Jakarta, March 24 (IANS) Indonesia is intensifying its fight against tuberculosis (TB) as the country marks World TB Day on Tuesday, rolling out a series of strategic measures to curb infections, improve case detection, and accelerate progress toward its ambitious goal of eliminating the disease by 2030.TB remains a major public health challenge in Indonesia. According to the Global TB Report 2024, the country has the second-highest TB burden in the world, after India. It is estimated to record …
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New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The Government has blocked another 300 illegal gambling and betting websites as well as apps in a major crackdown across online sports betting platforms, online casinos offering slots, roulette, live dealer tables and betting exchanges functioning like p-2-p betting marketplaces, official sources said on Friday.Satta/matka gambling networks and real-money card & casino game apps also figure in the list of blocked apps, the sources said.The latest crackdown takes…
United Nations, March 18 (IANS) UN Secretary‑General Antonio Guterres “strongly condemns” the deadly Pakistani air strike on a hospital in Kabul and has called for an independent investigation into the incident, his Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Wednesday. Afghanistan’s Taliban government has said that more than 400 people were killed in the Pakistani attack on a drug rehabilitation hospital overnight Monday-Tuesday, marking a sharp escalation in Islamabad’s onslaught on its n…
Buenos Aires, March 18 (IANS) Argentina formally withdrew from the World Health Organization (WHO), Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno said.He said in a social media post on Tuesday that Argentina communicated this decision through a note addressed to the United Nations Secretary-General on March 17, 2025.In accordance with the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, the withdrawal takes place one year after that notification.”Our country will continue to promote international cooperation in health…
Beirut, March 13 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel and restore Lebanon’s sovereignty and stability. Following a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Beirut, Guterres said he was visiting “as a friend of the Lebanese people in full solidarity”.”Unfortunately, Lebanon was dragged into a war that is not a war that its people would be willing to have,” Guterres was quoted as saying in a statement released by the UN In…
Seoul, March 12 (IANS) South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok is set to depart for the United States on Thursday to promote South Korea’s bid to host a UN hub and meet with senior US officials, possibly including Vice President JD Vance.Kim’s weeklong trip, which will also take him to Geneva, Switzerland, comes as the government is bidding to host the tentatively named “UN AI hub,” an initiative aimed at bringing together UN bodies, and South Korea’s private and public sectors to produce AI-ba…
Tokyo, March 6 (IANS) Japan’s agriculture ministry has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm in Hokkaido, marking the northern prefecture’s fourth case and the country’s 21st outbreak this season.The affected farm, located in the town of Abira, keeps about 190,000 chickens, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said in a statement on Thursday.Local authorities were notified by the farm on Wednesday. A rapid avian influenza test conducted the s…
Gandhinagar/Ahmedabad, March 4 (IANS) Gujarat has set a target of vaccinating 5.50 lakh adolescent girls against cervical cancer under a statewide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) immunisation campaign launched from Ahmedabad, following the national roll-out announced last week.Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the nationwide drive on February 28 in Rajasthan.The Gujarat leg of the campaign was formally launched at Sola Civil Hospital by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in the presence of Health …
Kasauli, Feb 21 (IANS) Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare J. P. Nadda on Saturday launched the indigenously manufactured tetanus and adult diphtheria (Td) vaccine at the Central Research Institute (CRI) here in Himachal Pradesh. Addressing the gathering, Union Minister Nadda congratulated the scientists, technical experts and staff of the Central Research Institute (CRI), Kasauli, describing the indigenous launch of the tetanus and adult diphtheria vaccine as a momentous and historic o…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 21 (IANS) The State Secretariat of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) in Kerala, on Saturday, accused the Opposition of attempting to foment unrest in Kerala, alleging that recent protests had crossed democratic limits and turned violent.In a strongly worded statement, the party condemned the attack on the residence of Health Minister Veena George, claiming that protesters broke open the gate, entered the premises, and placed a wreath at the house. It further…