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 …
Pollution caused nine million deaths in 2015 - three times more than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined - scientists said on Thursday, calling for governments in poor countries to act. India fared worst, with 2.5 million people dying early because of pollution, followed by China with 1.8 million deaths, according …
PUNE: Heartening as it may be that two dengue-infected patients who suffered from severe complications are currently on the road to recovery, private hospitals in the city on Tuesday reported 30 cases of dengue to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). The number of dengue cases recorded in the last three …
Units discharged untreated chemical effluents into creek Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Monday issued closure notices to two private companies near Mahul village for discharging untreated chemical effluents into a creek. Residents of Mahul have been complaining of high levels of air and water pollution for years due to …
Lakhs of farmers and workers who frequent Punjab's grain markets face a major heath hazard due to the dust-laden air at these sites, but it will soon be a thing of the past with state pollution control board introducing a new machine to be installed in mechanical grain cleaners there. …
Air pollutants like particulate matter (PM), ozone (O3), sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide (CO), and lead (Pb) can affect the lung in numerous ways like inflammation, oxidative stress, and cell cycle death. Indoor air pollution is very much real and it can be five times or worse …
JAIPUR: Acute encephalitis cases will be on the radar in the state as Nipah infection can cause complications from acute respiratory syndrome to fatal encephalitis. Besides, the rapid response teams of health department under Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) have been directed to remain vigilant so that they can undertake …
A key component of achieving universal health coverage is ensuring that all populations have access to quality health care. Examining where gains have occurred or progress has faltered across and within countries is crucial to guiding decisions and strategies for future improvement. We used the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, …
The estimates should not be perceived as instant deaths, said the report, clarifying that they represent premature (earlier than the expected lifetime of the Indian population) deaths due to chronic exposure from pollution. Worsening air quality in the last two decades has emerged as one of the major reasons for …
One of the most common respiratory diseases around the world is bronchial asthma. As per WHO between 100 and 150 million people worldwide are suffering from this disease and the number is only rising. In India alone, over 15 million people suffer from asthma. A recent report by World Health …
Trichy: The sudden bursts of rain amidst scorching summer in Trichy over the past couple of weeks could result in people contracting viral and respiratory diseases, warned doctors. The unpredictable weather conditions can aggravate certain existing health issues too. With these potential risks, people have been asked to be careful, …
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of bronchiolitis in infants. Maternal immunization is an option to increase maternal antibody levels and protect infants from infection. Here we assess the efficacy of virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine candidates containing stabilized pre-fusion (pre-F) or post-fusion (post-F) conformations of the RSV …
CHENNAI: Nightingales Home Health Services, a Medwell Ventures company, announced its entry into Chennai. The team in the city has doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, respiratory therapists and wound care therapists. Commenting on the Chennai launch, Narasimha Jayakumar, CEO, Nightingales, said, “As a technology-based home healthcare company, we see our services expand …
More than 80% of people living in urban areas that monitor air pollution are exposed to air quality levels that exceed the World Health Organization (WHO) limits. While all regions of the world are affected, populations in low-income cities are the most impacted. According to the latest air quality database, …
KOCHI: You would be surprised to know that the number of asthma patients in Kerala are rising and many among them have no family history. The footfalls at chest and pulmonary departments in specialty hospitals have increased manifold, said pulmonologists. So, on World Asthma Day doctors have a message for …
LUCKNOW: Researchers of the respiratory medicine department at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) have identified a biomarker to detect asthma which can be a big breakthrough in making the diagnosis of obstructive airway disease easy through a simple blood test. Till now, spirometry, an effort-based procedure, is being used to …
Nashik: A section of the city-based pulmonologists have blamed the declining quality of air pollution for the increase in respiratory diseases among the people living in the city. They have advocated that the concerned authorities take firm steps to improve the quality of air. According to Samir Chandratre, a doctor, …
Jaipur: Pollution level has spiked in five cities of Rajasthan and air quality has failed to meet National Air Quality Standards as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report. Prominent cities from the state, including Alwar, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota and Udaipur, are among the 94 cities in the country …
Stuggling to contain stubble-burning, Punjab features among the top four states with maximum cities that have failed to meet the national air quality standards in India. The recent report in this regard submitted by Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State for Environment, on April 6 in Lok Sabha states that Punjab …
GURUGRAM: Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki launched the ‘Healthy Lung, Healthy Haryana’ initiative in the city on Saturday, which aims to reduce respiratory diseases in the state. Under the initiative, around 200 respiratory physicians from across the state formed Haryana Chest Forum to create awareness about respiratory diseases. Haryana ranks fourth …
Specific to India, the report pointed out residential biomass burning was the largest individual contributor to disease burden. Coal combustion, open burning and open burning of agricultural residue were also contributors to disease burden. The highest mortality burden due to air pollution is concentrated in Asia, with China and India …
