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 …
Climate change is likely to affect the nature of pathogens and chemicals in the environment and their fate and transport. Future risks of pathogens and chemicals could therefore be very different from those of today. In this review, we assess the implications of climate change for changes in human exposures …
Ahmedabad: People in this part of Ahmedabad have got used to living by the side of a gutter. Residents of Shilaj, Ghuma, Manipur, Ghodhavi and surrounding areas have been tormented by what they call monster mosquitoes' for the last three years now. The stagnant, semi-treated toilet water from Gandhinagar via …
Public health officers have been put on a high alert after a rare and unfamiliar dengue virus has been spotted in large numbers in Little India. Little India is one of the busiest ethnic quarters in Singapore with a large cluster of Indian population, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis also flourish in …
BHUBANESWAR: Outbreak of emerging diseases has not only posed a potent challenge to health care delivery systems in the State but also reinforced the poverty-ill health nexus in the society by imposing
BHUBANESWAR: An Innovative technique which can do wonders for malaria control programme through vector monitoring has been devised by the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) here. The molecular biology technique can identify species, their host preference, parasite presence and drug resistance. All at one go, thereby saving on both resources …
Malaria control in Africa is most tractable in urban settlements yet most research has focused on rural settings. Elimination of malaria transmission from urban areas may require larval control strategies that complement adult mosquito control using insecticide-treated nets or houses, particularly where vectors feed outdoors.
Patiala: Global warming is worsening the situation by way of fomenting the spread of mosquito-transmitted diseases, said Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dam, USA, Karamjit Singh Rai, while presiding on the concluding day of the three-day international conference on Entomology at Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, on …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The first death due to dengue fever during this season has been reported from Vizhinjam. A three-and-a-half-year old girl, Joicy from Kottapuram in Vizhinjam, died of dengue on Monday. District Medical Officer Dr Sreedhar told Expresso that the girl was undergoing treatment in a private hospital since last Friday. …
LONDON - Researchers say they have identified genes that make some African malaria-carrying mosquitoes resistant to insecticide, and hope the breakthrough could boost efforts to prevent the deadly disease. Knowing which genes help the mosquitoes dodge pesticides could point to ways to make better ones that are safer for people, …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A silent invasion by a tiny insect has completely derailed the life of the people of the capital city. This insect is rendering more and more humans sick and incapacitated. Meet Aedes Aegypti, the new invader of the city, which has made thousands bedridden. Thiruvananthapuram is being held hostage …
Although the issue of anthropogenic climate forcing and public health is widely recognized, one fundamental aspect has remained underappreciated: the impact of climatic change on plant biology and the well-being of human systems. The authors aimed to critically evaluate the extant and probable links between plant function and human health, …
conservation Fishing casualties Fishing has dwindled the numbers of the pantropical spotted dolphin, a Pacific Ocean inhabitant, at a worrying rate. Initially the cause was traced to
The National Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme, Government of India and Government of Goa with the NIMR, Government of India along with other bodies namely the Goa University, Voluntary Health Association of Goa, Goa Medical College and others will now be working together for three years as partners for evidence-based …
KOLKATA, Jan 7: Outdoor fogging is a waste of time, according to the advisory committee of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation which submitted a report on ways to prevent vector-borne disease outbreaks today. The committee from the KMC's health department has asked the civic body to stop outdoor fogging while encouraging …
Bacteria Used To Cut Down Lifespan, Killing The Pests Before They Can Infect Us Washington: Old mosquitoes usually spread disease, so Australian researchers figured out a way to make the pests die younger
life sciences It is the small ones Smaller mosquitoes are better at transmitting diseases than larger ones. Researchers in the US fed mosquitoes blood contaminated with dengue virus and tested them for infection. Smaller-sized mosquitoes showed higher infection rates and greater potential to transmit the virus. Even a slight difference …
Lymphatic filariasis (LF), a neglected parasitic disease, is one of the leading causes of morbidity, social stigma and economic loss in many tropical and sub-tropical countries.
