KRISHNA ELLA Executive Chairman, Bharat Biotech

'We are working on the TB vaccine as the Prime Minister's view is also to eradicate TB from the country'

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In the hands of d'Herelle and others, the phage became a potent tool against cholera

Total deaths from contagious diseases rose 86% to 12,598 from 6,767 in 2019

World Health Organisation, WHO

According to the WHO Regional Office, cholera cases had more than doubled in Mozambique over the past week from 1,023 to 2,374 as of March 20, reports Xinhua news agency

UN, United Nations

"The flash appeal aims to help the people who are most at risk and hardest hit by the outbreak, through health, water and sanitation, nutrition, education and protection services"

Available data points to cases of infection in around 30 countries, whereas in the previous five years, fewer than 20 countries reported infections, on average

One dose of vaccine has proven effective in stopping outbreaks, even though evidence on the exact duration of protection is 'limited'.

Hunger, poor, children , poverty

Haiti's government on Sunday announced that at least eight people have died from cholera, raising concerns about another potentially catastrophic epidemic like the one that broke out a decade ago and killed nearly 10,000 people.
The cases-the first cholera deaths reported in three years-came in a community called Dekayet in southern Port-au-Prince and in the seaside slum of Cite de Soleil, where thousands of people live in cramped, unsanitary conditions.
"Cholera is something that can spread very, very quickly," warned Laure Adrien, director general of Haiti's health ministry.
Food or water contaminated with the cholera bacteria can lead to severe diarrhoea and dehydration that can be deadly.
The deaths come as a lack of fuel and ongoing protests shut down the availability of basic services across Haiti, including medical care and clean water, which is key to helping fight cholera and keep patients alive.
Haiti's most powerful gang continues to control the entrance to a main fuel 

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A total of 26 cholera cases have been confirmed in Syria, and a UN official expressed "serious concern about the outbreak of the disease"

Seven people have died of cholera and about 100 others have been affected by the water-borne disease in Kashipur block in Odisha's Rayagada district, an official said on Tuesday.
This was revealed by Rayagada District Collector Swadha Dev Singh based on a report of the ICMR's Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), Bhubaneswar.
Though initially, we were suspecting it to be diarrhoea, later it came to the fore that people might have been infected to cholera also. They collapsed because they could not get the proper medical attention at the due time, Singh told PTI over phone.
She said now the administration is focusing on early identification of cases based on the symptoms so that they can be provided medical attention immediately.
Official sources said that three out of the nine samples of rectal swabs of patients in the district were found to have presence of the Vibrio cholerae bacteria.
The Vibrio cholerae bacteria were found in the faeces of three patients from Dudukabahal ..

Russia Ukraine conflict

In Sievierodonetsk, the small city that has become the focus of Russia's advance in eastern Ukraine and one of the bloodiest flashpoints in a war

TechInvention Founder and CEO Syed Ahmed

Clinical trials of WHO pre-qualified vaccine to start soon; Unicef price is $2 per dose, private market price globally is $8-10; Initial volumes to be imported; India would need 83 mn doses a year

The costs of providing free vaccines are way lower than the costs of a freewheeling epidemic

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Hillchol was designed at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and subsequently developed by Hilleman Labs

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Cholera transmission is closely linked to inadequate access to clean water

Not thinking about an IPO as of now, says chairman

Dr Krishna Ella

Higher discounts on Russian oil this month may help Indian refiners reduce crude sourcing costs and trim fuel marketing losses even as Brent crude crosses $95/barrel, weakening the country's finances

oil refinery, crude oil, oil

India's rage is misplaced and hardly serves to endear the country to those appalled by the idea that it may have had a Canadian citizen killed

India Canada

Electronics & IT Minister says India can emerge as a global leader in this category

