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India witnessed 85.1-pc decline in malaria cases from 2015 to 2022: HM

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New Delhi: India witnessed an 85.1-per cent decline in malaria cases and an 83.36-per cent decline in deaths caused by the disease from 2015 to 2022, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Monday.
Malaria is not just a public health issue but also a social, economic and political challenge that requires the cooperation of all the stakeholders, Mandaviya said while virtually addressing the Asia Pacific Leaders’ Conclave on Malaria Elimination in the presence of Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha, Mizoram’s Health Minister Dr R Lalthamgliana, NITI Aayog Member (Health) Dr V K Paul and Dr Poonam Khetrepal, Regional Director, WHO-SEARO.
“India was the only high-burden, high-impact country in the South-East Asia region to report a decline in malaria cases in 2020 as compared to 2019.

“India witnessed an 85.1-per cent decline in malaria cases and an 83.36-per cent decline in deaths during 2015-2022,” Mandaviya said.
Lauding the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said the prime minister was among the global leaders who endorsed the malaria elimination roadmap of the Asia-Pacific Leaders Alliance at the East Asia Summit in 2015, which galvanised the region in striving to become malaria-free by 2030.
On the significant challenge posed by malaria, particularly to the marginalised and vulnerable communities, Mandaviya said “a rejuvenated political commitment and a strengthened technical leadership will play a monumental role in eradicating malaria from the world”.
Citing the transformational impact of the country’s health initiatives, such as the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), the Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres and the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, as well as the substantial role of its healthcare workers, he said, “India is committed to sharing our resources, knowledge and learnings with other countries in our endeavour to eliminate malaria.”
Dr Culwick Togamana, Minister of Health and Medical Services, Solomon Islands, Dr Antonio Lalabalavu, Minister of Health and Medical Services, Republic of Fiji, Prof. Dr Dante Saksoni Harbuwono, Vice Minister of Health, Republic of Indonesia, Dr Zaliha Binti Mustafa, Minister of Health, Malaysia, Dr Mao Tan Eang, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Cambodia, Dr Champa Aluthweera, Director, Anti-Malaria Campaign, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka, Dr Chuman Lal Das, Director, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health, Nepal, and Dr Moh Moh Lwin, National Director, Myanmar, were also present at the conclave.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 25, 2023
Saudi: Grand Mosque witnessed over 1 million pilgrims, worshippers on night of Ramzan 17

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Riyadh: The Grand Mosque in Makkah Al-Mukarramah has witnessed on the night of the 17th of Ramzan, Saturday, over one million Umrah pilgrims and worshipers, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has prepared 5,000 regular vehicles and about 3,000 electric vehicles, and linked them through a transportation application— Naql.
In addition to employing 200 qualified Saudi supervisors to follow up on field work for 4,000 male and female workers.

The fieldwork included washing the Grand Mosque 10 times a day and preparing 7,000 bottles of Zamzam water, which are distributed to visitors through 800 workers.
In addition, 4,500 containers of Zamzam water were distributed throughout the Grand Mosque, consuming about 500,000 litres.
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April 9, 2023
She witnessed Bloody Sunday in person. 58 years later, she’ll go back again.

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Her parents struggled to explain why they had to use a different bathroom, or why the entrances to stores and restaurants were different for people who looked like them. Webb-Christburg peppered her parents with questions, but she always listened and was well behaved.
That would change on Jan. 2, 1965.
Webb-Christburg and her best friend, Rachel West, were playing in front of Brown Chapel AME Church. There were more cars than usual — fancier cars than she was used to seeing in her neighborhood. She and Rachel walked closer and saw a man “dressed in a nice white starched shirt, black tie, black slacks.”
A crowd gathered around the stranger, and another man walked up to the two girls, asking them if they knew who this was. They did not.
It was the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
He saw the two girls and walked over to them. He asked where they lived (they pointed to the projects nearby), how old they were and where they went to school. One of the men in the crowd told them to run along — grown folks were about to meet.
King disagreed. “Let them come in,” he said, taking them by the hand and leading them into the church. He sat them down in the back.
“He said, ‘What do you little girls want?’” Webb-Christburg recalled. “We looked at each other. He said, ‘Now, children, when I ask you little girls what you want, I want you to say, freedom.’ And then he said, ‘Now, when do you little girls want it?’ We looked at each other again, not knowing how to answer that question. He said, ‘When I ask you, When do you want it? I want you to say, now.’”

It was a moment that changed her life. She ran to tell her parents. But they weren’t receptive.

