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 …
Status report on behalf of MCD in the matter of news item titled "Greater Kailash lesser comfort life amid foul air mosquitoes" appearing in the Times of India dated 22/04/2024. In the original application, registered suo motu, the tribunal is examining the issue of emitting intolerable stench from a drain …
Each year, WHO’s World malaria report offers in-depth information on the latest trends in malaria control and elimination at global, regional and country levels. The report highlights progress towards global targets and describes opportunities and challenges for curbing and eliminating the disease. This year’s report includes 3 new sections on: …
By 2050, nearly 7 out of 10 people globally will live in cities and other urban settings. While urbanization, overall, is expected to reduce malaria transmission, unplanned urbanization will likely result in a malaria disease burden that is disproportionately high among the urban poor. Cities are uniquely positioned to understand …
Report of the Committee formed by the government of Uttar Pradesh in Original Application No. 116 of 2014 in the matter of Meera Shukla Vs MC, Gorakhpur & Others. In compliance with the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, the government of Uttar Pradesh constituted …
The insecticides we use for agriculture and for vector control often arrive in water bodies, where mosquito larvae may be exposed to them. Not only will they then likely affect the development of the larvae, but their effects may carry over to the adults, potentially affecting their capacity at transmitting …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Interglobe Aviation Limited Vs Union of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Secretary & Others dated 29/11/2019 regarding disinfecting of aircraft with passengers on-board. The issue of disinsecting of aircraft involves, on the one hand, concerns relating …
Understanding genomic variation and population structure of Plasmodium falciparum across Africa is necessary to sustain progress toward malaria elimination. Genome clustering of 2263 P. falciparum isolates from 24 malaria-endemic settings in 15 African countries identified major western, central, and eastern ancestries, plus a highly divergent Ethiopian population. Ancestry aligned to …
PASIGHAT: The Pasighat district health department is going all out to control mosquito-transmitted diseases like malaria, dengue and recently detected Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the district. Headed by the DMO Dr Kaling Dai, a team of doctors and officials in carrying outsource reduction activities followed by awareness programme, fogging and …
Authorities told to act swiftly to contain its spread As many as 27 fresh cases of dengue were reported in Dakshina Kannada on Tuesday. With this, the total number of dengue cases reported in the district in this month rose to 468. In all, four persons, including the cameraman of …
The doctors are advising the public to eat a healthy diet and keep themselves away from any such place that breeds mosquitoes. Hyderabad: With the onset of monsoon in Hyderabad, cases of vector and water-borne diseases have witnessed a surge in the city. Speaking to ANI, Superintendent of Hyderabad-based Government …
People urged to cooperate in stopping breeding of mosquito With the number of people infected with dengue crossing the 350-mark in Dakshina Kannada this month and with two suspected dengue deaths, the district administration has intensified vector control measures in the city and in parts of Kadaba, Bantwal and Sullia …
More than 20 dengue cases registered in the district. The district has witnessed maximum number of 421 cases in the year 2017. TIRUPATI: Learning lessons from the high incidence of seasonal diseases, especially dengue, malaria and other viral fevers, that had kept the officials on their toes in the previous …
In its ongoing drive under ‘Tandarust Punjab Mission’ against the vector-borne diseases, the anti-larva cell of the Health Department detected 43 cases of dengue larvae at various localities here today. On the directions of the Civil Surgeon, Gurinder Kaur Chawla and Dr Satish Kumar, the team of anti-larva cell, led …
Cases of malaria have spiked in the Capital with as much as 51 persons affected by it in June, three times the number of people affected with dengue reported in the same month. According to a municipal report released on Monday, the total number of malaria and dengue cases reported …
Cases of malaria have gone up with the onset of monsoon, with at least 51 confirmed cases reported in June this year. This is nearly double the cases reported in June 2018. Advertising According to a report by SDMC, the city has witnessed 60 cases of malaria in 2019 so …
Genetically modified mosquitoes have been released in Burkina Faso as part of an anti-malaria campaign. While some critics have raised concerns, the scientists involved said the release, which was the first of its kind in Africa, represented a very important milestone. Burkina Faso's Research Institute of Health Sciences, a government …
Last year, 392 malaria cases were reported from government hospitals and dispensaries in June, while cases of dengue rose from 21 in June to 399 in September in 2018. With the onset of monsoon, mosquito-borne infections are expected to rise with June alone recording 310 malaria and eight dengue cases …
According to health authorities, the number of cases has come down from 2017, when 6,390 suspected cases of dengue were registered. Of those, 1,691 blood samples sent to NIV had tested positive for dengue virus. There were eight deaths due to dengue in 2017. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has …
Conducts door-to-door survey to check dengue, chikungunya The Health Department has started a door-to-door campaign to check the breeding of aedes aegypti, a mosquito which is responsible for the spread of dengue and chikungunya diseases. The city has been divided into various zones for the purpose of survey during which …
Algeria - the nation where malaria was discovered - is officially free of malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, making it the third African country to eliminate one of the world's leading killer diseases. With no recorded cases of malaria in three consecutive years, Argentina was also …
