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Delhi Govt Slams Civic Bodies for Failing to Contain Dengue

-Outlook The Delhi Government today slammed municipal bodies for "failing" to contain spurt in Dengue cases which inched close to 1,000 and directed them to take "urgent" steps before the situation goes out of control. A meeting of Delhi Cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, expressed "grave concern" over rising Dengue cases and told municipal bodies to "pull up their socks" to avoid the worst. "The entire Cabinet was of the...

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Climate change adding sting to mosquito bite, says WHO report -Kounteya Sinha

-The Times of India The warning is ominous — climate change and global warming will make vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria - already causing havoc in the country more lethal. A landmark report on climate change and health, published by the World Health Organization on Monday, said that in the last 100 years, the world has warmed by approximately 0.75 degree Celsius. Over the last 25 years, the rate of global...

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Driving the wrong way on road safety -G Ananthakrishnan

-The Hindu India’s roads are deadlier than ever. The high rates of death and disability expose the lack of an organised system of traffic management and safety. Road safety is no one’s responsibility. It is time to make someone accountable. On the final day of this year’s ‘puja’ season in Chennai, a particular roadside temple near the iconic Central Railway Station had the long annual line of vehicles — vans, tempos, taxis,...

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‘New drugs, generics both needed for total healthcare’

-Live Mint There are also ways in which we can help Indian institutions that have come to us seeking access to our technologies Bangalore: A key perception change is emerging in the global pharmaceutical industry on the long-established divide between the so-called generics and innovative business. While the two are still at loggerheads in several developed as well as developing markets, the world’s top drugmakers are reinventing the wheel. Paris-based Sanofi SA,...

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Dengue cases cross 600 mark

-The Hindustan Times Delhi reported 32 new cases of dengue on Saturday, taking the total number of patients to 617. The actual cases may be more than double, as the figure of positive Dengue cases given by private hospitals is much higher than what the civic bodies have been reporting. Municipal officials argued that most private hospitals don't perform the mandatory IgM Capture Elisa test. "As per government of India rules, a case is...

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