Nipah virus resurfaced in Kerala when two deaths were reported in Kozhikode district on 12th September 2023.
Western countries banned imports of seaborne Russian-origin crude oil after the Ukraine invasion. However, several countries used India, China, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, and Turkey as laundromats to import 70% of the oil and circumvent sanctions.
The status of whooping cough, a highly contagious respiratory illness known as pertussis, was concerningly returning globally in 2024, especially in the first quarter of the year.