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Vijay Garg is a dedicated teacher, writer and social worker from Fatuhi Khere village in Punjab. He taught mathematics for 24 years in the education department, wrote more than 125 books, and guided thousands of students by creating a digital library. From science fairs to writing, his contribution has been multifaceted. Even after retirement, he is engaged in social service by providing free career counseling and book distribution. His life is an example of service, sadhana and creation.

Brigadier Pritam Singh’s life reads like an epic of fortitude and fallibility—a saga etched not only in the annals of India’s military history but also in the ever-conflicted conscience of a postcolonial nation still learning to remember its heroes with nuance. Hailed as the savior of Poonch during the fraught and fiery days of the 1947–1948 Indo-Pakistani War, Singh embodied the best and the burdens of a soldier’s calling. His battlefield brilliance, however, was shadowed by personal controversy, rendering his legacy both luminous and labyrinthine.

KAMPALA: Uganda began distributing more than 2.2 million doses of malaria vaccines, with support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, ahead of a nationwide vaccination campaign set to launch next month to combat the disease and reduce child mortality.