The highest mountain range in the world is much more than the physical mass that most of the world recognizes. Stretching in an immense arc of 2500 kms in length, along the boundaries and covering parts of 5 Asian countries, the rugged terrain of the Himalaya range is broken intermittently by valleys and plateaux that have allowed habitation. Although a tremendously difficult terrain, the Himal...

UNLABELLED To explore the seasonal prevalence of tick infections in mithun (Bos frontalis) and yak (B. grunniens) a study was conducted in Papum Pare district, Kurung-Kumey district and West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh, India from December 2012 to November 2014. Adult ticks were collected from both the animals during the month of December 2012 to November 2014. Ectoparasites were ident...

and the plain, the traveller was warned to traverse it at speed, and to beware of loitering even a single night within its limits, at the peril of a deadly jungle fever. Referring specially to that length of the Terai which fringes the Darjeeling hills, I have 110 difficulty in understanding how it came by its bad name. The vegetation, which covers the hill-sides, runs uninterruptedly into the ...

Background: Responsible, productive and competent health workforce is an essential pre-requisite for effective health outcomes and favourable health indicators. Existing on geographical and organizational periphery of the formal health care delivery system, Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) operate from subcentres, catering 5000 population in plains and 3000 in hills. Darjeeling district has wide...

It is not the object of these remarks to enter into a detailed topographical and climatic description of Darjeeling?this has been done by others before?but simply to put down in a few words my experience of it as a Sanitarium, as far as I have been enabled to form a judgment from the opportunities enjoyed during the last three years whilst in medical charge of it. This circumstance has also put...