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 …
Children living in urban areas are more affected by air pollution than those living in rural areas, revealed the study. Hyderabad: A study on how air pollution affects children shows that it affects them severely because they have more lung surface compared to their body weight. The study of 1,000 …
Don’t panic, be cautious, undergo vaccination, say experts A significant increase has been registered in the number of swine-flu cases at the PGIMS, Rohtak, this year, though doctors maintained that there was no need to panic and people just needed to be cautious and take vaccinations for the disease. Dr …
BENGALURU: Key posts pertaining to prevention and awareness of monkey fever have remained vacant in Shivamogga, Uttara Kannada and Dakshina Kannada districts, where field stations have been set up to track prevalence of the disease and follow up on identified cases. The vacant posts include that of three medical officers …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhay Dahiya & Others Vs State of Haryana dated 15/01/2019 regarding dumping and burning of garbage in violation of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and discharging of untreated water by the Municipal Council, Sonepat near Deenbandhu Chotu Ram Science and …
Meerut: The state health department has sounded alert after number of confirmed cases of H1N1 swine flu virus touched 24 in January. With this, the Meerut district has 42 confirmed cases of swine flu disease between December 2018 and January 2019. Director General (Medical and Health), UP, Padmakar Singh, said, …
MUMBAI: Around 70 schools in the city continue to refuse the measles rubella vaccination even as the campaign comes to close in a fortnight. BMC officials said that in the last 45 days since the programme kicked off in Mumbai, along with the rest of the state, only 50% of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ajay Kumar Singh Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/01/2019 regarding notification of standards of lead to be used in PVC pipes and to phase out lead as stabilizer in PVC pipes. NGT directs Ministry of Environment & Forest …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents of Village Kadalpur Masti Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 10/01/2019 regarding a mobile tower set up contrary to the norms for siting at village Kadalpur Masti, Tehsil Bilari, Thana Kundarki, Post Hathipur Chandoi, District Muradabad, Uttar Pradesh, on …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mohd. Amaan Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 08/01/2019 regarding setting up of a mobile tower contrary to the norms in Ashok Vihar, Loni, District Ghaziabad near J.R. Public School on account of which dust pollution is taking place. Air …
JAIPUR: Rising level of air pollution is proving to be increasingly hazardous to the lungs. Toxic gases emitted by vehicles and sources of indoor and outdoor pollution are making people more susceptible to Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (HP), which is an interstitial lung disease (ILD). The odds of developing HP were 7% …
If you are among those who thought or believed that dengue mosquitoes bit only early in the morning or before dusk, then beware! It’s time you stopped getting complacent at night, because city doctors say the dengue-causing aedes aegypti mosquitoes are now biting even at night. In the past couple …
JAIPUR: Jodhpur is witnessing one of its worst outbreaks of swine flu as one more patient succumbed to the disease on Sunday taking total toll to six in past six days. Health department is taking lessons from pulse polio micro-plan to combat swine flu in Jodhpur. It has directed principals …
The Health Department has geared up to tackle swine flu cases from the district. Necessary kits have been provided to all government and private hospitals and vaccination of the hospital staff, who can come in contact with swine flu patients has also been done. Separate isolated wards have been prepared …
PATNA: The Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) has issued ‘proposed closure direction’ to 395 medical establishments in seven districts across the state for violating the norms of scientific storage, transportation and treatment of medical waste at Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment Facilities (CBWTF) in December last. According to the Central …
Patna: The New Year has brought even more toxic air for the residents of the state capital as the Air Quality Index (AQI) of Patna was recorded the highest in the country on the second consecutive day on Wednesday. The city AQI on Wednesday stood at 468, which was higher …
Nagpur: The city has recorded 27 deaths and 149 positive cases of swine flu (H1N1 virus) in 2018. The number of cases was the third highest annual figure in history. Data available with Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) shows 10 of the total 27 persons who died of swine flu were …
JAIPUR/JODHPUR: Swine flu has made a comeback in the state with 44 persons tested positive for the disease and one person succumbed to the disease in past two days. On Wednesday, 32 persons were diagnosed with H1N1 influenza. In Jodhpur, SN Medical College cancelled leaves of doctors. Jodhpur has reported …
India accounted for 6% of global malaria burden in 2016; highest number of cases reported in Odisha Universal access to malaria diagnosis and treatment and follow-up of patients with enhanced surveillance can dramatically reduce the number of malaria cases. ‘Live project’ This is according to a ‘live project’ — ‘Comprehensive …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Nestle India Ltd Vs Union of India & Others dated 03/01/2019 regarding lead and mono sodium glutamate content in Maggi Noodles. This appeal arises from the interim orders dated 9 December 2015 and 10 December 2015 of the National …
AHMEDABAD: As stress and pollution are major concerns in Gujarat, the trend also got reflected in emergency calls received by EMRI 108 in 2018. According to the figures by the ambulance service, it reported 9% rise in respiratory problems with 7 calls per hour. Likewise, the service also responded to …
