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What it is Pandemic Emergency?

What it is Pandemic Emergency? The amended International Health Regulations (IHR) entered into force, bringing in a new legal category pandemic emergency. A pandemic emergency is a newly defined sub-category under IHR that applies to public health emergencies of international concern (PHEIC) but with a heightened threshold when a communicable disease has broad geographic spread, […]

Environmental surveillance

Environmental surveillance: ICMR announced a plan to start wastewater surveillance for 10 viruses across 50 Indian cities, expanding India’s disease monitoring system. Environmental surveillance is the monitoring of pathogens (viruses, bacteria, parasites) in environmental samples like sewage, wastewater, soil, and air. It supplements traditional clinical case detection by identifying hidden and asymptomatic infections in communities. […]

National Pulses Mission : Approved

National Pulses Mission : Approved The Union Cabinet approved the National Pulses Mission (2025–31) with an outlay of ₹11,440 crore to boost pulse production and reduce import dependency. It is a six-year central programme (2025–31) under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare. Designed to achieve Aatmanirbharta in pulses, ensuring food and nutritional security. Aim […]

Veteran freedom fighter and Gandhian socialist G G Parikh died

Veteran freedom fighter and Gandhian socialist G G Parikh died: On October 2, 2025, freedom fighter, Gandhian, and socialist stalwart Dr. G G Parikh passed away in Mumbai at the age of 100, bringing to an end a remarkable life deeply intertwined with India’s freedom movement, post-independence socialist politics, and grassroots development. Fittingly, Parikh’s death […]