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 …
The monsoon has brought with it several cases of malaria. Twelve persons have died of malignant malaria in Lohardaga alone, while another four deaths have been reported in the Pakur district. State officials accept that malaria cases have suddenly shot up post monsoon. However, they have confirmed the death of …
Cerebral malaria has killed four infants in tribal-dominated Littipara block of Pakur district in the past one week. The number of the affected is on the rise. JMM MLA from Littipara Sushila Hansdak and her husband, former party MP Simon Marandi, announced today that they would demonstrate by forming human …
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are common vectors for dengue virus and chikungunya virus. In areas where both viruses cocirculate, they can be transmitted together. During a dengue outbreak in Delhi in 2006, 17 of 69 serum samples were positive for chikungunya virus by reverse transcription
Agartala: Outbreak of gastro-enteritis coupled with viral fever and malaria has taken a worst turn in some areas of West and North Tripura districts, claiming at least three lives in a week. According to a report, a few tribal dominated localities under Kanchanpur sub-division in North Tripura along Tripura-Mizoram border …
Mumbai Veteran actor Dilip Kumar, who was admitted to Lilavati Hospital with suspected malaria infection on Sunday morning, was said to be recovering on the second day of hospitalisation on Monday. The doctors, however, said that they now suspect a dual malaria-dengue infection. At the time of hospitalisation, Kumar was …
Scientists go door to door to bring the pests in, PCR test tells them which ones are dangerous OVER the last few years, people from some villages of Orissa got used to a team of researchers knocking on their doors at five in the morning. The team was on a …
The researchers from the Regional Medical Research Centre and Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, also used the PCR technique to detect the chloroquine-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum. The drug chloroquine was used in treating malaria until the parasite developed resistance to it. Using PCR, the scientists easily detected the chloroquine-resistant …
A survey will be carried out in the Gorubathan block of the Kalimpong subdivision, where 50 people have been affected by malaria. Sources said the regional malaria director for north Bengal, Tulsi Pramanik, along with a team of experts, will visit the areas hit by the disease and suggest preventive …
Two more dengue deaths have been reported in last 24 hours in the twin-cities, taking the toll to three in the last one month. Chandana Honnannavar, of Ambedkar Colony in Hubli died at a private hospital on Thursday morning. She was not well since last Sunday, and was being treated …
Malaria is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in Orissa. The present study was undertaken to measure the contribution of chloroquine (CQ) drug-resistant parasites to the risk of severe malaria and their biological advantage in this part of the country. Totally 79 uncomplicated and 93 severe malaria …
MUMBAI: If the rising graph of infectious diseases is any indication, Mumbaikars better play it safe once the monsoons actually set foot. Six persons have already fallen victim to infectious diseases in the first 20 days of June-four to malaria, one to leptospirosis and one to dengue. Besides, another 4,725 …
With the rise in the cases of chikungunya in the taluk, patients visiting private hospitals without adequate treatment at the government hospitals has been reported. While the cases has been reported from Vittaleshapalya and Bhusalakunte of the City and Lingapur and Balla villages, private doctors are said to be treating …
Out of the 18 blood samples sent for test from Uppinangady and Puttur limits in Dakshina Kannada districts for dengue fever, 8 have been tested positive, said District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Jagannath. Speaking to Deccan Herald, he said all the blood samples will be sent again to Bangalore for …
REPORTS from Cambodia that malaria is developing resistance to artemisinins have set alarm bells ringing. Artemisinins are the best drugs we have to treat malaria, and until recently there have been no reports of resistance.
CUTTACK: With monsoon on the horizon, pressure is on the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) to intensity its vector control measures to tackle the heightened mosquito menace during the rainy season. The monitoring committee formed on the directions of the Orissa High Court has called upon the civic body to conduct …
State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said that till date only 26 malaria deaths have been reported in the State this year and the Government is making a concerted effort to keep it below the 50 mark.
One solution: Ivermectin kills the mosquito that is infected with the malaria parasite, and thus stops the transmission of the disease. Recall the saying
CHANDIGARH: The Centre has sanctioned a Rs.1.75-crore scheme for Haryana under the National Vector-Borne Disease Control Programme for prevention of vector-borne diseases like Malaria, Dengue, Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Chikungunia in the State, Director Health Services (Malaria) Satbir Chaudhry said on Wednesday. Presiding over a meeting of District Malaria Officers …
New Delhi: The New Delhi Municipal Council has started spraying and fogging to sanitise and control mosquito-breeding in the New Delhi area after the insects were found breeding near the Prime Minister
