Health Crisis
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Sri Lanka crisis cripples lauded healthcare system as critical drugs and supplies run out
Surgeries are being put off or prioritised and doctors are turning to inferior substitutes amid desperate calls for donations from abroad.
Darshan Dalal
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Next pandemic: Antimicrobial resistance causes more deaths than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined
A new paper shows that antimicrobial resistant infections contributed to 49.5 lakh deaths globally in 2019.
Jonathan Cox, The Conversation
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Covid-19 has disrupted India’s routine health services – and that could have long-term consequences
There has been a fall in immunisations, maternal health interventions and treatments of conditions such as kidney failure and cancer.
Rukmini S, IndiaSpend.com
Trending
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Arundhati Roy: The dismantling of democracy in India will affect the whole world
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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India at Asian Games, September 22 schedule: Indian paddlers in action; Volleyball team to play R12
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Fiction: Rumours say an ex-army chief is staging a military coup. How will the government respond?
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Gangster Sukhdool Gill shot dead in Canada, say reports
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How rapid deforestation and urbanisation in Asia is aiding the spread of infectious diseases
About 60% of infectious diseases in humans come from animals.
Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation News
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What revisiting Greek mythology tells us about leadership in the times of the plague
The plague didn’t stop the Trojan War or give the Athenians enough reasons to make peace.
Joel Christensen, The Conversation
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Bengaluru civic body to evict street food vendors to curb spread of cholera, activists decry move
Several activists said the decision will target only poor people.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: Rahul Gandhi puts on railway porters’ uniform and badge and carries luggage as he meets them
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Watch: The moment when Pope Francis joined a priest’s video call to his family back in Kerala
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Watch: Scenes of chaos at Mumbai Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations as crowd breaks through barricade
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Watch: Man brews coffee and records it in cinematic style inspired by the film ‘Oppenheimer’
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Watch: Deep-sea footage of World War II shipwrecks from the Battle of Midway in the Pacific Ocean
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Keeping it clean: Why the family of a Delhi man who beat lung cancer won’t burst crackers on Diwali
Businessman Atul Kumar Jain lives in one of Delhi’s most polluted neighbourhoods. His kids don’t want to add to the contaminants that made their father sick.
Ishan Tankha & Aruna Chandrasekhar
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Nine days after detecting Nipah, Kerala is yet to nail the carrier of the deadly virus
Fruit bats are the primary suspects but the animal husbandry department is struggling to collect enough samples for testing.
TA Ameerudheen
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Nine days after detecting Nipah, Kerala is yet to nail the carrier of the deadly virus
Fruit bats are the primary suspects but the animal husbandry department is struggling to collect enough samples for testing.
TA Ameerudheen
The Reel
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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What’s behind the Kareena Kapoor Khan swerve: ‘It’s important to keep changing yourself’
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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‘Khufiya’ trailer: Tabu, Ali Fazal in Vishal Bhardwaj’s spy thriller
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Start the week with a film: ‘The Host’ is a Korean creature feature with head and heart
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India 12th worst among 52 lower middle-income nations for newborns, says Unicef report
However, 1.2 lakh fewer children below the age of five died in the country in 2016.
Scroll Staff
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Doctors treating North Korean soldier who defected to the South find 11-inch worm in his stomach
Dozens of parasitic worms were found in the soldier’s digestive tract, highlighting the levels of malnutrition and poor hygiene in the isolated nation.
Scroll Staff
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Rajasthan: BJP Mandalgarh MLA Kirti Kumari dies of swine flu
She was 50 years old.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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India at Asian Games, September 22 schedule: Indian paddlers in action; Volleyball team to play R12
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ICC Men’s ODI World Cup: South Africa announce revised squad with pacers Nortje, Magala ruled out
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Misplaced priorities: India’s preference for multi-sport events needs a relook
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Watch, Asian Games highlights: India stun three-time champs Korea to make it to volleyball knockouts
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Asian Games, Boxing: Deepak Bhoria – once undernourished and counted out, now India’s best medal bet