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 …
OUR BUREAU New Delhi A test conducted on samples of water of the Ganges, lifted at nine sites, has revealed that it is not fit for use even in farming, let alone for human use. The Delhi- based Shriram Institute for Industrial Research and STAR News carried out the research …
Water in the Vembanad lake and Pampa river turns saline ALAPPUZHA: Even as the threat of floods that loomed over the water-logged Kuttanad seems to have receded, the people are now up against another recurrent scourge. Kuttanad is facing an acute shortage of drinking water, even for its cattle. The …
If the figures collected from public hospitals are to be believed, the BMC needs to seriously think of the increasing number of people being affected by diarrhoea in the city. The data collected by Praja foundation
Ahead of monsoon, the Chief Secretary Avani Vaish reviewed the preparations to deal with any worst case-scenario, due to heavy rainfall and flood here at Mantralaya today. It was informed at the meeting that all the arrangements have been made to overcome any flood situation during the rainy season in …
Contaminated water of the Surinsar lake, mixed with animal waste, is being supplied to more than 30 villages of the Dansal block in the Kandi belt of Jammu district comprising a population of more than 25,000. Though the authorities have
Climate change and associated increases in climate variability will likely further exacerbate global health disparities. More research is needed, particularly in developing countries, to accurately predict the anticipated impacts and inform effective interventions. Building on the information presented at the 2009 Joint Indo–U.S. Workshop on Climate Change and Health in …
Some 905 cases of dengue with eight deaths have been reported in the city since January, the Colombo Municipality said yesterday. It said these figures were bound to rise further because of the heavy rains in some parts of the country. Colombo Municipality Chief Medical Officer Pradeep Kariyawasam said 222 …
Speakers at a daylong workshop in Rajshahi on Monday revealed that around three crore people remained vulnerable to arsenic in 54 districts of the country. In this context, they emphasized the need for creating mass awareness among the vulnerable areas so that the people could play a vital role in …
The average human spends three years of his or her life in the toilet. The filthy streets of Europe are thought to be the reason for the sudden popularity, in the 17th century, of high heels. The poet W H Auden allowed his guests only one toilet paper a day. …
Nuclear chemist and a professor of chemistry at the University of Sindh, Dr Mohammad Yar Khuhawar, has said that non-release of water downstream of Kotri Barrage has caused an increase in salt levels in river water and led to large-scale death of small fish. Mr Khuhawar told journalists here on …
New Delhi: Students at IIT-Delhi have been falling ill. The reason, they claim, is the contaminated water in their hostels, which has resulted in many coming down with typhoid. College authorities, however, deny the charge. Surender Prasad, director IIT-D, said that though some cases of typhoid and gastroenteritis have been …
Alipurduar, May 6: At least hundred members of the primitive Toto tribe are down with water-borne diseases at Totopara where water is supplied from a reservoir that has not been cleaned up in the past 15 years. Around 1,000 persons live in Totopara, the only place in the country where …
Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry urges people to take precautions against the spread of diseases such as dengue and leptospirosis (rat fever) due to heavy rains. Ministry spokesman W. M. D. Wanninayake said that 4210 dengue cases had been reported during the last four months and 36 persons had …
Contamination of drinking water is said to be the reason for outbreak of epidemic Halebeedu (Hassan), Nearly 30 persons took ill at Dyavappahalli village in the taluk on Friday due to suspected cholera. Public woes: Patients complaining gastroenteritis undergoing treatment at Dyavapanahalli village near Halebeedu, in Hassan on Friday. DH …
Sri Lanka's Health Ministry has alerted the public of possible outbreaks of dengue and leptospirosis (rat fever) due to the prevailing rainy weather. According to the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry 31 deaths from leptospirosis have been recorded among 2,785 cases so far this year. The month of March …
New Delhi:Ritesh Singh, a student at a private computer institute, missed almost a month of studies after he was diagnosed with jaundice in March. His neighbour Asha is now down with jaundice. In east Delhi
Senior BJP leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra has expressed grave concern over reports claiming the presence of superbug in drinking water samples of the city. He said the contaminated water supply had increased the risks of jaundice, diarrhoea and other water-borne diseases. Water-borne diseases In a statement on Friday, Prof. Malhotra …
