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 …
Anopheles culicifacies is the major vector of both falciparum and vivax malaria in Sri Lanka, while Anopheles subpictus and certain other species function as secondary vectors. In Sri Lanka, An. culicifacies is present as a species complex consisting of species B and E, while An. subpictus exists as a complex …
Malaria which was widespread in a few villages of Bijapur and Bagalkot districts, located at the tail end of Krishna River, has been brought under control. Out of the 3,500 blood samples colletected from several villages, only 236 have tested positive for the disease, said Malaria Prevention Unit
Stored water ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes in summer Ahmedabad: Rising mercury level have provided conducive environment for breeding of aedes aegypti mosquito on account of accumulating stagnant water. According to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), more than 55 cases of dengue have been reported till now. Medical officer, AMC, Suhas …
Madhya Pradesh plans to launch a mass anti-filaria drug administration programme to curb a disease spread by culex mosquito bite which causes permanent swelling of a patient's hands and feet. "Even healthy persons may carry germs of filaria. Therefore, a mass drug administration programme will be held across the state …
DHENKANAL: Malaria has broken out in predominantly tribal Sorisapada gram panchayat (GP) of Gondia block in Dhenkanal district. Sources said the disease has claimed four kids in the past one week though official sources confirmed only one death. The victims are Sanju Gagarai (1), Bada Soren (2), Raimani Tiu (1) …
Mumbai: Nearly 30% of the people who died of malaria in Mumbai last year were living alone and devoid of any familial support. The information was chanced upon by civic officials while conducting an audit of malarial deaths in the city in 2009. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) intends to …
In October, when dengue mosquitoes begin breeding, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will be ready with its squad to tackle the menace. The civic body is setting up eight new control rooms that will stock pesticides for prompt action. The council is also training its health officers in using …
Kohima, April 7: Nagaland will join the rest of the country in observing anti-Malaria month in April. Anti-malaria month is observed in the month of June but due to paradigm shift of diseases transmission the month of April has been chosen for the observance, said Dr Imtimeren Jamir, additional director, …
Medicos in the national Capital have expressed apprehensions that the Capital may experience a dengue pandemic during the Commonwealth Games. According to sources, in a recent review of the Commonwealth Games health plan, a panel of doctors has said that dengue might take the form of an epidemic during the …
Surinder Sud / New Delhi April 05, 2010, 0:29 IST Climate change has begun to affect human health, leading to a rise in cases related to stomach ailments and vector-borne diseases like malaria and dengue. This has been indicated in a report in the recent bulletin of the World Health …
A growing body of scientific evidence strongly suggests that climate change has enormous and diverse effects on human health. Rises in temperature and sea level & extreme weather events such as floods cause water logging & contamination, which in turn exacerbate diarrhoeal diseases. Information on health impacts can guide the …
BALASORE: A five-year-old boy died and 50 others have been affected by malaria in Nilagiri for the last couple of days. Panic gripped Babandh and its adjacent Kudumsahi villages under Siadimal panchayat following child Radhu Singh
Rajahmundry, March 23: Health authorities are carrying out an entomological survey to find out the density of larvae and vector in stagnant waters in rural, urban and Agency areas to help authorities initiate preventive measures and ensure that people do not fall victim to vector- borne diseases like malaria, filaria, …
Genetically Modified Insects Carry Antigen In Saliva Washington: Scientists have developed a genetically modified mosquito which they claim can work as a natural
Shillong, March 18: With malaria being a perennial menace in the State, the Meghalaya Government has turned to a fish variety to kill mosquito at larval stage. State Health Department has planned to distribute a fish, Gambusia Affinis, which eats mosquito larvae.
Hyderabad, March 16: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has intensified its anti-larval operations by deploying 824 teams that will cover all the houses in the city, at least once a week, to curb the mosquito menace. The GHMC additional commissioner, health, Mr Sk Aleem Basha, appealed to the citizens …
When it comes to the Anopheles mosquito, the beleaguered infectious disease specialists will try any idea to achieve a breakthrough. From developing more powerful insecticides that the pests seem to shrug off to targeting their newborns, scientists have tried almost everything. Yet, the 2009 World Malaria Report of who put …
AMIT GUPTA Ranchi, March 5: Official facts and figures paint a far from healthy picture of Jharkhand. Sample this. As many as 2.28 lakh people contracted malaria in the state in 2009. There is an acute shortage of rabies vaccine in almost all the districts. And fear of Naxalite attacks …
This document contains the presentation by Rais Akhtar on Climate change and extreme weather events mortality in India, presented at National climate research conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. This paper highlights the impact of climate change & variability including rising temperature, heavy precipitation, increase in heat wave and cold …
