As Bangladesh grapples with an unprecedented measles outbreak, nine more children died from symptoms of the disease in the 24 hours until 8 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected measles-related fatalities to 1,096 in 2026, local media reported....
A large-scale free health check-up camp was organised at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Central Office in the capital on Friday under the ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’, a nationwide month-long campaign marking 25 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in public life....
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday stressed the need for a global approach to pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, stressing that no country can protect itself from pandemics alone....
At a UN high‑level meeting on pandemic prevention and response in New York, Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava has called for fair Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system under the WHO Pandemic Agreement, an official statement said on Saturday....
Pakistan's middle class is coming under increasing financial strain as households shoulder the rising cost of securing essential services that many argue should be reliably provided through public systems, report has said....
India’s engineering goods exports continued their growth momentum for the fifth straight month in the current fiscal and rose 24.86 per cent (year-on-year) in August to $12.32 billion, an industry body said on Friday....
Kerala Vigilance investigators will now come under closer digital monitoring, with a new system enabling senior officers to track how long each investigation has taken and how many days individual cases have remained pending....
Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Sakina Itoo on Thursday told the Legislative Assembly that the issue of maintaining the Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) is being addressed by providing additional staff to understaffed schools through rationalisation across the Union Territory....
The Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has identified 4,731 potential mosquito breeding sites across 59.39 sq km through drone-based surveys and AI-assisted surveillance as part of efforts to control dengue, malaria and chikungunya in the city....
The CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST) will establish a Centre of Excellence for Food Fortification Innovation, Research and Training at its Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (ITE) Hub at Thonnakkal here, marking a major expansion of its research and te...
