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 …
In view of the increase in number of swine flu cases, Punjab government on Saturday launched a statewide awareness campaign to be carried out at the district and block levels. At least, 15 patients have lost their lives due to the viral disease this season in the state. Around 280 …
Four more patients succumbed to swine flu on Sunday in the city which is battling its worst-ever outbreak of H1N1 infection this year. A 30-year-old man from Kapurai, a 33-year-old man from Chhani, a 33-year-old female from Tandalja and a 68-year-old female from Gotri area of the city lost their …
AHMEDABAD: Around April, during peak summer in Telangana when the H1N1 mortality rate was barely 1%, the joint director (epidemics) of that state reached out to his counterparts in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The three states held a meeting to determine whether there was a mutation in the virus and …
Undergraduate medical students in Cape Town are at high risk of occupationally acquired TB, with an unmet need for comprehensive occupational health services and support. These were the findings of a study in the South African Medical Journal, conducted by experts from Stellenbosch University and NGO, TB Proof. Medical students …
MUMBAI: Maharashtra accounts for nearly 50% of all H1N1 influenza casualties and one-fourth of the confirmed cases detected in the country since January. Baffled by the staggering number of deaths, the state's public health department has started taking a closer look at every casualty before labelling it as H1N1. The …
Highest 21 cases each reported from Panchkula, Faridabad The state Health Department is concerned over 77 swine flu cases reported across the state. While it claims only one person has died due to the disease, sources say at least 10 persons have lost their lives due to swine flu so …
Vaccination and clinical testing of the Russian vaccine Gam Evac Combi against the deadly Ebola virus, launched in Guinea on August 9, will continue until the end of 2018, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. "Under the program of trials, volunteers will be vaccinated with Gam Evac Combi and …
Gujarat Health Minister Shankar Chaudhary said the administration is taking necessary steps to curb the spread of swine flu, with the help of over 5,000 doctors. Ahmedabad: Swine flu has killed 208 people in Gujarat since January this year and 994 patients infected with H1N1 virus are currently undergoing treatment …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat government and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) once again got a rebuke from Gujarat high court on Wednesday "for taking its direction lightly" in response to a petition seeking prompt measure to curb spread of swine flu, which has already claimed over 200 lives across the state. A …
The Uttar Pradesh government has asked all schools of the state to put on hold morning assemblies from tomorrow to prevent the spread of swine flu. "An advisory has been sent to all the district magistrates and commissioners in the state asking them to put on hold morning assembly prayers …
Panaji: With the incidence of swine flu going up this year, a total of 144 persons have tested positive for the viral respiratory disease and seven have died during this period, raising concern in the state. While many parts of the country have reported a large number of deaths, five …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has updated its data on global deaths with Africa experiencing a decrease in the recurrent leading causes of death including HIV/AIDS and malaria. The new death statistics researched by African fact-checking organisation, Africa Check, indicated that lifestyle diseases have taken over as the leading causes …
Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Tuesday announced the legalisation of HIV testing and treatment in all hospitals without informed consent of patients. He made the announcement during the inaugural launch of a HIV campaign in the capital Lusaka. “Just the same way we don’t consult you for consent when we …
Five more cases of swine flu surfaced in the city today. A six-year-old girl from Bapudham Colony was admitted to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. Another case was reported from Dadu Majra, from where a 26-year-old woman was brought to the Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH) in …
BHUBANESWAR: As many as 16 fresh cases of swine flu were detected on Sunday taking the total number of persons affected with the viral infection to 119 in Odisha so far this year. A total of eight persons have succumbed to the influenza during the latest outbreak of the virus …
AHMEDABAD: Swine flu continues its death march unabated as total 170 people have succumbed to H1N1 virus infection till August 12 since January. In such times, lakhs of people congregating for the traditional Janmashtmi melas has the health department concerned which has ordered special arrangements to be made at the …
LUCKNOW: Lucknow reported 41 fresh cases of swine flu on Sunday taking with it the number of persons who have been affected with the disease to 393 in the city alone. Of the cases reported by the state health department, office of the chief medical officer (CMO) Lucknow district however …
Such is the situation that Patiala’s Rajindra Medical College has exhausted its stock of testing kits and the lab is now waiting for kits from the Centre. In a shift of sorts in the seasonal flu pattern, Punjab, like several other parts of the country, is seeing a spurt in …
A fall in temperatures has increased the number of swine flu cases in Gujarat. Ahemdabad alone has reported 28 cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours, and counting. As a preventive measure, the local civic body has started several awareness activities across schools. The state government has also …
Meanwhile, in between continuous drives running in the city to find and destroy dengue larvae, four new patients of dengue also have been registered, taking the total number to 37, and one death so far this year. With two deaths and 59 new patients testing positive in the last two …
