The recent rise in H1N1 cases is a reminder that public health can no longer be separated from climate and ecological change. The next public-health warning may not always arrive in the form of a new virus. Sometimes, it comes from a familiar one behaving differently.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan sent his resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. His resignation comes after a month-long protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, led by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) over the alleged NEET-UG paper leak, while the opposition had also been continuously demanding his resignation.