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World Mosquito Day 2019: Plants that can help ward off the insects | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

World Mosquito Day 2019: Plants that can help ward off the insects | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By Lifestyle Desk |New Delhi |Published: August 20, 2019 1:23:28 pm

World Mosquito Day 2019: Plants that can help ward off the insects

Human contempt for the species goes as far back as 1897, when Sir Ronald Ross — a British medical doctor — discovered the link between mosquitoes and malaria transmission.

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World Mosquito Day is observed every year on August 20. (Photo: iStock / Getty Images Plus)


Mosquitoes don’t have it easy. With so much malice in human hearts for the world’s most dangerous predator that can lead to diseases like malaria and dengue, they probably don’t even get to celebrate a day designated to them. Human contempt for the species goes as far back as 1897, when Sir Ronald Ross — a British medical doctor — discovered the link between mosquitoes and malaria transmission. Now, more than a century later, we are learning of newer, more innovative ways of keeping the insects away.

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