss. One critiqued the system, the other endorsed its narratives. The dichotomy says more about India’s cultural schizophrenia than any film review ever could.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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