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 …
Malaria continues to remain a serious public health problem in many tropical and sub-tropical countries of the World with around 225 million cases and near one million deaths every year causing serious economic and man-day losses, and trapping countries in the vicious cycle of ill health and poverty. With early …
A mystery fever is stalking children in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. As many as 47 children succumbed to the disease by June 29. Seventy-nine others, admitted in the two government hospitals in the district, were either undergoing treatment or had been discharged after treatment. The disease has been around in Muzaffarpur …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has said that breeding of mosquitoes has increased in the Capital due to the rains. Pools of stagnating water — which are conducive for the proliferation of mosquitoes — have been witnessed at many places, including the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus and IIT-Delhi, it …
MOSQUITOES rely on chemical cues such as smell of human breath, sweat and skin to get to a potential prey. This olfactory pathway has spawned several research papers. The latest comes from scientists led by Anandasankar Ray from the University of California, USA. They have discovered chemicals which can prevent …
Key weapons in the fight against malaria, pyrethroid insecticides, are losing their edge. Over the past decade, billions of dollars have been spent on distributing long-lasting pyrethroid-treated bed nets and on indoor spraying. Focused in Africa, where most malaria deaths occur, these efforts have greatly reduced the disease's toll. But …
BACTERIA could be the new hero in the fight against the spread of malaria. Researchers at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the US have demonstrated how two different bacteria can halt the growth of Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes malaria. It is estimated that the …
The debate regarding dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) in malaria prevention and human health is polarized and can be classified into three positions: anti-DDT, centrist-DDT, pro-DDT. The authors attempted to arrive at a synthesis by matching a series of questions on the use of DDT for indoor residual spraying (IRS) with literature and …
Last year, malaria claimed 145 victims and affected nearly 77,000 in the city. The Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC) in Pondicherry, which is part of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), is developing biological agents that kill the larvae of all species of mosquitoes. The product is in final …
Insecticide treated nets (ITN) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) are the two pillars of malaria vector control in Africa, but both interventions are beset by quality and coverage concerns. Data from three control programs were used to investigate the impact of: 1) the physical deterioration of ITNs, and 2) inadequate …
Mosquito Larval Source Management (LSM) could be a valuable additional tool for integrated malaria vector control especially in areas with focal transmission like the highlands of western Kenya if it were not for the need to target all potential habitats at frequent intervals. The ability to determine the productivity of …
The tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), vector of several emerging diseases, is expanding into more northerly latitudes as well as into higher altitudes in northern Italy. Changes in the pattern of distribution of the tiger mosquito may affect the potential spread of infectious diseases transmitted by this species in Europe. Therefore, …
HAILED for being a vital ingredient in traditional medicines, cosmetics and detergents, soapnut can now combat mosquito-borne diseases and thus reduce indiscriminate use of harmful insecticides and mosquito repellents. Kernel extracts of soapnut disrupt the activity of enzymes of larvae and pupae and inhibit the growth of Aedes aegypti, a …
Mosquito-borne diseases have been major contributors to the sufferings and mortality of billions of people, especially in the underdeveloped and developing world. They have been rightly termed as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). NTDs such as filariasis (elephantiasis) and leishmaniasis, inflict severe social stigma although they may not cause mortality. The …
KOLKATA, 10 MARCH: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will ply nine boats for spraying mosquito repellent to destroy the larva in some canals. A senior health official said those who have their dwellings beside the canals urged the KMC to take preventive measures against malaria. The decision for plying the boats …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has distributed 2.4 lakh medicinal mosquito nets to the students of the tribal residential schools to control malaria in the State. This is on top of the 1.03 lakh nets distributed among the pregnant mothers. Describing malaria as a serious health problem in the State, sources …
With summers arriving in the city soon, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Wednesday said it will procure chemicals, biolarvicides and other material to prevent mosquito-breeding. The Standing Committee of the MCD has approved four proposals for purchase of chemicals to prevent vector-breeding
Understanding the endogenous factors that drive the population dynamics of malaria mosquitoes will facilitate more accurate predictions about vector control effectiveness and our ability to destabilize the growth of either low- or high-density insect populations. We assessed whether variation in phenotypic traits predict the dynamics of Anopheles gambiae sensu lato …
The plan to start taking measures against spread of vector-borne diseases early in the city this year seems to have hit a roadblock with questions being raised over the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's procurement procedure for anti-mosquito breeding provisions at a meeting of the Standing Committee on Tuesday. In view …
