{"id":20174,"date":"2017-01-11T13:43:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T13:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=20174"},"modified":"2017-01-11T13:43:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T13:43:23","slug":"amitabh-bachchan-honoured-us-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/amitabh-bachchan-honoured-us-embassy\/","title":{"rendered":"Amitabh Bachchan honoured by US Embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: The World Health Organisation has set up target of reducing new TB cases by 2030 by \u2026 .<\/strong><br \/>\na) 80%<br \/>\nb) 50%<br \/>\nc) 90%<br \/>\nd) 100%<br \/>\n<strong>Ans: (a)<br \/>\nRelated facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been honoured by the US Embassy to acknowledge his immense contribution to the India-US ties on tuberculosis.<\/li>\n<li>The award was presented on January 8 by US Ambassador to India Richard R Verma to the 74-year-old actor, who himself is a TB survivor and brand ambassador for the cause.<\/li>\n<li>After receiving the award, Bachchan went live on Facebook with Verma to discuss the cooperation between the two nations to spread awareness about the much-feared disease.<\/li>\n<li>The US ambassador also said that the US government has been working with the Indian government for over 20 years on tuberculosis.<\/li>\n<li>Over USD 100 million have been invested and over 15 million people have been treated with US assistance.<\/li>\n<li>It is notable that The World Health Organisation has set up target of reducing new TB cases by 2030 by 80%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ddinews.gov.in\/Home%20-%20Other%20Stories\/Pages\/AmitabhBachchanhonouredbyUSEmbassyforTBawareness.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ddinews.gov.in\/Home%20-%20Other%20Stories\/Pages\/AmitabhBachchanhonouredbyUSEmbassyforTBawareness.aspx<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/indiatoday.intoday.in\/story\/amitabh-bachchan-honoured-by-us-embassy-for-tb-awareness\/1\/852973.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/indiatoday.intoday.in\/story\/amitabh-bachchan-honoured-by-us-embassy-for-tb-awareness\/1\/852973.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/tb\/strategy\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.who.int\/tb\/strategy\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: The World Health Organisation has set up target of reducing new TB cases by 2030 by \u2026 . a) 80% b) 50% c) 90% d) 100% Ans: (a) Related facts: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been honoured by the US Embassy to acknowledge his immense contribution to the India-US ties on tuberculosis. The award was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":20175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1127],"tags":[2348],"class_list":["post-20174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pers","tag-personalities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}