Chandigarh, May 16 -- Armed with awareness and armed with action, Punjab's schoolchildren are donning the mantle of warriors in the fight against one of the state's most persistent enemies - the mosquito. In a bold and imaginative move, the Punjab Government has deployed a new frontline in its war on vector-borne diseases - its school students. Through the "Little Champions Campaign", classrooms are being transformed into command centres, and children into foot soldiers, as the state wages an all-out offensive against dengue, malaria, and chikungunya. With a steep 73 percent drop in dengue cases over the previous year, officials believed that the time is ripe to empower students as change agents to build on these gains. Punjab reported 23,3...