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 …
Researchers Say Antibiotics Harm Flora & Fauna; May Be Behind Spike In Diabetes, Cancer Think before you pour leftover antibiotics down the drain. They wash into the Yamuna and harm the plant and animal life dependent on it. And now, doctors suspect, they may also be a reason for the …
Nagpur: Even as winter and festivities like Diwali and Dussehra bring along a big cheer for most people, the last couple of months of the year become the most difficult time for around two crore Indians. These are the people suffering from a progressive lung disease called chronic obstructive pulmonary …
LUCKNOW: Put off your evening walk plan if you have an ailment of lungs, especially chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), warn experts. That's because change of season increases rate of air pollution drastically after Diwali. Addressing reporters on the eve of World COPD awareness day here on Tuesday, pulmonologist Dr …
From two deaths every three minutes to having the highest tuberculosis burden in the world, most surveys related to TB in India throw a startling number.And here is one more: Close to 9% of all paediatric tuberculosis patients are resistant to rifampicin, one of the firstline drugs used in the …
Many preschool children develop recurrent, severe episodes of lower respiratory tract illness (LRTI). Although viral infections are often present, bacteria may also contribute to illness pathogenesis. Strategies that effectively attenuate such episodes are needed. The objective of the study was to evaluate if early administration of azithromycin, started prior to …
Is your cough and cold persisting for more than two weeks? Blame the air. Doctors say the high pollution in Delhi is aggravating inflammation of the upper and the lower respiratory tracts, making viral infections and related disorders persistent and difficult to treat. "Cough and respiratory distress due to viral …
Twenty-one per cent of those labeled to have hypertension were aged under 40, indicating that a large number of young people suffer from hypertension. One of the largest and first-of-its kind studies to assess ‘What Ails India’ has found that fever is the most common reason that leads patients to …
In some areas level of harmful particles in the air were 56 times the levels considered safe by the World Health Organisation Residents of north-eastern China donned gas masks and locked themselves indoors on Sunday after their homes were enveloped by some of the worst levels of smog on record. …
Watch out if you feel like lighting those red 'ladi' string bombs and other smoke-emanating fireworks at Diwali. They may seem exciting, but are a host of illness triggers. When these crackers are burst, the air gets charged with partially combusted low volatile organic compounds which remain suspended in the …
When it’s protecting us from harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun at higher altitudes, ozone is great. But at ground-level, the gas is classified as an air pollutant that poses serious health risks, and its increase in Delhi has experts alarmed. Ozone is not found naturally at ground-level; it is …
Stormy weather is expected over the next two days, with strong winds, rain and dust storms, according to the Meteo-tech meteorological service. The south of the country began experiencing the stormy weather on Tuesday night and it is expected to extend to the rest of the country overnight. Much of …
World Health Organisation's (WHO) statistical profile 2015 for India states that the probability of dying between ages 30 and 70 due to cancer, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes for both sexes is as high as 26%. Corrective action has already been initiated with the Government of India becoming …
The UK government’s opposition to binding cuts in pollution from farms could lead to 3,000 more deaths in the UK, according to research cited by the environmental NGO ClientEarth. An advisory paper sent to MEPs by the UK’s environment department and seen by the Guardian, recommends voting down proposals in …
Raging forest fires across Indonesia are thought to be responsible for up to half a million cases of respiratory infections, with the resultant haze covering parts of Malaysia and Singapore now being described as a “crime against humanity”. Tens of thousands of hectares of forest have been alight for more …
A South Korean man died of complications from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Sunday, in the first death linked to the virus in the country for more than three months. The 66-year-old man was diagnosed in June after contracting the virus at the Samsung Medical Centre in Seoul—one of the …
NEW DELHI: Restricting cars on a 5-km stretch for a few hours may have been too limited an exercise to make any visible difference in Delhi's air quality, but Thursday, the day when the capital had its first Car Free Day, did prove that road traffic adversely effects the atmosphere. …
The fogging drive carried out by the Delhi Government is ineffective against mosquitoes which are responsible for causing the dengue outbreak, according to the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). Fogging is one of the solutions offered by the Delhi health department to control the spread of dengue in the …
With over 12,500 dengue cases in Delhi, a green NGO today claimed that the ongoing fogging drive in the city was "not effective" in fighting the vector-borne disease, and has rather "harmful" effects on health, as the gas contains "95 per cent" of diesel in it. Saying that fogging only …
Creating a buffer of trees and shrubs around residential areas and along highways could mitigate dust pollution quite effectively, DU professor emeritus and ecologist C R Babu has recommended to the Delhi government. The government had organised an inter-departmental meet chaired by deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia to come up …
Fogging mix usually contains around 95% of diesel along with an insecticide, mostly malathion while at times, petrol is also added With over 12,500 dengue cases in Delhi, a green NGO today claimed that the ongoing fogging drive in the city was "not effective" in fighting the vector-borne disease, and …
