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 …
The victims are yet to be adequately compensated or given proper medical help; their water sources are yet to be decontaminated. At Arif Nagar slum, a toxic waste yard next to the boundary wall of the factory. The accident polluted the soil and groundwater in the neighbourhood to dangerous levels. …
A coalition of organizations opposed to genetically modified food in India has written to the minister of state for environment and forests seeking withdrawal of clearance given to Bt brinjal. The Coalition for GM-free India alleged the expert committee that cleared the genetically modified brinjal for commercial cultivation in the …
ICMR Cites Nerve Disorder As Side-Effect New Delhi: India will receive its first batch of H1N1 swine flu vaccine from Sanofi Pasteur by the end of January. But does India at all need a vaccine to combat H1N1? And will these vaccines, that have primarily been tested on foreign shores, …
After the bird flu scare in 2006, it was swine flu that dominated the headlines in 2009 ever since the first case was reported in June in Delhi. Face masks and sanitizers were back
JAIPUR: Life science experts from Jaipur highlighted the significance of non-toxic and low-cost strategies for prevention and treatment of cancer at an international symposium on chemoprevention of cancer in New Delhi earlier this week. The global event highlighted the role of dietary, natural and synthetic agents in cancer management. A …
A special campaign I will be launched to t create awareness about hygiene and sanitation The government has announced that it will be setting up a special research group under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to study the spread of Japanese encephalitis in certain part of eastern Uttar …
The government's behaviour compounds the scandal Was Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh right when, holding the toxic waste at the Union Carbide/Dow Chemicals
Vidya Krishnan This January, 25 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) invited research to study the effects of methyl isocyanate (MIC) poisoning. After 11 months, ICMR has received only two proposals. A disappointed Council has now decided to keep the
New Delhi: Two pharmaceutical companies have sought permission from the Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) to start clinical trials for swine flu vaccine prepared by them using a new method.
Maulshree-Seth Following success of sewage surveillance for wild poliovirus in Mumbai, the Centre is now planning to go ahead with a similar surveillance in Delhi. The surveillance was introduced through the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) in Mumbai in 2001 and since then, the city has been able to …
Clinical trials to be fast-tracked in keeping with global protocols HYDERABAD: An Indian vaccine against the pandemic strain of swine flu will be ready for use by March next with the authorities planning to fast-track clinical trials in accordance with international protocols. It was proposed to combine the different phases …
BHAWANIPATNA: Tribals are more prone to infectious diseases due to malnutrition. An Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) bulletin said this in October 2003. In 2009 too this holds good in some of the tribal pockets of Kalahandi which are witnessing gastroenteritis and malaria in epidemic proportions. A senior doctor …
A single-dose H1N1 swine flu vaccine may be ready soon. Contrary to expectations, the vaccine against H1N1 may not be multi-dose, as results from a pilot study of a Novartis H1N1 candidate vaccine have revealed a strong immune response after just one shot. The vaccine might be used in trials …
