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 …
PUNE: Some 40 years ago, a child suffering from diarrhoea at Jamkhed village of Ahmednagar district would have had little chance of survival. Not anymore. Sofiya Pathan, 65, never studied beyond Class IV, but she can save a child's life. Lilabai Amte, 65, too did not get much of an …
Two million Pakistanis have fallen ill from diseases since monsoon rains left the southern region under several feet of water, the country's disaster authority said Thursday. More than 350 people have been killed and over eight million people have been affected this year by floods that officials say are worse …
Five people died in Umerkot and four in different parts of Nawabshah district on Thursday because of gastroenteritis, malaria and waterborne disease. Mir Muhammad Rind, 55, of Sufi Nawaz village died after consuming contaminated water from Nabisar canal. The water carries remains of carcasses of cattle, pesticides and fertilisers and …
Arbout 26 per cent of the water samples collected by the Bathinda health authorities in eight months (between January and August) have failed the bacteriological test during first testing, conducted to check the presence of E-coli bacteria at the Public Health Lab, Chandigarh. The health authorities collected 393 water samples …
Malaria outbreak is increasing in some of the VDCs of lower Sorad area in Baitadi district. According to Kesharpur Primary Health Center, Melauli, 20 persons have been found suffering from Malaria. Chief at the Center Narayan Chand said they are compelled to refer the patients to other health centers due …
The makeshift camps hosting internally displaced persons (IDPs) of flood-affected areas of Thatta and Badin-the two hardest hit districts in the recently floods-have now been hit by the waterborne diseases and allergies due to contaminated water and unhygienic conditions. Both the districts have depicted a picture of a complete misery …
Flood situation in southwestern Satkhira district remained unchanged Saturday with waterborne diseases spreading fast in the worst affected areas of Kolaroa upazila. Diarrhoea has broken out in different areas of the upazila due to use of contaminated water in the absence of pure water and intake of adulterated and stale …
With reporting of 14 new dengue cases in Karachi during last two week, the threat of outbreak is on the horizon after recent monsoon showers. With these new cases the total number of confirmed cases of dengue virus in Sindh during the running year so far has jumped to 138, …
The growth of the world's urban population is posing an ever growing challenge to provide city dwellers access to clean water and sanitation, a study released Sunday said. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report - titled Big Cities, Big Water, Big Challenges - was published as delegates assembled for the …
Munda mulls dam request to Orissa CM, heavy rain destroys medical records at government hospital Jamshedpur, Aug. 14: A fevered East Singhbhum has switched into serious combat mode to keep a host of monsoon maladies at bay. Already in the malignant grip of vectors spreading chikungunya and dengue, the district …
Rains have claimed 21 lives in a week in West Bengal. Around 25 lakh people have been affected by incessant rains whose ravages spilled over to 14 districts against the nine announced earlier by the State government. Five persons died of snake bites, 11 in wall and roof collapse, three …
Releasing genetically modified, spermless male mosquitoes into the wild could in future help to prevent malaria transmission and reduce the chances of large outbreaks of the killer disease, British scientists said on Monday. Researchers from Imperial College London sterilized male mosquitoes by genetically modifying them to neutralize a gene required …
Latest Medical Research Institute (MRI) entomology surveys reveal that 41 percent dengue mosquito breeding places in the Western Province were created by plastic items. Around 15 percent of dengue mosquito breeding takes place in water storages and 13 per cent in coconut shells, Dr. Indira Weerasinghe said. Breeding places * …
Four persons of a single village have died due to diarrhea and viral fever spread since last one month in Sirdibas VDC in north Gorkha. Over a 100 others are taken ill. Those killed due to the diseases are Anis Gurung, 17, Devin Gurung, 42, Sundari Gurung, 46, and Bina …
On the raging issue of contaminated water supply in the city, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) today said it had conducted a joint survey with Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials and had informed department concerned about the unfit water samples. Arya said out of the 4,816 samples taken by …
The first ever early warning system for a disease in Sri Lanka is to be set up soon. The early warning system for dengue fever will be setup with the assistance of the European Union (EU). The EU will assist in this project responding to a request made by Health …
The World Health Organisation has issued guidelines to health department to prevent spread of diarrhoea among people in the seven affected districts of the province. “The cases of diarrhoea are being reported from some districts but situation is under control. The people in the affected areas should be educated to …
A recently-compiled study has revealed that Punjab had witnessed a new dengue virus serotype DENV-4 that emerged in last year’s outbreak with 5,693 total reported cases which were 50 times higher than 113 cases reported in the first dengue outbreak in 2006. “A comparison of data during outbreak of dengue …
Environment and Human Health gives a comprehensive review of the related literature in order to aid understanding of the (missing) link between the environment and health. Given the exhaustive literature on the subject the paper focuses on the water‐related and land‐related diseases namely in the fast growing and poor countries. …
Around one third of the global population, or 2 billion people, have been infected with the liver disease hepatitis which kills about a million victims annually, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday. Although most of those carrying hepatitis do not know they have it, they can unknowingly transmit …
