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 …
Ambient air pollution is a major health risk globally. To reduce adverse health effects on days when air pollution is high, government agencies worldwide have implemented air quality alert programmes. Despite their widespread use, little is known about whether these programmes produce any observable public-health benefits. We assessed the effectiveness …
At least 207 people had died in Delhi because of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in 2016, the year the city witnessed its most severe episodes of air pollution, compared to the situations in previous years. At least 207 people had died in Delhi because of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in …
Pollution level of the city has been increasing as per the data released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recently. As per the report, the annual average level of fine particulate matter pollution in Chandigarh was more than three times the permissible limits. The data shows that residents were …
Says around 12 million babies in South Asia under the age of one are worst affected Recent Unicef report stating that pollution permanently damages young children’s brain has triggered a concern among parents in the city. The report was released this month and has been going viral online since then. …
HYDERABAD: The dengue season, which is usually over by September-end, still continues to torment the state this year with 20-25 cases being reported each day. On Friday, 23 new cases were reported across the state. Experts said this trend was happening on account of the weather. They have also advised …
This adds to the growing body of evidence showing the negative cardiovascular and respiratory impacts of even a short, two-hour exposure to motor traffic pollution Even a two-hour exposure to air pollution mainly in the form of traffic exhaust can wipe out the positive health benefits of walking on the …
High-level political commitment stressed India had the highest share of welfare costs (or a loss of income from labour), of about $220 billion (about ₹1.4 trillion), in South and South-East Asia — of a combined total of $380 billion from mortality due to air pollution, according to a report by …
Lifestyle diseases or non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for more than 61 per cent of all deaths in India. Whether it is heart diseases, respiratory illnesses, cancer, obesity or food allergies, emerging research reveals that the rise in their incidences is due to environmental factors—rapid urbanisation, air pollution and changes …
NEW DELHI: Children in Delhi have a far lower lung capacity and lung growth rate than kids of the same age in the US, according to a recent study by the department of pulmonary medicine at the Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute. While much of this could be attributed to genetics …
The new report from Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released yesterday held lifestyle diseases like obesity, mental health, cancer and heart diseases to count a few, as the major killers in India. Revealing the links of air pollution with mental diseases, it stated that air pollution is responsible for …
BENGALURU: It's not just suspended particulate matter that is choking Bengaluru. There has been a considerable increase in the levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), an air pollutant that can trigger respiratory problems and eye irritation. Continued exposure to it can prove hazardous for asthma patients, say doctors. A recent analysis …
JAIPUR: It has come as a shocker for city's pulmonologists when they noticed that numbers patients with respiratory diseases have not gone down even after one month of Diwali, which was a usual trend earlier. The impact of Delhi's smog is quite evident in the city too. "Every year, we …
Air pollution exposure is the second most important risk factor for ill health in South Asia, contributing to between 13% and 21.7% of all deaths and approximately 58 million disability adjusted life years (DALYs) through chronic and acute respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses.1 Of the top 30 cities in the world …
PATNA: Winter is normally an enjoyable season, but it has lately turned into the most polluted time of the year in Patna. With the air quality index (AQI) crossing 400- mark in the state capital, the pollution level in the city is posing serious health risks to residents, especially children …
NEW DELHI: Child and maternal malnutrition continues to be the biggest health hazard in India since 1990, while deteriorating air quality came a close second, according to a recent report in one of the world's oldest medical journals. The report published in the Lancet journal has found that besides malnutrition …
NEW DELHI: Lifestyle diseases like heart and chronic respiratory diseases now kill more people than communicable ones like tubercolosis or diarrhoea in every state in India, including the most backward. This was revealed in the India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative's Report released on Tuesday. The report notes that while all …
Smaller lungs mean poorer exercise capacity, and greater vulnerability to respiratory symptoms and diseases, says a recently released study A study conducted on Delhi children and released recently in the Journal of Indian Pediatrics provides powerful evidence that shows children growing up in polluted environments like the Capital have reduced …
New Delhi: India is set to overtake China and become the world's largest emitter of sulphur dioxide, an air pollutant that is generated when coal is burnt and can lead to severe haze, acid rain and asthma complications. A US study released on Thursday says that China's sulphur dioxide emissions …
The 2015 smoke haze episode was one of the most severe and prolonged transboundary air pollution events ever seen in Southeast Asia (SEA), affecting the air quality of several countries within the region including Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The 24 h mean outdoor PM2.5 (particulate matter (PM) with aerodynamic diameter …
In its mania to prove how horrible the Clean Power Plan is, the EPA has rejiggered the numbers and found — the Clean Power Plan could save more lives than the Obama officials thought. Oddly enough, the means that rolling back its provisions could lead to between 40,000 and 100,000 …
