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India Needs To Focus On Environment To Avoid Future Pandemics Like COVID-19: Environmentalist Sunita Narain
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India Needs To Focus On Environment To Avoid Future Pandemics Like COVID-19: Environmentalist Sunita Narain

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June 16, 2021
NDTV speaks with Environmentalist Sunita Narain about COVID-19, its learnings and how individuals and authorities need to save the environment in a bid to avoid future pandemics ...
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World Environment Day 2021: Looking Back At The Last Few Outbreaks And The Role Of Environment Degradation
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World Environment Day 2021: Looking Back At The Last Few Outbreaks And The Role Of Environment Degradation

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June 5, 2021
According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), zoonotic diseases that spill over from animals to humans are interlinked with the ecosystem. In the recent past, human activities have destroyed many ecosystems that have resulted in the outbreak of numerous diseases and pandemics including COVID-19 ...
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Black Fungus is something that is already in the environment like other microorganisms and it is living among us, explains Dr Prashant Saxena
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COVID-19: Expert Answers All The Frequently Asked Questions On Post COVID Care

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June 4, 2021
Dr Prashant Saxena, Associate Director and Head, Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine; Associate Director, Critical Care, Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital answers all the common questions regarding Post COVID-19 management ...
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What Is Black Fungus? How Does It Affect COVID-19 Patients? An Expert Explains
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What Is Black Fungus? How Does It Affect COVID-19 Patients? An Expert Explains

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May 28, 2021
New Delhi: As India struggles with a deadly second wave of COVID-19, cases of a rare fungal infection called “mucormycosis” are being reported across the country, adding to the worries. Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, is a fungal infection, recently being found in COVID-19 patients with compromised immunity. The disease results in disfiguration ...
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What Are The Learnings From The Pandemic That Can Help In Restoring Our Earth, Experts Speak
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What Are The Learnings From The Pandemic That Can Help In Restoring Our Earth, Experts Speak

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April 28, 2021
Experts and environmentalists weigh in on  the learnings from the pandemic in the last one year and the linkages with the environment that are crucial to save the planet ...
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Women's Day 2021: The Unsung Heroes Of India's Primary Healthcare The Anganwadi Workers And ASHAs
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The Unsung Heroes Of India’s Primary Healthcare The Anganwadi Workers And ASHAs

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March 8, 2021
On this International Women’s Day, let’s celebrate the army of women working relentlessly on the frontlines as Anganwadi workers and ASHA workers to ensure that health and nutrition support reach the children and women of the country ...
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Here’s How France, New Zealand And Scotland Are Aiming To Eliminate Period Poverty And What Can India Do
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Here’s How France, New Zealand And Scotland Are Aiming To Eliminate Period Poverty And What Can India Do

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February 26, 2021
France and New Zealand have announced to provide sanitary products for free in school whereas Scotland has approved a Bill to make sanitary napkins accessible for free across the country ...
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Union Budget 2021 Explained: Decoding The 137 Per Cent Increase In Health Expenditure
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Union Budget 2021 Explained: Decoding The 137 Per Cent Increase In Health Expenditure

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February 18, 2021
While presenting the Union Budget 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an increase in the outlay for health by 137 per cent, what does it mean and which areas are likely to benefit ...
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Vaccine Explainer: How Does Immunisation Protect Against A Disease?
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Vaccine Explainer: How Does Immunisation Protect Against A Disease?

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February 2, 2021
Here’s all you need to know about the role of a vaccine in disease prevention and how it protects an individual from contracting an infection ...
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Budget 2021: Experts Expect Increased Fund Allocation For Swachh Bharat Abhiyan With Its Focus On Solid Waste Management
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Budget 2021: Experts Expect Increased Fund Allocation For Swachh Bharat Abhiyan With Its Focus On Solid Waste Management

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January 31, 2021
As India waits for Budget 2021, industry experts and environmentalistS hope for a green budget with more fund allocation this time to government flagship programme - the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan focussing majorly on solid and faecal sludge management ...
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NFHS 5 Report Highlights: Malnutrition In Children Has Worsened In Key States Of India, Experts Say We Need To Rethink Our Nutrition Plan
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NFHS 5 Report Highlights: Malnutrition In Children Has Worsened In Key States Of India, Experts Say We Need To Rethink Our Nutrition Plan

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January 5, 2021
A look at the worrying malnutrition trends from National Family and Health Survey 5 (NFHS 5) report that has been released recently by the Health Ministry ...
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We Never Paid Attention To Handwashing Before, But COVID-19 Changed This, There Is Lot Of Learning From The Pandemic: Campaign Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan
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We Never Paid Attention To Handwashing Before, But COVID-19 Changed This: Campaign Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan

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January 2, 2021
As a part of NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth India campaign, we speak to Campaign Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan about India’s ongoing fight against COVID-19 and his own experience of fighting with the disease ...
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