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    Rural Diabetes Prevention and Control Campaign launched in Varanasi Village

    Spread of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is assuming epidemic proportions in India, Dr Jitendra Singh said while launching the campaign. He said that Type...
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    Health Policy

    Non-communicable Diseases Emerge as ‘Top Killers Globally’ – WHO

    Authors of the report say that every two seconds, one person under the age of 70 dies of a non-communicable diseases – such as...
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    COVID-19

    Health Minister Speaks of Long-Awaited Incentives for ASHA Workers

    ASHA, or Accredited Social Health Activists have been demanding better remuneration for the past many years, but the health minister did not make any...
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    Clean tech

    Over 24 Million Affected by Exposure to Ionizing Occupational Radiation

    Over 500 experts from all over the world are to exchange information and experiences on strengthening the protection of workers from radiation. An international conference...
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    Air

    Nepal has ‘World’s Highest’ Lung Disease Death Rate

    A new study reported that Nepal had the highest reported death rate from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 2019, primarily due to air pollution....
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    Bangladesh

    Over 60 Per Cent of Bangladesh’s Healthcare Facilities Lack Basic Hygiene Services

    Interventions to increase access to handwashing with water and soap and environmental cleaning form the cornerstone of infection prevention and control programmes and are...
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    COVID-19

    Wearing Masks in Public Places Now Mandatory in Delhi, Violators to be Fined

    The Delhi government has mandated wearing face masks in public places following a surge in the numbers of COVID-19 cases. Health officials say that...
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    Health Policy

    Monkeypox Concern Heightened Only After it Became A ‘Northern’ Disease, Says WHO 

    Castigating developed countries for not paying heed to diseases prevalent in the global south until these hit home, the WHO has urged developed nations...
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    The case raises wider questions about how rapidly advancing biotechnologies are governed in one of the world’s largest agricultural economies and food exporters.
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    Indonesia Rejects National Disaster Status as Toxic Haze Blankets Southeast Asia

    ASEAN foreign ministers are expected to discuss the transboundary haze at an upcoming meeting. The episode highlights longstanding regional tensions over the annual haze, which has strained diplomatic relations in previous severe seasons such as 2015.
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    Sri Lanka’s Middle Class Shrinks as Nearly 400,000 Households Slide Down Income Ladder, Says Boston Consulting Group

    BCG says that policymakers and businesses alike will need strategies that address both the scale of the rural middle class and the constraints facing households that have slipped downward if the gains of recovery are to become more widely shared.

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    India’s Supreme Court Urged to Expedite Contempt Case Over Alleged GM Rice Releases

    The case raises wider questions about how rapidly advancing biotechnologies are governed in one of the world’s largest agricultural economies and food exporters.
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    Indonesia Rejects National Disaster Status as Toxic Haze Blankets Southeast Asia

    ASEAN foreign ministers are expected to discuss the transboundary haze at an upcoming meeting. The episode highlights longstanding regional tensions over the annual haze, which has strained diplomatic relations in previous severe seasons such as 2015.
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