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 …
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has launched M Care, a health insurance product that offers protection against seven common mosquito borne diseases namely dengue, malaria, chikungunya, kala azar, Japanese encephalitis, filariasis and zika virus. Tapan Singhel, manging director & chief executive officer, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, said India had seen a …
If you are among those who thought or believed that dengue mosquitoes bit only early in the morning or before dusk, then beware! It’s time you stopped getting complacent at night, because city doctors say the dengue-causing aedes aegypti mosquitoes are now biting even at night. In the past couple …
India accounted for 6% of global malaria burden in 2016; highest number of cases reported in Odisha Universal access to malaria diagnosis and treatment and follow-up of patients with enhanced surveillance can dramatically reduce the number of malaria cases. ‘Live project’ This is according to a ‘live project’ — ‘Comprehensive …
High incidence of dengue has been reported in the state for the fourth consecutive year. When dengue season has almost come to an end, this year so far 14,400 cases have been reported from across the state. The number is close to the last year when over 15,000 cases were …
Dengue fever is caused by the bite of an Aedes Aegypti mosquito. This female mosquito lays eggs in water containers and plants near your surroundings. The species can survive year round in the subtropical and tropical regions and can bite humans as well as animals. Aedes aegypti is a small, …
Culex quinquefasciatus is a peridomestic mosquito known for its ability to transmit pathogenic diseases such as filariasis and Japanese encephalitis. The development and use of novel and innovative vector control measures such as the utilization of Wolbachia, along with the existing ones, are necessary to prevent the transmission of these …
KOLKATA: An overwhelming 85% of dengue patients in Kolkata were affected with serotype II of the virus — considered the second most virulent of the four serotypes to which immunity is low in the city — this year. This is the second year in a row that serotype II has …
Dengue and other types of viral fevers continue to hit residents, with a number of patients thronging the local PGIMS as well as government and private hospitals in the district. Ansh, a 14-year-old boy of Sector-1 here, who had tested positive for dengue, died at a Delhi hospital. A 22-year-old …
161 confirmed cases reported in district in the past 18 days The number of confirmed as well as suspected dengue cases in the district is increasing day by day. As per the records of the District Health Department, as many as 547 confirmed and over 1,400 suspected dengue cases have …
HYDERABAD: While several cases of mystery fever have been reported from the city and parts of the state of late, the number of chikungunya cases (with similar symptoms) have seen a tenfold jump in Telangana over the past year. As per figures from the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, …
KOLKATA: Stung by more than 20 dengue deaths in Kolkata this year, the civic authorities have marked out areas that are at risk from the virus. Blood samples of victims sent to National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) have revealed that 80% had Type-II dengue, the most virulent …
With 9,000 cases reported this season so far, the state is heading towards its worst dengue outbreak in years. According to the data compiled by the Health Department, at least 6,500 cases have been reported in October alone. As many as 21,737 suspected cases of dengue have been recorded this …
The weekly report released by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Monday claimed 290 fresh cases of dengue reported in this week, taking the total confirmed cases to 1,310. A report released on ‘The State of Health in Delhi’ hints at gross under-reporting of dengue and malaria cases in …
HYDERABAD: Contrary to the usual trend of the dengue season coming to an end in the month of October, this year the virus has become more active with 477 new cases being reported over the last fortnight. On Tuesday alone, 86 new cases were detected in the state, 20 of …
PATNA/GAYA: Dengue has assumed alarming proportions in the state with the number of people suffering from the mosquito-borne disease reaching 671 on Tuesday. At least 33 of 38 districts are reeling under massive dengue outbreak. Government health facilities in the state capital are struggling to cope with rush of dengue …
After Swine Flu fear, it's the dengue fever that has kick-started with whopping numbers. There are 110 cases in just a week. Interestingly, eight doctors at Civil Hospital Asarva and three doctors at VS Hospital have been diagnosed with dengue. In a weekly health bulletin issued by the health department …
Eight cases of chikungunya were reported in the past week, taking this year’s total to 97. About 38 malaria cases were recorded in the past week, taking the total number of recorded cases this year to 385. The capital recorded a total of 180 dengue cases in the week ending …
There is a sharp decline in cases of dengue and so far only 62 cases were found positive compared to 307 last year, Deputy director (headquarter), health services, Jammu, Chander Prakash said. He said nine of the 62 patients have got the vector-borne disease from outside the state. The dengue …
Kolhapur: The menace of dengue still seems to be far from under control as 232 cases were reported in the month of September, of which 158 were from the city and 74 were from rural areas. The report from the health department said that out of the 30 cases reported …
As many as 3,942 dengue cases were reported in the state from January 1 to October 10 this year. Of this around 159 dengue cases were reported in Phagwara. This was confirmed by Special Secretary, Health, Punjab, Puneet Goyal, and Sumit Sharma, an epidemiologist, after a meeting with Municipal Corporation …
