Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Despite a ban on tobacco-mixed gutka in Madhya Pradesh, state's population is one of the worst affected, going by data on prevalence of tobacco use versus tobacco-related cancers. Moreover, MP is one of the worst states on enforcement of Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COPTA). With four in 10 …
KOLKATA: Does the role of tobacco in causing cancer needs further scrutiny? BJP MP Dilip Gandhi's observation in Parliament last week, seeking a medical board to examine the health effects of tobacco on the Indian population before going ahead with the decision of mandating pictorial warnings on tobacco products, has …
Amid apprehensions that the new pictorial warnings on all tobacco products may be disregarded by various players, Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) on Thursday said the tobacco industry is making attempts to scuttle the implementation of the new health warnings. “The industry is falsely claiming that livelihoods of workers …
A staggering 2,400 fresh cancer cases are reported in Hyderabad every year, according to preliminary data gathered under the centrally-funded Population Based Cancer Registry (PBCR). Greater Hyderabad happens to be the latest city to join 25 other PBCRs located across cities and towns in India. PBCR centres are already functioning …
Over eight million people died of the disease in 2012 The number of new cancer cases is expected to rise by about 70 per cent globally over the next two decades, the World Health Organisation has cautioned. Releasing data on the prevalence of the disease on World Cancer Day on …
With a million new cases being reported every year, cancer seems to be tightening its grip in India. Experts have suggested that the rate of people suffering from the disease is increasing every year, owing to soaring pollution and fast changing lifestyle. But, the disease, which has no proven cause, …
The government cancer hospital (GCH) in Aurangabad, which is catering to the patients from Marathwada as well as several neighbouring districts, has recorded around 10% rise in new cancer cases every year. The increase in such cases is all the more alarming considering the fact that the state government has …
Affordable funding increase can save three million lives per year from cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by 2030 New data projects that US$18 billion increase in funding per year by the international community could result in a 30% reduction in cancer deaths in LMICs by 2030 Wednesday 4 …
The incidence of oral cancer is the highest in Odisha among States due to widespread intake of tobacco products in various forms. Dr BK Dash, Director of the Utkal Institute of Medical Sciences (UIMS), the only nuclear medicine centre in Odisha, said this here on Monday while speaking at a …
The 21st Century should be the last phase for tobacco-related deaths and diseases, said Dr Nikhil Gupta, a medical researcher and Kangra district AIDS programme officer here on Friday. He has recently published his research work titled “Death knell for tobacco in 21st Century” in an international journal of health …
The incidence of stomach cancer in India is highest in the state of Mizoram. In this population based matched case-control study, we evaluated the relationship between CYP450 2E1 RsaI polymorphism and risk of stomach cancer taking into considering various important dietary habits along with tobacco, alcohol consumption and H. pylori …
Excessive smoking by the rural folk in Himachal is leading to lung cancer and it is spreading at an alarming rate amongst males, said a study conducted by oncologist Rajeev Bedi of Fortis Hospital, Mohali. Dr. Bedi who was here on Saturday to create awareness on cancer said around 95 …
Over the next six years, India will see a 21 per cent increase on average in the incidence of cancer. Women are already more vulnerable than men; the increase in incidence will also be higher in women. The National Health Profile 2013, released on Thursday, projects a 19 per cent …
Gariphema village in Nagaland has been declared the country’s first “tobacco-free village”. The declaration was made by Principal Secretary R Benchilo Thong on the occasion of “World No Tobacco Day” on Saturday at the Gariphema Village Council hall near here. It was result of an initiative taken by the Gariphema …
The report on “Economic Burden of Tobacco Related Diseases in India”, supported by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India and the WHO Country Office for India, was developed by the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI). The report estimates direct and indirect costs from all diseases …
A Sri Lankan court today dismissed a writ application filed by the country's leading manufacturer of tobacco products against the government's regulation to cover cigarette packs with pictorial warnings. The Court of Appeal dismissed the petition filed by the Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) challenging the government's special gazette notification on …
Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena, former Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama and others taking part in a Sathyagraha against tobacco. About 65 persons between 40 and 55 years die from smoking and children of 65 families become helpless in Sri Lanka daily. Annually 21,000 Sri Lankans die from smoking. Over 60 percent …
‘Produce Tobacco-Like Levels Of Carcinogens’ Electronic cigarettes appear to be safer than ordinary cigarettes for one simple — and simply obvious — reason: people don’t light up and smoke them. With e-cigarettes, there is no burning tobacco to produce myriad new chemicals, including some 60 carcinogens. But new research suggests …
Guwahati, April 21: Even when around one million cancer cases are detected in India every year (majority of which are related to tobacco abuse), none of the political parties deemed it important to include the issue of tobacco control in their election manifestos. Despite being approached by the Voice of …
Latest estimates announced on Friday have revealed some worrying findings about the growing burden of cancer in India. The latest figures published in the British medical journal The Lancet show that around one million new cancer cases are being diagnosed in India each year, projected to nearly double to 1.7 …
