Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
The Government has now ordered investigation into the toxic emissions by companies in Nairobi South following complaints by residents. This comes two weeks after residents of South B and South C complained of a strong pungent smell since March 5, which they blamed for the hospitalisation of at least four …
A team of researchers including University of New Mexico economics professor Andrew Goodkind is addressing the deadly problem of particulate matter air pollution in the U.S. and how to best mitigate it. Their article, titled "Fine-scale damage estimates of particulate matter air pollution reveal opportunities for location-specific mitigation of emissions," …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (State of Goa) dated 10/04/2019 regarding status of compliance of orders of the Tribunal on the subject of solid waste management and allied issues (mining, air pollution) in the State of Goa. …
Two-year-old Thayi loves the aerosol therapy room at Senegal's Albert Royer Children's Hospital, where she gets to fall asleep on her mother's lap, breathing deeply - something that is usually hard to do. The mask over her face pumps out medicine that soothes her asthmatic lungs, a condition worsened by …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (State of Gujarat) dated 09/04/2019. A status report submitted by Gujarat indicates some of the steps taken for solid waste management. Status of compliance of Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, Bio-medical Waste …
KOLKATA: There has been an alarming rise in asthma and chronic bronchial complications in newborns in Kolkata with no history of these issues in their parents. These can only be attributed to the city’s sharply declining air quality. Worse, mothers inhaling toxic air are impacting the children in their wombs, …
But the residues have also added to the problem in food change. Hyderabad: Antibiotic resistance in humans and residues in the environment have led researchers to look for alternatives to antibiotics and they have found that vaccination, pre and probiotics and herbal feed additives will help to maintain a low …
JAIPUR: Efforts to reduce new HIV infections in the state have started showing results. A report issued by National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) shows that there is a decline of 37% in new HIV infections from the baseline values of 2010. In the country, from 2010 to 2017 new infections …
JAIPUR: Swine flu continues to claim lives in the state, despite the rise in temperatures. Two more persons died of swine flu in the first week April. According to health department report, one death was reported from Bhilwara and one from Banswara. The death toll has increased to 192 this …
Gurgaon: The total number of swine flu cases recorded in the city has gone up to 61 in the past five months. This is the highest number of confirmed cases in the city since 2011. Gurgaon has also reported six deaths due to H1N1 virus this winter. Out of 90 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (State of Maharashtra) dated 08/04/2019 regarding the status of compliance of orders of this Tribunal on the subject of solid waste management and allied issues. In the present proceedings Chief Secretary, State …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Gautam Ghosh Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 08/04/2019 regarding air pollution in Kolkata, West Bengal. NGT directs a Committee to be constituted and submit a report within a period of two months showing the source of …
Study claims poor air quality caused 1.2 mn deaths each in India and China in 2017 The current high level of air pollution has shortened the average lifespan of a South Asian child by two-and-a-half years while globally the reduction stands at 20 months, according to a global study released …
Swine flu cases have risen in most of the North Indian since the month of January of 2019 as compared to the total number of cases in these states in the year 2018, as per the latest Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), a report released by the National Centre for …
Swine flu scare has gripped the financial capital. The city is seeing an alarming rise in the number of swine flu cases, with at least 121 people tested positive for the infectious seasonal influenza so far this year. Last year, the city had recorded only cases of 25 swine flu. …
The life expectancy of children born today will be shortened by 20 months on average by breathing the toxic air that is widespread across the globe, with the greatest toll in south Asia, according to a major study. Air pollution contributed to nearly one in every 10 deaths in 2017, …
A quarter of the world's health facilities lack basic water services, impacting 2 billion people, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning that unhygienic conditions could fuel the global rise of deadly superbugs. In the poorest countries, about half of facilities do not have basic water services - meaning water …
NEW DELHI: Even as India and China together accounted for over 50% of the total 5 million deaths globally from air pollution in 2017, both countries have initiated significant steps to address the problem that now causes more disease burden than smoking, says a new report on global air pollution …
At least six dengue cases have been reported in Delhi this year, four of which were in March, even though the vector-borne disease is usually reported between July and November, according to a municipal report released on Monday. Last year, 2,798 dengue cases and four deaths were recorded by the …
In 2015, 61 people died of tuberculosis at PGI, but the next year this number jumped to 74 and at 119, it breached the three figure mark in 2017, the highest ever at PGI. There has been a slight drop in the number of patients dying of tuberculosis at Post …
