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 this commentary the authors summarize the health risks of climate change in the United States and examine the extent of federal funding devoted to understanding, avoiding, preparing for, and responding to the human health risks of climate change.
Discussions held on the incidence of dengue at the Health Ministry revealed that the virus had mutated putting paid to all efforts to rid the country of the disease. Deputy Director General (Public Health) Dr. Palitha Mahipala said the Health Ministry had been hitherto tackling the
Minister for Environment, Hamidullah Jan Afridi Thursday announced that there would be 100 per cent sanitation coverage by 2015, and stressed the need to devise a three pronged strategy to achieve this target. "If you ask me to set a target for 2015, I would propose 100 percent sanitation coverage …
The objective of the study was to determine the effectiveness of a sanitation campaign that combines “shaming” (i.e. emotional motivators) with subsidies for poor households in rural Orissa, an Indian state with a disproportionately high share of India’s child mortality. Original Source
Tree-munching beetles, malaria-carrying mosquitoes and deer ticks that spread Lyme disease are three living signs that climate change is likely to exact a heavy toll on human health. These pests and others are expanding their ranges in a warming world, which means people who never had to worry about them …
May 27: Five children from Bholakpur and its surrounding slums are suffering from diarrohea. One case of jaundice, one heart and three kidney disorder cases have also been identified in the last two days. The health authorities have began door-to-door screening of children below 15 years in Bholakpur and its …
Mohali: As many as 118 teams would be operating in various parts of Mohali district during a campaign being launched by the health department to create awareness among people about dengue, malaria and other water-borne diseases. These teams would be covering all villages of the district in June, which is …
Zimbabwe is on the brink of having 100,000 infections of cholera, a preventable disease that has already killed 4,283 people there and remains a serious threat, the Zimbabwean Red Cross and its partners said on Tuesday. The damaged water and sewage systems that triggered the recent outbreak in the southern …
Using slashed fruits, direct exposure to dust, substandard drinks prepared through unhygienic ways cause dangerous diseases out breaks like gastro-enteritis, hepatitis A & E, typhoid, cholera and others. This was stated by Pakistan Medical Society (PMS) Chairman Dr Masood Akhtar Sheikh while addressing a lecture held under the auspices of …
The monsoon may be some time away but waterborne diseases like cholera have already registered a rise in numbers in Delhi. According to the latest daily disease surveillance report, dated May 18, released by the MCD Health department, 37 cholera-related cases and deaths were reported from the city in the …
PARLAKHEMUNDI: Soaring mercury has made life hell in Gajapati district. While the people are unable to cope with the rising heat, acute shortage of drinking water in rural areas has compounded the problem. Residents in urban areas, including district headquarters of Parlakhemundi, are less affected by the water crisis, but …
At least five children died of diarrhoea and another 568 have been attacked in five upazilas including Barisal City Corporation (BCC) area of the district in the last one and a half month due to severe heat. According to an official source, of the total, 395 children have been attacked …
With a sharp rise in temperature, the complaints of diarrhoea have been reported from different villages in the district. More than 250 patients of diarrhoea have so far been reported to local nursing homes or private hospitals. According to the information, almost each house is reporting patients of diarrhoea at …
Hamirpur: Residents of Bari village under the Pharnol panchayat, where 124 persons had developed symptoms of diarrhoea on Monday, have said that there might be residues of some dead animal or bird in the bowli water that led to its contamination. Meanwhile, 59 fresh cases of diarrhoea were reported today. …
Although there were less incidences of diarrhea in the city for last few days, the number of patients is likely to increase gradually over the next few days due to use of contaminated water, physicians at the ICDDR'B apprehended yesterday. "We are apprehending that the incidence of diarrhea can rise …
Over sixty eight deaths and 4,600 dengue cases were reported during the first five months. This was three hundred percent more than the number of dengue cases recorded within the same period last year. A spokesman for the Health Ministry said yesterday (15), that eight houses with mosquito breeding places …
May 14: With there being no vaccine against cholera as yet, the state health officials are having a tough time. The secretary of health, Mr L.V. Subramaniam, says that a vaccine against cholera is only in its trial stages at the Central Research Institute in Kasouli, Himachal Pradesh. It can …
In the Kuttanad region of Kerala, intensive untreated human sewage and agricultural activities have caused severe surface water contaminations. At the same time, other sources of fresh water are unreliable for drinking: ground water is acidic due to the soil conditions and iron leaching; fresh water from public tap is …
In the Kuttanad region of Kerala, intensive untreated human sewage and agricultural activities have caused severe surface water contaminations. At the same time, other sources of fresh water are unreliable for drinking: ground water is acidic due to the soil conditions and iron leaching; fresh water from public tap is …
