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 May 2007, resolution WHA60.1 of the World Health Assembly requested the Director‐General of the World Health Organization (WHO) to undertake a major review, in 2010, of the state of smallpox research and additional related research needed for public health purposes. This was undertaken so that the sixty‐fourth World Health …
ALREADY battling with Japanese Encephalitis, eastern Uttar Pradesh is now under the grip of a mystery fever. Till September 16 this year, 277 children died in 12 districts of the region. The physicians and scientists remain clueless about the genesis of the disease. Though a surge in deaths between July …
Alongside dengue, malaria, conjunctivitis and viral fever, Delhiites are now fighting rising chikungunya cases with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi already reporting 21 cases in the past 30 days. According to the World Health Organisation, chikungunya is a viral disease that is spread by mosquitoes. It causes fever and severe …
The nation, it seems, is in the sickroom this monsoon. Hospitals in Delhi are overcrowded with dengue cases, running into a few thousands, and last week, more than 75 cases were detected on a single day. Outbreaks of chikungunya have been declared over the last two months in as many …
Hyderabad, Sept 26: According to data from the government, seasonal ailments, especially viral diseases, are still widely prevalent in the twin cities; so far, 2,298 fever cases have been reported in September alone. Besides fever, cases of malaria, dengue, mumps, diphtheria and food poisoning are also rampant. Experts have said …
Vijayawada, Sept. 21: Viral fever cases crossed the one-lakh mark in Krishna district this season. Due to changes in clim-atic conditions, poor hygie-ne, consumption of contaminated water, mosquito me-nace and other reasons, the seasonal diseases became rampant across the district. Thousands of patients are being admitted to various government hospitals, …
An outbreak of viral fever in over nine VDCs in Gulmi district has claimed three lives while scores have taken ill in the past one week. On Tuesday Bikki Shah, 48, of Baletaksar VDC, died undergoing treatment in Manipal Hospital in Pokhara. The sub health post in Darling and other …
Sept. 9: Viral fevers, malaria and dengue cases are unabated in different parts of Krishna district duriong the past one month. At least 50 people lost their lives due to seasonal diseases. Most cases were reported from Nuzvid, Vijayawada, Tiruvuru, Nandigama, Vissannapeta, Gudivada, Mylavaram, Vuyyur and Kankipadu mandals. Besides, thousands …
Hundreds of people have been taken ill due to viral fever and typhoid spreading in Parbat, Baglung and Myagdi districts for the last two weeks. The Parbat District Public Health Office and other health centres are struggling to cope with the number of patients. Scores of patients suffering from viral …
THREE Indian organisations have successfully developed H1N1 detection kits which give results in an hour and cost between 1,000 and 2,000. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Imperial Life Sciences and Ocimum Biosolutions have individually manufactured these kits. V M Katoch, director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research, …
Hyderabad, Aug. 29: With the monsoon in full swing, cases of seasonal diseases like viral fever, dengue, malaria, typhoid and diarrhoea are increasing and continue to claim lives in the districts. In Krishna district alone, seasonal diseases have claimed around 15 lives including that of four children in the last …
khammam, Aug. 18: Viral fevers have been spreading in the Agency mandals across the district over the past week. The fevers claimed eight lives in four mandals. At least, 30 people are suffering from fevers. Dengue and malaria arer spreading rapidly in Wazed, Dummugudem, Burgampadu and Aswapuram mandals. Two swine …
Vijayawada, Aug. 11: The district collector, Mr Peeyush Kumar, on Wednesday instructed the medical and health, municipal and panchayat officials to take preventive measures to check seasonal diseases, most importantly malaria and viral fevers in the district during this monsoon.Mr Peeyush Kumar arranged a review meeting with the district officials …
Government begins pest control, says no need to panic TIMES NEWS NETWORK Ahmedabad: The Chandipura virus has again raised its ugly head in Gujarat. In an official communiqu
RESEARCH to develop effective drugs to control viral infections of chicken pox, chikungunya, dengue would be a reality soon, with the signing of MoU between the PG and Research Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Presidency College, National Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, TN Veterinary and Animal Sciences University and Arvind …
Ebola hemorrhagic fever (Ebola HF) is a severe, often-fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees) that has appeared sporadically since its initial recognition in 1976. The disease is caused by infection with Ebola virus, named after a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly …
In the past century, two major outbreaks of disease led to the discovery of hantaviruses in the Old and New Worlds. The first outbreak occurred during the Korean War (1950 to 1953), wherein more than 3,000 United Nations troops fell ill with Korean hemorrhagic fever, which is commonly referred to …
World Health Organization estimates the maintenance of vaccines costs US $200 per year. From the making to the point of administration, vaccines require freezing temperatures for stability. Sustaining the cold chain needs a continuous supply of electricity; costs rise 14 per cent. “20 per cent children in developing countries with …
Since the first report on the serodiagnosis of HIV-1 infection in 1987, several laboratories from India have contributed significantly to the knowledge of HIV/AIDS over the years. These reports span a wide range of disciplines including serological and molecular characterization of the viral strains circulating in India; elucidation and characterization …
Shastry V. Mallady MADURAI: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will study fever cases with chikungunya symptoms reported in various districts of Tamil Nadu. An expert group will be formed soon to find out the root cause of this fever, which results in joint pains and cripples the victims
