News Topic:World Health Organization
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Dr Mir Mushtaq honored with WHO award for tobacco control efforts in Kashmir
Dr Mir Mushtaq, Nodal Officer NTCP DHSK, has been honoured with the prestigious WHO award for his outstanding contributions to tobacco control in the Kashmir Division.
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WHO Alert: Syrups were manufactured for The Gambia only, says Dy Drug Controller Kashmir
Deputy Drug Controller Kashmir said that people need not panic as the cough syrups, regarding which the WHO had issued an alert, were manufactured for The Gambia only.
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WHO alerts against four Indian cough syrups after 66 children die in Africa
World Health Organization issued an alert for four “contaminated” India-made medicines, chiefly for paediatric use, identified in the African nation of The Gambia.
Health
WHO declares monkeypox as global health emergency
The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday.
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Kashmir
Pulwama figures among TB-free districts of India
Pulwama district in the southern region of Kashmir has been declared as one of the eight Tuberculosis-free districts of India.
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WHO monitoring a new Coronavirus variant named ‘Mu’
WHO has said it is monitoring a novel Coronavirus variant identified as ‘Mu’, first recognised in Colombia in South America.
Health
Next 100 days crucial regarding third wave of COVID-19: WHO expert
The Surveillance and Medical Officer (S&MO), WHO, Dr Ashiq Rashid Mir said that the vaccination has delayed the third wave of COVID-19.
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Ladakh
WHO provides 100 oxygen concentrators to Ladakh
World Health Organization (WHO) has provided one hundred oxygen concentrators to the union territory (UT) of Ladakh on Tuesday.
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TRAI Report: Reliance Jio and Airtel dominate network performance in Katra and Udhampur; BSNL lags behind
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released its latest IDT findings, revealing significant disparities in mobile network performance across the J&K.
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MBBS Fraud: Karnataka siblings charge-sheeted by Crime Branch Kashmir
The Economic Offences Wing of the Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet in connection with an alleged MBBS admission fraud involving ₹13 lakh.
EAM assures protection J&K residents in Iran: Omar Abdullah
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said he has spoken to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar regarding the evolving situation in Iran.
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Pulwama’s young students endure scorching heat as school construction stalls
For more than a year, young students at Government Upper Primary School (UPS) Chewakalan in Pulwama have been forced to study in sweltering, makeshift tin sheds.