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Pakistan polio eradication campaign in disarray, country reports 12 new cases this year

July 15, 2022 4:53 pm

Pakistan is one of the two polio-endemic countries in the world along with its neighbour Afghanistan.

In the war on polio, drops are good, a jab of certainty is better

September 03, 2015 5:12 am

Indian Express explains why India is bringing in the Injectable Polio Vaccine.

India to introduce injectable polio vaccine from November

September 03, 2015 5:11 am

From April, 2016 the trivalent polio vaccine that is currently administered will be replaced by the bivalent variety to reduce incidence of vaccine-derived polio virus.

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MGNREGA overhaul plugs gaps, keeps up with changing times

Updated: January 9, 2026 07:11 IST

The new law attempts to attain a goal of guaranteeing 125 days of employment per rural household. This should incrementally enhance the workdays allocated to willing households in future as against the 100 days framework.

Exploitation is built into gig work

Updated: January 9, 2026 07:10 IST

The response to the strike showed that the urban middle class, which is the biggest beneficiary of their services, is unlikely to come out in support.

40 years ago January 9, 1986: Reagan acts against Libya

Updated: January 9, 2026 07:10 IST

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on January 9, 1986.

In 2026, the case for more friction

Updated: January 9, 2026 07:09 IST

As 2026 kicks off, the scales seem to be tipping in favour of Team Effort, going by the trending of the concept of “friction-maxxing”.

Madhav Gadgil, the people’s ecologist

Updated: January 9, 2026 07:08 IST

He was a rare scholar whose work is seen as synonymous with the discipline.

Days after contamination deaths, fresh row in Indore: Collector, mayor attend meeting in RSS office

Updated: January 9, 2026 07:07 IST

Congress questions the administration’s ‘impartiality’; BJP calls it ‘courtesy’ call, says nothing wrong

Don’t count faith to kill a college, lot at stake

Updated: January 9, 2026 07:07 IST

The latest NMC decision unabashedly short-circuited due process — there was no show-cause notice to the college, no room for appeals.

Madhav Gadgil’s environmentalism put community at the centre

Updated: January 9, 2026 07:06 IST

Gadgil launched new work on issues as varied as sacred groves in Maharashtra and Karnataka, the dry deciduous forests in Karnataka and Kerala, and the sustainable harvest of bamboo by basket weavers. This work was fundamental in the creation of the Nilgiri Biosphere in 1986 and in launching India’s first wild elephant census

Brinda Karat writes: On Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, the Opposition must take a stand

Updated: January 9, 2026 07:06 IST

When there is hesitation to challenge unjust court orders, to oppose political persecution carried out through lawless laws like the UAPA, the ruling regime faces no real political cost for its repression

Madhav Gadgil • (1942-2026): Scientist, ‘people’s ecologist’, voice of Western Ghats, forests, rivers, communities

Updated: January 9, 2026 07:00 IST

A pioneer in ecological sciences, Madhav Gadgil, 83, died late Wednesday night in Pune after a brief illness. He was one of India’s foremost voices on ecology and environment protection.

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