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Morning Digest | Opposition parties resolve to conduct caste census; PM Modi says coalitions of ‘negativity’ never successful, and more

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Morning Digest | Opposition parties resolve to conduct caste census; PM Modi says coalitions of ‘negativity’ never successful, and more

Team effort: Sonia Gandhi, second from right, and other leaders at the second day of the joint Opposition meeting in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: ANI Coalitions of ‘negativity’ never successful, says PM The 25-year-old National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a “coalition of contributions and not compulsion”, with development as its main agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on July 18, drawing … Read more

Covid-19: Pandemic disrupted routine vaccinations for children, experts warn of future outbreaks, deaths

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Routine vaccine

Measles, tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (whooping cough) are four vaccine-preventable childhood diseases that immunisation programmes target. (Picture courtesy: IE) A whopping 30.38 million children are believed to have missed their first vaccine against diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus in 2020 against 14.03 million children in 2019, according to a new report. This implies an additional … Read more