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- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet extended the tenure of Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba for a period of one year.
- The US Senate decisively approved the NATO membership of Sweden and Finland.
- India has once again stressed the need for early completion of the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway - and its extension to Cambodia - to boost connectivity in the region.
- India has set the target to eliminate Kala-azar from country by 2023.
- Out of 633 Kala-azar endemic blocks, 625 blocks have successfully eliminated the kala-azar in 2021.
- India’s target is way ahead than WHO’s target of eliminating the disease by 2030.
- Kala Azar is also called as Leishmaniasis.
- It is a neglected tropical disease, by which over 100 countries are affected, including India.
- The disease is caused due to parasite called Leishmania.
- This parasite is transmitted via bite of sand flies.
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