Spending time with Martin Luther King Jr. and other activists awakened something in Webb-Christburg. “I gained some courage because I was around courageous people,” she said.
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Courtesy of Sheyann Webb-Christburg
“My daddy told me, ‘You just better stay from around that mess,’” she remembered. They were worried about her safety — and theirs — and about losing their jobs.
She did the exact opposite: sneaking out, skipping school, spending hours at the church for mass meetings.
“In my mind as a child, I was fighting for them,” she said, smiling.
Spending time with King, Williams, Lewis and other activists — Jonathan Daniels, Viola Liuzzo and James Reeb — awakened something in her. “I was already inquisitive. But I gained some courage because I was around courageous people,” she said.
When March 7 came, her parents begged her not to march. And even when she gathered at Brown Chapel AME Church, which served as a meeting place and offices of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference that helped plan the march, adults discouraged her from going. She cried and they relented.
The march had been planned by Lewis and Williams in response to the killing of civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson by an Alabama state trooper. The group planned to march from Selma to the state capital, Montgomery, 54 miles in all.
As they walked the 15-minute route to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge, she began to see dozens of white people and a wall of law enforcement.
“Some of them start just yelling the n-word out, trying to distract the marchers. Some would even come up and spit on some of the marchers,” she said. “I could see the policemen with the billy clubs, tear gas masks. You see the horses, the dogs — my heart started beating very fast, and I just knew something was going to happen.”
What came next shocked the country and forced action in Washington, D.C., leading to passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )

March 4, 2023
Year-2023: Jan-Feb months witnessed 40 NDPS cases, 58 arrests in Baramulla

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Baramulla, Mar 01: With an unprecedented increase in new drug addiction cases, Baramulla police in north Kashmir registered 40 NDPS cases, while 58 drug peddlers were arrested in two months of this ongoing year, police officials said here on Wednesday.
A police spokesperson told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that at least 58 drug peddlers/suppliers were arrested in 40 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) cases in Baramulla during the ongoing year (Jan-Feb months).
He said that the contraband substance as well as the vehicles (09 in number) weighing 3 crore, 57 lac, 82,000 have also been seized during the drug wipe out operation.
Sharing the further details, the spokesman said that 3.14 Kgs brown sugar was recovered, while 152 grams of Heroin, 4.671 Kgs Charas, 58.20 Kgs poppy straw, besides cash 40.15 Lacs and 09 vehicles were also seized.
Seeking public cooperation, a senior police official told KNO that they will act tough against drug peddlers and dealers as police are on a task to eliminate drug addiction across the district.
While reiterating calls for citizens to support police in ending the menace from society, the official said that without support from citizens, it is impossible to take the fight to a logical conclusion—(KNO)
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

March 1, 2023
Progressing J&K: J&K Tourism industry booming; record 1.88 Cr tourist footfall witnessed in 2022

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Religious Tourist circuits being established across J&K to promote Pilgrimage tourism
Srinagar, Feb 14 (GNS): For the first time in history of Jammu and Kashmir, record 1.88 Crore tourists visited UT in the year 2022 to enjoy the beauty of various famed tourist spots.
The enhanced tourist arrivals in the Union Territory has generated greatest employment in various regions, highlighting its overall development through a constructive approach, transformative initiatives and inevitable reforms to empower J&K for its people, culture and society.
The Government of India is also making a significant thrust to ensure better infrastructural facilities for the region’s people and entice visitors. This has resulted in a fortuitous surge in tourist activities with better law and order, promising security system, and maintenance of peace in addition to infrastructural and connectivity improvements.
J&K administration is also focused on exploring the full potential of pilgrimage tourism by developing various religious tourist circuits across the union territory. Keeping in view the increasing number of devotees coming to visit Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, facilities and infrastructure is being strengthened.
As per the official data, the construction work of Mantalai Wellness Center has been completed at a cost of Rs. 80 crore and the design of Katra Multi Modal Station has been finalized. Similarly, twork on Tawi Riverfront is going on in full swing besides Mansar and Surinsar have made their presence on the tourism map of the country. The Government is working tirelessly to open Sanasar Tulip Garden for local people and tourists this year.
Similarly, the work on conservation and renovation of 18 historical-cultural heritage sites in Jammu, Kathua, Ramban, Reasi, Samba and Udhampur will commence shortly. In April this year, Jambu Zoo shall be thrown open to the people. Home-stay Scheme has been launched with a view to foster employment generation and economic prosperity in rural areas.
Remarkably, with the launch of the new J&K Film Policy in 2021, Jammu and Kashmir has emerged as the favourite shooting destination for film industry and permission has been granted for shooting of more than 150 films and web series in less than two years.

Jammu and Kashmir as a tourist destination that is now being promoted on all possible global forums and that is the reason it witnessed highest-ever tourist footfall and air traffic in recent years.
After registering a record tourist footfall this year, mainly in leisure and adventure tourism due to sustained efforts of the Tourism Department and the stakeholders during the last two years, Jammu and Kashmir is now opening to MICE tourism.
Over the past couple of months, many corporate delegations have visited Kashmir and many more are planned for the coming seasons. Executives from travel giants visit the Valley with their clients and thus Kashmir is emerging as corporate tourist destination also.
Jammu and Kashmir has all adequate infrastructure, services and tourism package required for MICE tourism and Department is working in a holistic manner to attract tourists in all segments through a whole range of promotions, road shows, and events besides the introduction of new adventure activities and destinations to sustain the interest of visitors is also being done by the Administration on regular basis.(GNS)
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( With inputs from : thegnskashmir.com )

February 14, 2023