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 …
Pakistan is facing severe threats of climate changes causing heavy floods, air pollution and water borne diseases, which needs to be overcome with enhanced practical work. This was stated by the speakers at an inaugural session of two-day International Conference titled 'Global Environment Changes' at Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF) …
The source has been identified as a food seller who caught cholera during a previous outbreak in eastern Cuba Cuba's health ministry has confirmed a cholera outbreak in Havana with 51 people infected - the biggest incidence of the disease there in decades. An official statement said health workers had …
Quantification of the disease burden caused by different risks informs prevention by providing an account of health loss different to that provided by a disease-by-disease analysis. No complete revision of global disease burden caused by risk factors has been done since a comparative risk assessment in 2000, and no previous …
Experiences in piloting a LAPA on WASH in Nepal by Himalaya Panthi, NEWAH at CSE Climate change adaptation workshop: Towards Climate Resilient Communities in South Asia: Emerging Policies and Practices (New Delhi, December 13 - 14, 2012).
A study published in the Malaria World Journal has found that worldwide 2.6 per cent of all WHO-approved artemisinin-based anti-malaria drugs are substandard, as they have less than the prescribed quantity of active ingredient. For India, the figure stands at 4 per cent while in China it is 12.3 per …
The Rohtang-Solang and Palchan areas in Manali are prone to landslides and a heavy influx of tourists and vehicles had ruined the aesthetic value of the region. These are the findings of a report of the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, on the environmental vulnerability assessment of the …
Chittagong city dwellers are under threat of catching different airborne and waterborne diseases as Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) is struggling to properly manage the huge amount of rubbish the dwellers churn out every day. Some 1,200 tonnes of garbage is produced by the city's approximate 50 lakh residents every day. …
Batches of the world’s first vaccine against the hepatitis E virus began rolling out of a Chinese factory, promising to stem a disease that every year infects about 20 million people and claims 70,000 lives. The vaccine is being hailed as a victory for an unusual public–private partnership that could …
Syndrome Makes Up 95% Of All Cases In Eastern Part Of State Gorakhpur: When Mahendra Kumar had a little money saved, over 10 years ago, he installed a handpump outside his small house in Badhariya village. The first he heard of the handpump being too shallow was when his nine-yearold …
Impasse in Mandur; 5,000 tonnes of waste left uncleared in City At least 5,000 tonnes of garbage were lying uncleared in the City on Friday due to the unrest at the Mandur garbage dumping yard. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has been selling about 35 per cent of the …
Iraqi authorities said a cholera outbreak that killed four people had been controlled, blaming contaminated water in a country still struggling with dilapidated infrastructure. The victims were mostly in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, where another 272 people were confirmed with the illness, Kurdistan's Health Minister Rekawt Hama Rasheed said on …
Civil society urges govt, HC to check violation of environment rules by hotels. The state government and private hotels situated in the famous tourist resort of Pahalgam in South Kashmir have not been paying any heed to the Municipal Solid Waste (Handling and Management) Rules, 2000, under the Environment (Protection) …
A cholera epidemic in Haiti that has killed thousands and been blamed on U.N. peacekeepers was "regrettable" but has been brought under control, the prime minister of the poor Caribbean nation said at the United Nations on Wednesday. Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe met U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday, but …
Domestic animals contaminate recreational waters and drinking-water sources with excreta and pathogens; but this threat to public health is inadequately understood and is insufficiently addressed in regulations. More than 85% of the world’s faecal wastes is from domestic animals such as poultry, cattle, sheep and pigs. This report considers microbial …
With an aim to determine health impact of existing and new policies which have a bearing on health of population, a dedicated “health impact cell” for conducting analysis is in the anvil. According to the Planning Commission’s proposed document on health, the views of the cell will be taken into …
The district administration has failed entirely to provide clean potable water to the people of Jabalpur district. The residents are in the grip of gastrointestinal problems as they are compelled to quench their thirst by drinking contaminated water. The situation is grim with as many as 8,246 people are suffering …
Hoshiarpur: Charan Kaur (85) of Chack Mehra village died of gastroenteritis at a private hospital in Dasuya last evening. Dr Avtar Singh, Civil Surgeon, Hoshiarpur, said at a medical camp at Chack Mehra village, 110 patients were detected with symptoms of mild gastroenteritis and 31 referred to the Civil Hospital, …
The villages in Doti district hit by cholera epidemic are witnessing an exodus, with villagers migrating to highlands to save their lives. Cholera hit Doti in early June and has claimed 14 lives so far. Thousands of locals from worst hit areas, including Bagalek, Kadamandau and Sanagaun VDCs, have temporarily …
SILCHAR: Though there has been significant increase in facilities for providing drinking water to more and more habitations during the period 2005 - 2010 by the two divisions of public health engineering department in Cachar district, the question about the quality of water has been raised in competent civil circles. …
The death toll due to Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in eastern Uttar Pradesh has now reached 154 with three children succumbing to the killer virus on Wednesday night. The three children died at the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur where they had been admitted for treatment. A total of 663 encephalitis …