Ashwini Vaishnaw

NABARD to issue social sector bonds on Tuesday

Bonds, Govt bond

Mumbai's famous Lalbaugcha Raja Mandal received donations of over Rs one crore in two days of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. Lalbaugcha Raja Mandal received donations worth over sixty lakh on the second day of the festival. According to the Mandal, it received over 60,62,000 on the second day taking the total to over 1,02,62,000 in two days of the festival.Lord Ganpati idol has also received an offering of 183.480 grams of gold and 622 grams of silver as a donation. Compared to the first day, the second day received more donations in cash.Earlier on Wednesday, Sudhir Salvi, the Secretary of Mumbai's Lalbaugcha Raja Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal lauded industrialist Mukesh Ambani's youngest son Anant Ambani for his support towards the Lalbaug committee's activities."Today the dialysis centre of Lalbaugcha Raja is getting started, it has 24 machines which were given by Anant Ambani and along with that we have a blood donation camp as well to help every patient. There is a lot of support

Ganesh Chaturthi will be celebrated on August 31, 2022. Source: Pexels

Ganesh Chaturthi, India, Maharashtra

India is among the first 40 countries to get the iPhone 15 series, thanks to local production of the iPhone 15 models

Apple Saket Store

On Aparna's appointment, Wipro CEO Thierry Delaporte on Thursday said she is an accomplished and result-driven leader

Aparna C Iyer, CFO, Wipro Limited

Dasgupta, who was appointed as the MD & CEO of the general insurer in May 2009, served the company for over 14 years

Bhargav Dasgupta, MD & CEO, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company, BFSI Summit

The solar-powered modules were put to sleep on September 4 after completed Isro's main scientific objectives on the south pole of the Moon

Chandrayaan-3 Lander, ISRO

Senior Canadian Journalist Harleem Sadia said that the Indian community has concerns which are very genuine

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday announced that his government would accord full state honours to the funeral of organ donors from the state.
A decision to this effect was taken to honour the sacrifices made by those declared brain dead and their family members who come forward to donate the organs thereby saving several lives.
"Tamil Nadu is leading the country in organ donation and this has only been made achievable because of those families who come forward to donate the organs of those who have been declared brain dead," the DMK chief said in a social media post.
"It has been decided to accord state government honors henceforth during the performance of last rites to those individuals who are declared brain dead and their organs have been donated to others," he added.
Hailing the announcement, Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) chief Anbumani Ramadoss said there would not be any other honor than this, as it respects the selfless sacrifices made by those who were declar

MK Stalin

PM Modi will engage in discussions and dialogues with these academic leaders, underlining the importance of higher education in India's growth and development

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau has registered a case against former state finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal and five others in connection with alleged irregularities in the purchase of a property in Bathinda, a top official said on Monday.
Apart from Badal, who is now a BJP leader, and former Bathinda municipal corporation commissioner Bikramjit Shergill, the other four booked in the case on Sunday night have been identified as Rajiv Kumar, Amandeep Singh, Vikas Arora and Pankaj, the official said.
Rajiv Kumar and Amandeep Singh have been arrested, the officer added.
The bureau had launched an investigation into the matter based on former MLA Sarup Chand Singla's 2021 complaint alleging irregularities in the purchase of the property at a prime location in Bathinda.
BJP leader Singla, who was earlier with the Shiromani Akali Dal, had alleged that Badal, as a minister in the previous Congress dispensation, had abused his position to convert commercial plots into a residential plot f

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The Defence Minister will also formally induct the C-295 transport aircraft into the Indian Air Force in the presence of top military officials, including IAF chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari

cholera

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Old discoveries, new cheer

78% of communicable disease deaths in 2021 due to respiratory ailments: NSO

Cyclone Freddy deepens cholera risks in worst-hit countries: WHO

UN appeals for $45 mn aid for deadliest cholera outbreak in Malawi

Global cholera surge likely accelerated by climate change, warns WHO

Single-dose approach: Global cholera outbreak leads to vaccine crunch

Haiti reports more than 8 deaths from cholera for first time in 3 years

Over 26 cholera cases reported in Syria; UN says 'serious concern'

7 dead, many infected amid Cholera outbreak in Odisha's Rayagada district

Ukraine pleads for more weapons from West, cholera spreads in Mariupol

TechInvention ties up with Korean co to bring oral cholera vaccine to India

A sensible vaccination policy

Bharat Biotech to collaborate with Hilleman to develop cholera vaccine

Beware! Drinking iced tea can lead to higher risk of cholera