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GSK launches new public awareness initiative on shingles

Mumbai, Feb 28 (UNI) GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited (GSK) has launched a new public awareness initiative featuring Soha Ali Khan, Milind Soman, Neelam Soni and Rohan Bopanna to raise awareness about shingles, a painful viral disease.
The campaign is named ‘Project 90’ because the virus is potentially present in over 90 per cent of Indians over age of 50 years.
"Shingles is a disease of the nerves caused by the same varicella-zoster virus that causes chickenpox. The virus remains inactive in the body’s nerves after a person recovers from chickenpox and may reactivate anytime later, largely in ageing adults," said Dr Rashmi Hegde, Medical director, GlaxoSmithKline India, here on Wednesday.
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Maharashtra minister seeks report on recruitment in aided tribal ashram schools

19 Mar 2025 | 1:36 AM

Mumbai, Mar 18 (UNI) Maharashtra Adivasi Development Minister Ashok Uikey on Tuesday directed officials to conduct a detailed inspection and submit a report in connection with the start of job recruitment in the state's subsidised tribal ashram schools.

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NCP(SP) criticises Mahayuti govt over Nagpur incidents

19 Mar 2025 | 1:08 AM

Mumbai, Mar 18 ( UNI) Sharad Gore, spokesperson of the Nationalist Congress Party - Sharad Pawar ( NCP-SP) on Tuesday blamed Maharashtra's ruling Mahayuti for the Nagpur violence, alleging that some of its leaders had been making provocative statements over the last few days.

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Urban Child Development Centre useful for proper nutrition of children in urban areas of Maha: minister

18 Mar 2025 | 10:13 PM

Mumbai, Mar 18 (UNI) To bring malnourished children in the urban areas into the mainstream category, the Suposhit Mumbai Mission and Urban Child Development Centres have been started in Anganwadis, asserted Maharashtra Women and Child Development Minister Aditi Tatkare on Tuesday.

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Maha: 750 senior citizens leave for Ayodhya on pilgrimage

18 Mar 2025 | 8:21 PM

Nashik, Mar 18 (UNI) Around 750 senior citizens from Maharashtra's Nashik district left for Ayodhya by a special train on Tuesday under the Chief Minister's Teerth Darshan Yojana.

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Maha: New enclosure for birds to come up at Wildlife Transit Treatment Centre of Pune Forest Division

18 Mar 2025 | 7:49 PM

Pune, Mar 18 (UNI) A new enclosure for birds will come up at Pune Forest Division’s Wildlife Transit Treatment
Centre on NDA Road.

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