Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Air pollution is now the fifth largest killer in India, says the Global Burden of Disease report released by the scientists behind this study at a dialogue workshop organised by CSE, Indian Council of Medical Research and US-based Health Effects Institute. Outdoor air pollution has become the fifth largest killer …
The new India specific findings of the new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) count, a global initiative involving the World Health Organisation that says air pollution has become the fifth largest killer in India, is shocking. This India specific findings have been released by the scientists of the US based …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organised a dialogue workshop on ‘Burden of Disease: Air Pollution among top killers’ at New Delhi on February 13, 2013 in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research and Health Effects Institute, Boston US. This workshop brought together the prominent medical doctors, health …
An outbreak of swine flu in India has killed at least 94 people in just over five weeks, reports say. The health ministry said more than 450 cases had been reported, mostly in the northern state of Rajasthan. Officials say they are investigating the cause of the outbreak, with some …
Hundreds of heavy trucks, entering and leaving the industrial area everyday, are causing air and noise pollution in the federal capital and disturbance among the sector's residents. Resident of the industrial areas told APP that the number of noise, dust and smoke complaints from the area were steadily increasing with …
Residents of the Indian capital, who thought they had conquered air pollution a decade ago, are once again choking on exhaust fumes and dust and New Delhi has regained its status as one of the world’s dirtiest cities, according to environmental campaigners and official air quality data. Scientists have sounded …
Emissions from landscape fires affect both climate and air quality. This study uses satellite-derived fire estimates and atmospheric modelling to quantify the effects on health from fire emissions in southeast Asia from 1997 to 2006. Strong El Nino years are found to increase the incidence of fires, in addition to …
Around 25 percent people in Sylhet district have been suffering from acute Respiratory Tract Infection (RTI) due to air pollution caused by the black smoke-emitting unfit vehicles. According to sources, sale of lead-mixed fuel including diesel, petrol and kerosene by a section of dishonest dealers and agents continues in the …
Ministry report says 'green' cars contribute significantly to air pollution and lung diseases Diesel fumes are significantly more damaging to health than those from petrol engines, according to research which shows that related air pollution contributes to lung disease, heart attacks, asthma and other respiratory problems. The findings, published by …
Air pollution caused by steel and marble factories is increasing day by day in the twin cities. Dozen of marble and steel factories set up in the twin cities are one of the major contributors of air pollution. The residents of the respective areas have frequently complained of diseases like …
Introducing laws banning smoking in enclosed public places can lead to swift and dramatic falls in the number of children admitted to hospital suffering asthma attacks, according to a study in England published on Monday. Researchers at Imperial College London found there was a 12.3 percent fall in hospital admissions …
Residents of villages near Khaparkheda and Koradi power plants, under the aegis of Kisan Manch, have lodged one more police complaint against officials of the two plants of Mahagenco for excessive air and water pollution. Chief general managers of the two plants Umakant Nikhare and Anil Nandanwar have been made …
The disease burden saw 14 per cent increase to 31,536 cases per district during October from September’s 27,587 cases. Ninety two districts reported 2,901,262 disease incidence in the observed month compared with previous month’s 2,400,052 in 87 districts, says a Free and Fair Election (Fafen) report. The Fafen who visited …
Furniture factories illegally operating in the streets of Kurri, Band Khanna and Chaklala Road have given rise to respiratory and other fatal diseases like TB in the areas. These factories have been set up inside the streets in connivance with the corrupt elements of Town Municipal administration. Lack of cleanliness …
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs, e.g., cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, neurological diseases) have been the commonest cause of death and disability globally for at least the last three decades. Even in sub-Saharan Africa, NCDs contribute a third of the disability-adjusted life year burden. However, research resources allocated to NCDs …
VARANASI: A group of citizens started a campaign aimed at ridding Varanasi of the dust that is finding its way into the bodies of lakhs of people living here. The campaign was launched at Lanka, Varanasi. The participants who attended the launch of the initiative also got examined by a …
Days after choking smog blanketed China's capital, the country's premier-designate added his voice to appeals to curb the toxic haze, but he offered few specifics and said there was no quick fix. The comments from Vice Premier Li Keqiang, who is expected to take over as premier at a national …
BEIJING ordered government vehicles off the roads as part of an emergency response to ease air pollution that has smothered China's capital for the past three days, while warning the smog will persist until January 16. Hospitals were inundated with patients complaining of heart and respiratory ailments and the website …
Choked in dense smog for three consecutive days, Beijing started emergency response measures on Sunday to curb the air pollution at hazardous levels. Monitoring data showed the Air Quality Index in most parts of the capital reached 500, the maximum pollution level, on Sunday, the third hazy, grey day. Beijing …
