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 …
Vadodara: Even as Vadodara received temporary relief on Sunday with no swine flu deaths reported from the city or the district on Sunday, 12 new samples tested positive of H1N1 virus on the same day. Of the 12 cases, 10 have been reported from Gotri, Manjalpur, VIP Road, Warasiya, Karelibaug …
According to a researcher, Nitesh Pandey of Indian Astrobiology Research Foundation (IARF), H1N1 influenza spreads rapidly because it of it's presymptomatic nature. The symptoms appear 2-3 days after the virus has already entered one's body, he said. Pandey is a researcher in Evolutionary Medicine and his research on swine flu …
The World Bank, supported by Japan, Germany and Australia, has allocated up to U.S. $80 million in grants over the next six months to help fight Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The grants will cover more than half the cost of the DRC government's drive to end …
The review, published in Nature, outlines how healthcare workers in low-income countries, like those in sub-Saharan Africa, could use existing smartphones to diagnose, track and control infectious diseases in low-income countries. There are already initiatives focused on using established mobile technologies like text messages and calls to connect healthcare workers …
Two people died and eight others were hospitalized following an anthrax outbreak in northern Tanzania's district of Moshi, authorities confirmed on Wednesday. Anna Mghwira, Kilimanjaro Regional Commissioner said eight people were receiving treatment in two different hospitals. Five were admitted at Kilema Mission Hospital in the district and three others …
One of the most prevalent and contagious viruses, H1N1 has three categories – A, B and C. While A and B categories need home care, category C requires immediate hospitalization and medical intervention as its symptoms and outcomes are extremely severe and could result in death. Many people in the …
The Health Ministry has asked state governments to bolster their surveillance for early detection of the disease and keep beds reserved in hospitals to deal with acute cases Sixty-five people succumbed to H1N1 virus in the country last week, pushing the death toll due to swine flu this year to …
Swine flu death toll in the state rose to 75 on Wednesday, with three patients succumbing to the H1N1 virus. The health department said that 110 new swine flu cases were reported in the state on Wednesday. This is the highest number of the flu cases that have come to …
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to form a high-level committee comprising of bureaucrats and health department staff to plan and take the necessary measures for the control of swine flu in the state. The direction came from the division bench of Acting Chief Justice AS …
AHMEDABAD: February has proved to be sickening for Ahmedabad, with the number of swine flu cases doubling in a fortnight — from 213 in January to 405 in February till Monday. Health officials have warned that the virus will be active for the next one-and-half weeks. The H1N1 viral strain …
AHMEDABAD: A new research led by National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, on Zika virus (ZIKV) that was isolated from Ahmedabad and the recent Jaipur outbreak, spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito has found the virus to be endemic to Asia. The NIV has also warned Gujarat health authorities that …
Agra: Of the 50 cases of swine flu that have surfaced in Agra district this year, 60% are children. Children, the elderly and pregnant women are most vulnerable to HINI virus that causes swine flu, according to health department sources. By Monday evening, five new cases were confirmed by the …
LUCKNOW: The surge in swine flu cases in the state capital hit another high with as many as 15 people testing positive for the H1N1 virus infection on Wednesday, the highest in a day this year. The health department drew up a list of 15 positive swine flu cases in …
THANE: Influenza H1N1 has claimed a 52-year-old woman while she was undergoing treatment—the first death in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region since January 2019. Close to 400 H1N1 cases and 13 deaths have reported across the state since the beginning of the year. The deceased, identified as Kanchan Gaur, was a …
MUMBAI: In what can bring hope for drug-resistant TB patients, a study conducted by IIT-Bombay has shown that an anti-TB drug - rifampicin - used in combination with other drugs, can significantly improve medicinal efficacy. Rifampicin is one of the two main powerful drugs that TB bacteria are resistant to …
KOLKATA: The H1N1scenario in the state may not be as scary as that of Rajasthan, but with five deaths reported since January this year — four from a single hospital — and over 25 patients being treated for swine flu in different hospitals across the city at present, the situation …
NEW DELHI: The total number of swine flu cases in Delhi has gone up to 1,669. The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has also confirmed seven deaths due to the viral illness in its latest update, based on data provided by the state authorities as on February 10. Across …
JAIPUR: Amid the mounting cases of swine flu, health department has transferred 107 health department officials. Among the officials transferred is chief medical health officer (Jodhpur) Dr S K Bist. According to health department reports, 28 persons have died of swine flu in Jodhpur, while 393 persons were diagnosed with …
GURUGRAM: This is now officially Haryana’s worst year since 2012 in terms of people who have tested positive for swine flu. The number stood at 653 on Tuesday, significantly higher than the 2013 (450) and 2015 (433) outbreaks, though the death toll from the infection in those two years — …
The Gujarat High Court on Monday asked a lawyer to remain concerned about the problem of swine flu in India and how it can be brought under control rather than what is happening in Singapore. During the hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL), an advocate appearing on behalf of …
