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 …
Sept. 8: After the swine flu havoc, cases of cholera, jaundice, malaria and dengue are on the rise. A confirmed case of chikungunya has also been reported in the city. In all, 72 cases of cholera have been recorded in the city till September 7 compared to 64 in 2008 …
ROURKELA: Fever accompanied by gastroenteritis claimed three lives in the past three days in the remote village of Ranja under Lahunipara block of Bonai sub-division. The Sundargarh district health administration has swung into action and claimed that the situation is fully under control with no detection of new case and …
Ramya Kannan CHENNAI: A few showers, and the mosquitoes have come out in swarms again. Tamil Nadu is all set to launch a special campaign to control vector-borne diseases this monsoon season. An integrated vector control programme is on the cards, at the same time making provision to handle different …
With the death of a Shajapur district-resident girl at a private hospital in Indore, the total number of dengue deaths in the Madhya Pradesh raised to eight in a month. ''Dengue symptoms were detected five days back in Class XII student Rukhsaar (17) who died yesterday,'' State Health Director Ashok …
Research conducted in the Gambia has shown that screening houses against mosquitoes helps reduce childhood malaria infection, death rates and anaemia. The report, published in The Lancet, found that screening windows and doors with netting, and closing eaves or installing net ceilings could reduce entry of malaria vectors into houses …
Mumbai Driven by the swine flu fear, Mumbaikars are reporting early even for seasonal flu, malaria and other diseases that usually peak in monsoon, leading to record collection of samples for confirmatory tests
Sept. 1: The state is unwell if the outbreak of seasonal diseases is any indication. While dengue cases are on rise in urban areas, including Hyderabad, malaria is spreading in rural areas. Many malaria cases have been reported from Ramachodavaram, East Godavari, Kadapa, Paderu in Visakhaptnam, Srikakau- lam, Vizianagaram Badrac- …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) today issued 10 challans at the Commonwealth Games site near Akshardham temple for breeding mosquitoes. The inspection was conducted after the civic body received reports that there were possibilities of prevalence of malaria and dengue in the areas where construction activities for the Games …
Guwahati: Assam is among the top five states that are highly prone to malaria and Japanese Encephalitis. According to National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme records, 1,195 people in the state have died of the two diseases since 2005. Of them, 714 have died of malaria and 481 of Japanese …
In search for sustainable intervention, the advent of pre-treated mosquito nets with insecticide, popularly known as long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) that would obviate the hassles of treatment and re-treatment, is viewed as a breakthrough in malaria prevention.
The swine flu pandemic Swine flu, till now, has claimed three lives in Mumbai. Experts think malaria is a bigger threat because more than 3,000 people have been admitted to hospitals this month. Of the 40 deaths, at least 15 have died because of malaria. In July too malaria led …
When almost the entire country is on high alert over Swine flu and when the hyped national media is paying prime-time attention to it, Bihar is suffering from cerebral malaria. At least six people have died due to the disease and over thousands are in the grip of it. According …
ANAND S.T. DAS A frightening spread of encephalitis and cerebral malaria in Bihar's northern and southern districts has killed at least 69 children since July first week, underlining what health experts and Opposition leaders have termed as insufficient medical facilities, poverty and lack of hygiene in the state's rural belts. …
SIVASAGAR, Aug 9: The State Government will soon set up an encephalitis detection centre in Sivasagar in view of the alarming rise of encephalitis cases in the district. The district, along with Dibrugarh, is the epicentre of encephalitis due to the peculiar susceptible conditions. The decision to set up the …
MUMBAI: While hundreds visited Kasturba Hospital in Chinchpokli on Thursday to get themselves tested for H1N1, at least a score were brought to the same hospital in seriously ill condition. The reason for their plight wasn't the swine flu, but the round-the-year pestilence: malaria. "We should be talking about malaria …
New Delhi: A big challenge for the state health department during Commonwealth Games 2010 will be to ensure there is no outbreak of an epidemic of dengue and other vector-borne diseases. Instead of drawing up a combined action plan, the Delhi government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) are busy …
