The World Health Organisation has removed India from the list of polio affected countries but the polio eradication certificate will be granted to the nation if no case of polio would be reported from any part of the country in the next two to three years. WHO representative Dr Saurabh Tripathi said this while talking to The Pioneer. “Not a single polio case has come to light from anywhere in the country during the past one year so India was removed from the polio affected nations list.

Deteriorating weather conditions seem to have triggered serious concern among farmers with their rabi crop of wheat being highly prone to diseases such as yellow rust that strike during this period. Though no case of yellow rust affecting rabi crops has been detected in Nainital district, some cases of the disease affecting crops have come to light in parts of Udham Singh Nagar district, officials said.

Gwaldam: There is a bizarre disconnect between the lives of people in this region and the electoral process, best exemplified by the crisis in agriculture. Unlike the rest of the country, almost every family has some land, although 54% have less than two hectares. But a combination of dependence on rain, the small, fragmented nature of land parcels, and the lack of marketing avenues has led to very low returns — barely enough for survival. Yet both dominant parties — Congress and BJP — have no solutions.

The Uttarakhand Health Department has deployed the rapid action team in village Sultanpur and nearby areas of Haridwar district following nine more persons testing positive for dengue fever on Sunday. With this, the total number of dengue patients in the village rose to over 25, action team leader Gurnam Singh said.

With the launch of DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course) Plus medicine for tuberculosis patients, Uttarakhand will become the first Himalayan State in the country to launch the service free of cost for the patients.

The State Health Department revised the treatment module for the patients to attain 100 per cent cure rate.

An eight-year-old girl was washed away as she tried to cross an overflowing nullah on her way to school in Tilwari Bur village of Kalsi near here while it was pouring heavily on Friday, the police said.

The State Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank laid the foundation for and inaugurated various development schemes costing more than `58 crore in Kashipur on Sunday.

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake of