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Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease that spreads from animals to humans. It belongs to the family of smallpox viruses. (Photo: AP file photo)

Chandrakant Lahariya | Monkeypox's challenge: It's also an opportunity

As of now, the Central and state governments in India appear to be prepared for responding to the monkeypox emergence

28 July 2022 2:20 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Tripura gets a new DGP, but succession plan needs a...

Three other superseded officers have been moved out of Intelligence Bureau

28 July 2022 1:55 AM IST

Earlier the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said the daily number of new confirmed cases in South Africa almost doubled to 8,561 infections in the last 24 hours. (Bloomberg)

Rajesh Kesari | Non-communicable diseases behind increasing burden of...

For India, its vast population combined with rapidly changing lifestyle makes the problem acute

28 July 2022 1:35 AM IST

Thai public health minister and Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (Image credit: Lekha Shankar)

Lekha Shankar | Thailand prepares its cannabis policy...

Thai public health minister says aim to use herb only for medical and health purposes

27 July 2022 7:57 AM IST

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Naidu also clarified that he meant no disrespect to anyone. (PTI Photo)

Sunil Gatade | Venkaiah Naidu: Last of Advani loyalists to be a...

With the denial of a second term for him as VP, the signal for the former BJP president is that it is the end of the...

27 July 2022 7:50 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Brics' real value: One step towards new world order

What we need is a true power shift that reflects the emerging economic, political and military realities

27 July 2022 7:43 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the I2U2 virtual Summit, in New Delhi, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (PTI Photo)

K.C. Singh | As Biden & Putin jostle, where does India stand?

Five months after the Ukraine war started, its international ramifications are still unfolding

25 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

There are several petitions before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the law. (Representational Image/ ANI File)

Aakar Patel | Why is nation's highest court failing to act on pressing...

It has been over two years since the Citizenship Amendment Act was passed and challenged in the SC as being in violation...

25 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

Shinzo Abe (AP file photo)

Sanjaya Baru | Why Shinzo Abe emerged as Japan's most significant PM

At the purely government-to-government level, the India-Japan relationship went through its ups and downs over the past...

25 July 2022 4:24 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at a press conference at the BJP office in Lucknow, Friday, Jan. 21 2022.. (PTI Photo/Nand Kumar)

Anita Katyal Yogi anti-Brahmin bias comes to fore; outrage over I-Day...

24 July 2022 12:05 AM IST

Bajrang Dal members stage a protest against the recent killings of Hindus and vandalism of a Durga idol by miscreants in Bangladesh. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | It's the Hindutva police versus Sanatan Dharma

Hinduism has no one God, no one mandatory text, no compulsorily prescribed form of prayer, and no Pope

23 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Ageing to perfection sneering, the fine art

Is fiery the same as a sharp tongue or does that just mean I have a bad temper

23 July 2022 11:52 PM IST