De Hindu editorial analysis: July 21, 2025

The Hindu editorial analysis

We understand the importance of reading the Hindu newspaper for improving reading skills, improving the understanding of passages, staying informed of current events, improving the writing of essays and more, especially for bankaspirants who have to concentrate on editorial articles for building vocabulary. This article investigates today’s editorial points, together with practice questions and important vocabulary.

New TB -skin test by the Government of Kerala ensures a simple and precise diagnosis

The health department of Kerala started using a new skin test called CY-TB to find and treat TB infection after he has a decision to concentrate on the treatment of hidden tuberculosis under the national TB elimination program.
TB infection is not the same as active TB disease because a person with TB infection has the TB disease germs in their bodies, but the germs sleep, so they have no symptoms and do not spread it to others.
If TB infection is not treated, five to ten out of one hundred infected people can later get active TB disease when the defense system of their body becomes weak. This can occur within a few weeks after infection or can take a few years to develop.
A study among people in the Thiruvanantanthapuram district in 2023 showed that 20.5% of adults had TB infection, which shows how often hidden tuberculosis is in the population in this area.
The researchers checked the blood of 396 adults to find out if they had TB infection. They saw that the number of people with an infection became higher as age increased, from 11.5% that reached between 18 and 35 years and 30.3% in people over 58 years.
From 2021, Kerala used a blood-based test called Interferon Gamma Release Assay to detect TB infection, but this test needed advanced laboratory facilities and people often had to wait for their test results.
CY-TB is a simple, exact and simple skin test where 0.1 ml TB-specific proteins in the skin are injected on the inside of the forearm to find out whether the person has a hidden TB infection.
If an increased surface of five millimeters or more comes within forty-eight to two hours after the injection, this means that the person has TB infection in his body.
People can have the CY-TB test done in district stubs, Taluk hospitals, certain hospitals at block level and all dialysis centers, and this is currently also offered in many large private hospitals in Kerala.

Young girl kidnapped and burned in Odisha, still very serious

In Odisha’s district of Puri, some non-geidified people on Saturday kidnapped a 15-year-old girl and burned her alive. The police said that she has serious burns for the second and third degrees and fights for her life.
She is now being treated at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar. This attack caused anger in Odisha, especially after another sad incident with a university girl in Balasore recently.
That student had burned himself outside the office of her director last Saturday after her complaints about sexual harassment were ignored by a teacher, so that people throughout the state were very upset.
Reports say that the 15-year-old girl went to her uncle’s house in Balanga’s police station when three men held her, her abducted and took her to the banks of the Bhargavi river nearby.
At that place they attacked her physically, gutters a flammable liquid over her body and then set her on fire. Her mother submitted a police and said that someone was trying to kill her daughter in a cruel way.
After he was set on fire, the girl somehow managed to run away from the attackers while crying out of pain for help. A man who lived in the neighborhood saw her and quickly came forward to save her.
He poured water on her to extinguish the fire. While the locals gathered there, the attackers ran away to prevent them from being caught. The police started to investigate the case with full seriousness.
Puri’s superintendent of police attack, Pinak Mishra, said that when the girl was saved, she could not talk but couldn’t tell her attack. The police are working hard to catch the perpetrators.
First investigations showed that the attack was planned in advance. The police restored a half-used kerosene bottle, a matchbox and the girl’s shoe from the scene. Forensic experts collected evidence for research.
Higher officials, including Inspector General (Central Reaching) Praveen Kumar, visited the location. The police have launched a search operation and have held a few non -created persons for interrogation.
Odisha’s main minister Mohan Majhi said that those behind this crime will be strictly punished. He also said that the state government will send her to AIIMS Delhi for better treatment if Bhubaneswar doctors are doctors.
Ashutosh Biswas, executive director of AIIMS Bhubaneswar, said that she is mentally and physically wounded with 70-75% burns, is oxygen support, but not on fan, and doctors look closely at her heart.
He said that their main objective is now to keep her bloodstream and breathing systems stable and they will keep an eye on her forty-eight hours to know about her chances of getting better.
Her family said they have no fight or problem with someone who could have caused this cruel attack, so that they were completely shocked, broken and ask for justice for their badly injured daughter.

Odisha’s government launches ‘Shaktishree’ initiative for the safety of girls

The Odisha government has launched a new initiative with the name Shaktishree to guarantee the safety of girl students who study at colleges and universities in the entire state in the near future.
Minister -President Mohan Majhi said they started this program due to rising crimes against female students in recent times in higher education institutions, to prevent such crimes from taking place.
The plan is to keep girl students protected by starting Shaktishree in all sixteen universities and seven hundred thirty government and Hellege colleges under the Higher Education department of Odisha.
The state government said that Shaktishree will work at eight different main points to ensure that girls’ students feel safe in colleges and also receive good self -defense training to protect themselves with confidence.

Important questions

What has the name of the new skin test started by the health department of Kerala under the national TB elimination program?
According to the survey in the Thiruvananthapuram district in 2023, what was the percentage of TB infection in adults over 58 years?
In which Odisha district took place the horrible event where non-geidified persons took a 15-year-old girl kidnapped and burned?
What is the name of the Inspector General (Central Range) who visited the crime scene after the brutal attack on the minor girl in the Puri district, Odisha?
What has been the name of the new initiative launched by the Odisha government for the safety of girls’ students?
Under What department is ShaktishRree implemented in all sixteen universities and seven hundred thirty colleges?

Important vocabulary

Intradermal: Injected into the skin layers.
Sleepy: Inactive or sleeping state.
Test: A kind of test or research.
Impediment: A sturdy, swollen area formed on the skin.
Critical: In an extremely severe or life -threatening condition.
Forensic: Related to scientific tests that are used in the research of crime.
Fan: A device that helps someone breathe.
Attackers: People who attack someone.
Initiative: A new plan or action to solve a problem.
Make sure: To ensure that something happens.
Self -defense: Protect itself against damage.
Launched: Started or officially introduced.

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