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GS-4PUBLIC HEALTH & VACCINE EQUITY

India's First Dengue Vaccine Is Here - But Can the Poor Actually Finish Both Doses?

India's dengue-vaccine milestone has arrived alongside two unresolved problems: Takeda's tiered global pricing may put Qdenga out of reach for slum residents with the worst Aedes exposure and its two-dose, three-month schedule is hardest to complete for the migrant workers who move between those exact high-risk settlements.

Sub TopicTWO-DOSE COMPLETION AND TIERED PRICING IN INDIA'S DENGUE…SourcePIB
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GS-4ETHICS OF COERCIVE STATE ACTION IN LAND/MINING CONFLICTS

Six Cops Injured in Chhattisgarh as Villagers Resist Coal-Survey Team Arriving Without Consent

The clash has turned a routine arrest into a flashpoint over whether police were embedded with a coal-project survey team to pressure a Fifth Schedule tribal area into accepting land acquisition without the consent the PESA Act, 1996 requires - reviving the exact question the Supreme Court confronted in the 2013 Niyamgiri judgment.

Sub TopicPESA CONSENT VERSUS DEVELOPMENT-DRIVEN POLICING IN…SourceTHE HINDU
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-4ETHICAL LIMITS OF ELECTION ADMINISTRATION AUTHORITY

When "Voluntary" Duty Kills: The Delhi HC's Question to the Election Commission

A PIL challenging "large-scale" deployment of Delhi government school teachers for SIR-related BLO duty prompted the Delhi HC to seek the EC's response by July 28. The bench orally remarked that if participation is genuinely voluntary rather than mandatory, the EC should say so on record - and questioned whether compensation and holiday-only scheduling actually address a teacher's need for rest.

Sub Topic"VOLUNTARY" VS "MANDATORY" BLO DEPLOYMENT UNDER ARTICLE…SourceTHE HINDU
UPSC Relevance9/10
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