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India in GAVI Board

India in GAVI Board Recently, the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare has been nominated by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) as a member on GAVI board. Earlier in May 2020, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare was also elected as the Chair of the World Health Organization’s Executive Board. Key Points The minister will be representing the South East Area Regional Office (SEARO)/Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO) constituency on the

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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) What is the SCO? A permanent multinational intergovernmental organisation is the SCO. Keeping the peace, security, and stability in the area is the goal of this Eurasian political, economic, and military organisation. In 2001, it was founded. In 2003, the SCO Charter came into effect after being signed in 2002. It

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Masala Bonds

Masala Bonds Asian Development Bank (ADB) has listed its 10-year masala bonds worth Rs 850 crore on the global debt listing platform of India INX. The proceeds would be used to support local currency lending and investment in India. Background: India INX is the country’s first international exchange, located at International Financial Services Centre, GIFT City in Gujarat. ADB’s masala bonds are listed on both Luxembourg exchange and India

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Tribal men climb trees to avoid COVID-19 jabs

 Tribal men climb trees to avoid COVID-19 jabs    Only 7 persons could be vaccinated A group of men from a tribal settlement near Coimbatore climbed trees to avoid a team of health workers, who had approached them to administer COVID-19 vaccines on Friday. A few women, too, left the hamlet on the pretext of

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Heat Dome

Heat Dome Recently, the Pacific Northwest and some parts of Canada recorded temperatures around 47 degrees, causing a “historic” heat wave. This is a result of a phenomenon referred to as a “heat dome”. Key Points About: The phenomenon begins when there is a strong change (orgradient) in ocean temperatures. In the process known as convection, the gradient causes more warm air, heated by the ocean surface,

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Rising cases of leprosy among Adivasis call for urgent public action-anthropology-vishnu ias

Rising cases of leprosy among Adivasis call for urgent public action.

Rising cases of leprosy among Adivasis call for urgent public action.   India officially eliminated Leprosy 2005 by bringing the Prevalence Rate below 1/10000 at the national level. However, the National Health Policy 2017 (NHP), which will guide the health policy direction of the country over the next decade or so, still has elimination of Leprosy as a national level target. It is highly unlikely

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