Two Indian air force Antonov transport aircraft arrive at Imphal airport. They are among several emergency missions carrying desperately needed supplies of food and medicines. For the past five weeks, two key highways linking this remote state in north-east India to the rest of the country have been blocked by supporters of an influential separatist leader from neighbouring Nagaland. Thuingaleng Muivah, who heads the NSCN (IM), a Naga group that carried...

A military plane landed at the Tulihal airport here on Monday morning with 700 cartons of life-saving drugs from Guwahati. Life-saving drugs and many essential items became scarce in Manipur following a 41-day economic blockade imposed by Naga tribal students on two major highways. Routine surgeries were suspended in government and private hospitals due to lack of medical gas. Official sources said another plane was ready to airlift medical gas and...

KEY TRENDS    • The 2019 India TB report says that the country accounted for a quarter of the global tuberculosis (TB) burden with an estimated 27 lakh cases in 2018. In 2018, the country was able to achieve a total notification of 21.5 lakh TB cases, of which 25 percent was from private sector. Majority of the TB burden is among the working age group. Nearly 89 percent of TB cases came from the age group 15-69 years....