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 …
Draft guidelines for making available wholesome, nutritious, safe and hygienic food to school children in India Status note in the W.P. (C) 8568/2010 titled as Uday Foundation for Congenital Defects and Rare Blood Groups vs. Union of India and Others regarding making available quality and safe food in schools.
WHO estimates that around 7 million people died in 2012 - 1 in 8 of total global deaths – as a result of air pollution exposure. The estimates confirm that air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk. The new data reveal a stronger link between both …
In new estimates released today, WHO reports that in 2012 around 7 million people died - one in eight of total global deaths – as a result of air pollution exposure. This finding more than doubles previous estimates and confirms that air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental …
The obesity rate among 2- to 5-year-olds dropped by almost half in the U.S. over the past decade, according to a report suggesting a new wave of Americans may avoid the risks of heart disease and diabetes linked to being severely overweight. Obesity among young children fell to 8.1 percent …
About 80 million people are suffering from Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, like, cardiac diseases, stroke, asthma and diabetes in Pakistan. These views were expressed by Professor of Neurology Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University (AKU), Dr Muhammad Wasay, while speaking at a media briefing on …
Vitamin D deficiency prevails in epidemic proportions all over the Indian subcontinent, with a prevalence of 70%–100% in the general population. In India, widely consumed food items such as dairy products are rarely fortified with vitamin D. Indian socioreligious and cultural practices do not facilitate adequate sun exposure, thereby negating …
In a major boost to the efforts to tackle the surge of non-communicable diseases (NCD) in Odisha, the Centre has approved extension of National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) to five more districts from this year. Cuttack, Khurda, Ganjam, Sambalpur and Rayagada …
Majority Are From Poor Nations Globally, nine out of ten persons who need palliative care or medical care to relieve pain, symptoms and stress of serious illness don’t get it. A majority of these live in low and middleincome countries, a recently released report has revealed. Every year, about 20 …
A new UN agency report released on Tuesday shows that cancer is the biggest natural killer and that developing nations will bear its brunt in coming decades. The report entitled ‘World Cancer Report 2014’, published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, states that an estimated 8.2 million deaths …
Draft guidelines for regulating food high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) also popularly known as Junk Food. Working Group set up by the Expert Group set up as per the order dated September 4, 2013 of the Honorable High Court of Delhi.
Around Rs.2000 million has been granted to the Health Ministry in the 2014 budget allocations to control the alarming spread of various forms of cancers and chronic kidney disease. The total budget allocation for the Health Ministry for the year 2014 was Rs. 157 billion. Rs. 117 billion would be …
Is it time for countries to consider taxing SSBs or raising existing taxes? This is the topic of the paper by Sanjay Basu and colleagues in this week's PLOS Medicine, in which they model the potential impact of a SSB tax for India. Assuming that sales of SSBs continue their …
Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been proposed in high-income countries to reduce obesity and type 2 diabetes. We sought to estimate the potential health effects of such a fiscal strategy in the middle-income country of India, where there is heterogeneity in SSB consumption, patterns of substitution between SSBs and other …
National Cancer Control Programme Director Dr. Mrs. Dr. Neelamani Paranagama yesterday revealed that the number of cancer patients in Sri Lanka had more than doubled in the last two decades. She pointed out that twenty years bac, around 5,000 to 6,000 cancer patients had been detected annually, but the number …
Only 1 in 10 people who need palliative care - that is medical care to relieve the pain, symptoms and stress of serious illness - is currently receiving it. This unmet need is mapped for the first time in the "Global atlas of palliative care at the end of life", …
Obesity is an emerging challenge and a serious health problem worldwide; it is associated with many chronic diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disorders and certain cancers. The effective use of the indigenous knowledge and resources is need of the time for the betterment of humanity. Diabetes mellitus affects over 170 …
Expert bodies and health organisations recommend that adults undertake at least 150 min.week of moderate-intensity physical activity (MPA). However, the underpinning data largely emanate from studies of populations of European descent. It is unclear whether this level of activity is appropriate for other ethnic groups, particularly South Asians, who have …
Bangladesh has had 40 years of exceptional progress in health, with infant mortality down, life expectancy up and good disease control, all despite being one of the world's poorest countries, researchers said on Thursday. Most often in the news for its poverty or natural or manmade disasters, such as a …
Around 10 per cent of Pakistan’s adult population is diabetic and the country could become the world’s fourth largest diabetic nation according to international estimates, experts said at a press conference on Tuesday. “Some 7.1 million diabetic patients are in Pakistan and as many are in pre-diabetes condition, ones who …
Latest statistics reveal that 25% of the population in Sri Lanka is suffering from Diabetes and the figure is estimated to be doubled by 2050, the Health Ministry said yesterday. Releasing a statement to coincide with World Diabetes Day which falls today on the theme of ‘Diabetes: protect our future’ …
