Of stagflation and privatisation Stagflation is a toxic cocktail of inflation, stagnant or negative growth. Blogs 04 Aug, 2022
India confirms Asia's first monkeypox death India confirms Asia's first monkeypox death World 01 Aug, 2022
New York City declares monkeypox a public health emergency New York City declares monkeypox a public health emergency World 31 Jul, 2022
Monkeypox: Not here As yet, but be prepared to deal with it ​​​​​​​On July 23, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the recent monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of global concern. Nepal 31 Jul, 2022
In race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of COVID In race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of COVID World 30 Jul, 2022
In race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of COVID Moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine, while declining to share doses with Africa, could leave millions of people unprotected against a more dangerous version of the disease and risk continued spillovers of the virus into humans, public health officials are warning. World 30 Jul, 2022
Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus US President Joe Biden celebrated his recovery from COVID-19 on Wednesday with an appeal to Americans to get vaccinated and a comparison of his mild symptoms and work-from-home performance to the more serious case experienced by his predecessor. World 28 Jul, 2022
EDITORIAL: Tourism decade The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) unveiled a 74-page Tourism Revitalisation Action Plan-2022 to promote sustainable development of tourism, which has been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic that gripped the entire world since early 2020. Opinion 26 Jul, 2022
UN health agency chief declares monkeypox a global emergency UN health agency chief declares monkeypox a global emergency World 23 Jul, 2022
Monkeypox cases triple in Europe, WHO says, Africa concerned The World Health Organization's Europe chief warned Friday that monkeypox cases in the region have tripled in the last two weeks and urged countries to do more to ensure the previously rare disease does not become entrenched on the continent. Health 02 Jul, 2022
Monkeypox not a global emergency 'at this stage': WHO panel The World Health Organization said the escalating monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries should be closely monitored but does not warrant being declared a global health emergency. Health 26 Jun, 2022
WHO considers declaring monkeypox a global health emergency As the World Health Organization convenes its emergency committee Thursday to consider if the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox warrants being declared a global emergency, some experts say WHO’s decision to act only after the disease spilled into the West could entrench the grotesque inequities that arose between rich and poor countries during the coronavirus pandemic. World 23 Jun, 2022