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 …
Shock, horror, outrage. Those were the dominant reactions when the world woke up to the nightmare of Bhopal on that December morning in 1984. Over 26 years later, those were again the dominant reactions following the judgement of the Bhopal district court last week which awarded a shamefully light two-year …
The Group of Ministers (GOM), appointed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the Bhopal gas tragedy, has looked into the health-related problems that people suffered due to the sudden leakage of tonnes of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) from the storage tank at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal on the night …
Iodine deficiency diseases on the rise againIDDS, or Iodine Deficiency Disorders, have never been on the government list of priority health issues. Till now, that is. A recent cross-country study by the Directorate General of Health Services, Indian Council of Medical Research and state health directorates have thrown up alarming …
NEW DELHI: Bill Gates, co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on Friday denied knowledge of the controversy over alleged violations of ethics during clinical trials of HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccine conducted by a U.S.-based non-governmental organisation for a pharmaceutical company. Bill and Melinda Gates had funded PATH, …
on april 7, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) stopped its cervical cancer vaccination drive in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, which it started in August last year. Several girls—10-14-year olds who were part of the vaccination drive—suffered side effects, and six died. The link between the vaccines and deaths …
Following reports that ethical guidelines were violated during the clinical trials of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine, meant to prevent cervical cancer, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday constituted a three-member committee to look into the matter. The inquiry committee comprising Dr S P Aggarwal, former Director General …
If all goes well, India will have its first-ever oral cholera vaccine available in the market by the end of this year. In a recent development, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has invited applications to commercialise the vaccine which can be administered orally, like the polio vaccine.
New Delhi: Clinical trials in India are finally becoming transparent. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of trials that have got officially registered in Clinical Trials Registry-India (CTRI). According to records collected by the Indian Council of Medical Research and the Drug Controller General
BHUBANESWAR: Malaria infection in Orissa, where the disease has long been a major public health issue, lately is showing an interesting change in its distribution, prevalence and of course,
Off Sarkhej highway on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, Solapur highway in Pune, NH 7 near Whitefield in Bangalore, Ambala-Chandigarh highway at Lalru--steel-and-glass buildings dot the landscape. From the outside they look like archetypical expressions of new-age planning. Inside, a world of biotech is gathering momentum--whirring steel tanks, moving glass vials, …
To Be Tested On 100 Volunteers; In April, Local Version At Rs 80 Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: Clinical trials of the first H1N1 vaccine to be used on Indians from mid-February will start on Wednesday. Three medical institutes in Delhi, Chandigarh and Pune will test the H1N1 vaccine …
J Jayasingh Satyaraj | ENS Places like Melapalayam and Kadayanallur in Nellai district are the worst affected PANIC gripped people in Kadayanallur area as 18 persons have succumbed to an unknown viral fever during the past 45 days. Though clinical symptoms resembled chickungunya such as severe temperature, body pain, swelling …
Shastry V. Mallady MADURAI: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will study fever cases with chikungunya symptoms reported in various districts of Tamil Nadu. An expert group will be formed soon to find out the root cause of this fever, which results in joint pains and cripples the victims
