Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) director general Dr VM Katoch will release second technical report of National Institute for Research in Environmental Health (NIREH) here on Friday. NIREH is ICMR's institute dealing in health and environmental research. NIREH's second technical report is likely to reveal long-term epidemiological data of …
It is one report card, Bhopal will feel bad about. The city has shown an alarming rise in cases of mouth cancer with most cases an outcome of tobacco consumption, going by latest report of National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP). Among old NCRP, a network of cancer registries in India, …
Pvt Vehicles Rise As Public Transport Remains Poor Pune: Smaller cities, experiencing a more rapid shift to personal vehicles in the absence of adequate investment in a strong public transport system, are struggling with severe air pollution, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) research has observed. Such is the …
The decision comes in the wake death of tribal girls during post-marketing surveillance of anti-cervix cancer vaccine The government proposes to regulate all biomedical and health research activities by bringing them under a law to ensure ethical research in all institutions with proper care, and a compensation policy for human …
Report points to a serious dereliction of duty by many of the institutions involved Health activists have appreciated the Parliamentary Standing Committee’s report on the “Alleged Irregularities in the Conduct of Studies Using Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine by PATH in India.” They commended “its candid, transparent contents, which reflect …
Committee questions roles of ICMR, Drug Controller-General of India in the “intriguing” 2010 episode Accusing the international organisation PATH (Programme for Appropriate Technology in Health) of exploiting with impunity the loopholes in the system during a trial of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, a parliamentary panel has also questioned the roles …
As many as 10 lakh cancer cases have already been detected in India in current year with the case load set to shoot to 11.48 lakh by 2015 and 13.20 lakh by 2020. A whopping 27 pc of these cancers are associated with tobacco and increase in incidence of cancers …
It suggests implementation of health, nutrition and development programmes A study by the National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, on the death of tribal infants in Attappady noted that “high maternal under-nutrition of 48 per cent of adult women leading to chronic energy deficiency” resulted in the death of a large …
In order to give a boost to medical research as well as facilitate smooth transfer of technology to the grassroot level, the State Government is set to move the Centre for setting up seven Model Rural Health Research Units (MRHRUs). It has earmarked SCB Medical College and Hospital at Cuttack, …
Pune, home to an H1N1 outbreak in 2009, is battling a fresh one with 232 found positive since January. The virus has killed 35 in the Pune municipal region this year, including some from rural areas on the outskirts treated in the city, but excluding 13 who died in Pimpri-Chinchwad. …
Expressing serious concern over the effect of radiation from mobile phones and mobile towers in residential areas, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Monday asked the Centre to place the status report before it regarding constitution of specialised committee for which court had directed more than 18 …
The largest and most sacred rivers of India are highly polluted while the quality of Godavari waters is excellent, states a study conducted by researchers of Andhra University. Tested for eight water parameters such as pH, dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids, total alkalinity, total hardness, calcium and magnesium, …
The dengue outbreak in Cuttack, that has affected more than 200 people and claimed one life, is of its own making. Lack of awareness coupled with absence of cleanliness and sanitation measures has led to the spread of the disease in the city. More than 36 per cent households in …
Pune: A mobile-based application can now be used as a tool to monitor malaria prevalence in the community. The application helps analyse the distribution of malaria in a certain area to initiate investigative and control measures. It is also saves time, as it helps in early diagnosis of the disease. …
The State government has requested the Indian Council of Medical Research to study the co-relation, if any, between endosulfan and deformity at birth. M. Madan Gopal, Principal Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, told The Hindu that the genetic impact of the pesticide had to be studied to prove …
Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern States fall under the Asian belt of oesophagus cancer together with China Cancer of the oesophagus – or what is commonly called food pipe – has been detected as the third most common cancer in India, with people from the northeast and Jammu and …
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has set up an expert group work out a strategy to ensure eradication of wild polio virus and minimise the risk of emergence and circulation of Vaccine-Derived Polio Virus (VDPV) in the country. The government is also working in coordination with the Global …
Dr Nirmala Vaze's family tree is not just a patchwork of long-forgotten names and dates. There's a secret that flows through its branches: Cancer. It shows up like clockwork with every new generation. Breast, ovarian, uterine, blood, throat, prostate-you name it and it's here. It has ravaged 15 lives in …
KANPUR: The Industrial City has the dubious distinction of being the third highest incidence of asthma in the country. Bangalore has the highest number of asthma patients in the country. This finding is a part of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) survey conducted in 2006. The survey was first …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified anti- malarial resistance in four countries of South East Asia and launched an emergency response to prevent resistant strains of the malarial parasites from spreading further. On the occasion of World Malaria Day today, the WHO has also cited concerns over resistance emerging …
