Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
New research analyses cancer death rates across India, and shows that tobacco-related cancers and cervical cancer are important causes of death among working-age people.
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday directed the State government to ensure that no tobacco products of any nature are sold within 100 yards from the outer limits of the boundary walls or fence of educational institutions. A Bench, comprising Acting Chief Justice Manjulla Chellur and …
Tobacco use kills one person every six seconds: Rasika Somarathna Secondhand smoke cause * Lung cancer * Heart disease * Sudden infant death syndrome * Low birth weight * Serious respiratory conditions The government is planning to bring in two important pieces of legislation which when implemented, could result in …
Karimganj (Assam): A team of doctors on Monday confirmed that most workers of a tea estate, where death due to malnutrition have been alleged by a rights body, were suffering from it. The team, consisting of doctors from Civil Hospital, Cachar Cancer Hospital and Kalyani Hospital, examined about 500 patients …
The carcinogenic property of tobacco is well known, even as the production and consumption of tobacco products is popularized worldwide. While the ‘smoking way’ of consumption of tobacco causes high risk of lung carcinoma, the ‘oral way’ primarily poses risk of oral carcinoma in addition to leukoplakia, erythroplakia, submucosal fibrosis, …
The Punjab government here today formally declared Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali) as the first “smoke free” district of Punjab. Satish Chandra, Principal Secretary Health and Family Welfare, Punjab while announcing the decision said that earlier, on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, May 31, 2011, the Government had …
Every year 5.6 million people died in the world due to tobacco. This was stated by Tobacco Control cell Hyderabad in a seminar on Monday. Addressing to the seminar, the Hyderabad Press Club President, Jaffar Memon said that tobacco is the second biggest reason of deaths in the world and …
This time, when the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) chooses the new set of pictorial warnings for tobacco products they will have to be extra careful. With the earlier photo — a blurred image that appeared to be resembling footballer John Terry — creating trouble, the Union health …
Cancer is often considered a disease of developed nations. In developing countries such as India, the focus has been on curbing communicable diseases. This has resulted in a dramatic improvement in life expectancy in India from 32 to 63 years in the past five decades. However, with the neglect of …
Addiction To Gutkha, Tobacco Cited As Reasons Ahmedabad:Mahesh Patel, a 28-year old fashion photographer, was flying high on ambition. If life would serve a tired ball at him, he would tear open a packet of gutkha, chew it and get energised for hard work. Six months ago, he was diagnosed …
On August 1, 2011 the movement for banning chewing tobacco in India saw a turn in its favour. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), a statutory body under the health ministry to handle food-related issues, notified a new regulation called the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and …
Ahmedabad: Cancer is on the rise in India, with an estimated 5.35 lakh people dying of the disease this year, minister of state for health Sudip Bandyopadhyay informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. In Gujarat, 26,588 people have succumbed to the disease. The minister said that figures recorded with the …
GUWAHATI: State Unit of National Tobacco Control Program has decided to launch the special campaign ‘Save the Future’ across the country, led by the Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai. The campaign aims at curbing the smoking habit among children. Assam has nearly 40 per cent overall prevalence of tobacco use, and …
Cancer, after cardiac-related deaths, is turning out to be a giant killer in India with millions of people falling prey to the disease -- mostly caused by tobacco and alcohol. An estimated 40 lakh cancer patients are in India and every year 5 lakh cancer deaths were being reported in …
Corporate hospitals would have to face the test of providing equitable healthcare: N. Ram The nation is in need of a comprehensive plan to prevent cancer, and specialists in the field of oncology and non-governmental organisations should work towards stepping up awareness among the people of risk factors, Tamil Nadu …
The NOTE India (National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication), body spearheading the anti-tobacco movement, on Sunday accused the Centre of investing Rs. 40,000 crore in tobacco companies in contravention of its anti-tobacco campaign. NOTE general secretary and cancer surgeon Shekhar Salkar said the Government of India and its undertakings had one-third …
GUWAHATI: The prevalence of tobacco use in any form is highest in the Northeast. Mizoram has the highest prevalence of tobacco use, around 67.2 per cent. Ironically, Mizoram also has the highest literacy rate in the country. In Assam tobacco use is 39 per cent which is a little higher …
AGARTALA/AIZAWL: Incidence of cancer has been rising alarmingly in the hilly northeastern region of India, almost half the cases being attributed to consumption of tobacco products, experts say. According to experts, Mizoram tops the rate of cancer patients with an incidence of 200 in 100,000 each year. Though other northeastern …
SHILLONG: Lack of awareness on the oral hygiene in the state coupled with excessive intake of tobacco has gave way to high dental-related diseases like oral cancer. People are less concerned about dental health and even those living in the urban areas lacked proper knowledge on this health related issue …
Agartala, Oct. 10: There has been an alarming 36 per cent rise in incidence of cancer in Tripura in the past five years, with nearly 50 per cent of the cases being attributed to consumption of tobacco products. According to data available with the Regional Institute of Cancer Research and …
