UP to introduce new drug regimen for leprosy

IANS | January 30, 2024 2:30 PM

Lucknow, Jan 30 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh health department, in compliance with the Union ministry’s directives, is set to introduce a new drug regimen for paucibacillary (PB) leprosy, officials said on World Leprosy Eradication Day.

Delhi's bad AQI in January raises concerns, experts flag temperature inversion & urban factors

IANS | January 28, 2024 7:40 PM

New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The days when "parali" (stubble) burning in neighbouring states of Haryana and Punjab was solely blamed for rising pollution levels in Delhi from October to the first week of December have long gone. As January ends, the national capital finds itself fluctuating between "very poor" to "severe" levels of the Air Quality Index (AQI) at several monitoring stations in the city.