The World Health Organisation has launched a USD 1.5 billion campaign, including a new vaccine, to eliminate outbreaks of bacterial meningitis across Africa by 2030.
Goods and services tax (GST) collections retained their momentum, rising 28% year-on-year to around Rs 1,43,612 crore in August, the sixth straight month of over Rs 1.4 lakh crore mop-up.
Justice D Y Chandrachud, the second senior-most judge in the Supreme Court, has been nominated as executive chairman of the National Legal Services Authority.