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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Comedian Shyam Rangeela’s poll nomination from Varanasi rejected
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Will Indian schools ever be ready to give students sex education?
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Watch: The trailer of ‘Panchayat’ season 3 is out
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In Saudi Arabia’s scaled-down plans for megacity across the desert – a warning sign for the future
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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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Video: Being Muslim in today’s India
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Watch: Massive rainstorm hits Mumbai, strong winds knock down trees, damage cars
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‘Barking news’: Woman turns journalist to ‘report’ on mischiefs and complaints by her pet dogs
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Watch: Comedian presents TV newsroom discussion in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’ style
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Watch: Stunning Northern Lights spotted in unexpected places around the world
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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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‘House of the Dragon’ season 2 trailer: The Targaryens go to war
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Watch: The trailer of ‘Panchayat’ season 3 is out
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‘Mr and Mrs Mahi’ trailer: Rajkummar Rao, Janhvi Kapoor in cricket-themed romance
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Start the week with a film: The unforgettable revolution of the dogs in ‘White God’
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‘Murder in Mahim’ review: A crime as unjust as wrongful death
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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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IPL 2024: Sam Curran plays a captain’s knock as Punjab Kings beat Rajasthan Royals
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Badminton, Thailand Open Super 500: Meiraba Maisnam stuns HS Prannoy; Satwik-Chirag, Ashmita win
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Cricket: Former Nepal captain Sandeep Lamichhane acquitted of rape charges
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Boxing, Elorda Cup: Nikhat Zareen and Abhishek Yadav among nine Indians to enter semi-final
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Olympic Games: Paris 2024 to generate revenue of over 7 billion dollars, says study