
Nandita V
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https://www.livemint.com/authors/nandita-venkatesan?id=1660808918743 30-06-2016 06:31:43
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First the context: May 2025 is Mumbai’s wettest May in the past 107 years, with 295 mm of rain recorded so far this month. Before this, the heaviest showers in the island city had been recorded in May 1918 at 279.4 mm. Now, my two paisa take on the annual disaster called माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC:







The central government is considering a proposal to tighten the regulation of critical anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs—Bedaquiline, Delamanid, Pretomanid, and Rifapentine—in India’s private healthcare market following growing concerns of misuse and drug resistance Himani Chandna |



Vaccines are among the most cost effective & impactful interventions in health, preventing millions of deaths & lots of suffering. We need to expand immunisation programs & adopt a lifecycle approach. Happy that Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is well supported Dr Sania Nishtar Mark Suzman Jagat Prakash Nadda Ministry of Health


Doctors are AMAZED at these 10 ways to BOOST your immune system: The Tetanus vaccine The Measles vaccine The Polio vaccine The Mumps vaccine The HPV vaccine The Pneumonia vaccine The Hepatitis B vaccine The Rubella vaccine The Diphtheria vaccine The Covid-19 vaccine - Jon Hislop, MD, PhD


A TB free India is possible- will need a sustained & well financed snd coordinated push, involving every sector! Confederation of Indian Industry Ministry of Health Mark Suzman The Rockefeller Foundation Dr. Rajiv J. Shah IAVI TB Alliance Stop TB Partnership World Health Organization South-East Asia Jeremy Farrar Wellcome Novo Nordisk Foundation Tata Trusts World Bank