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 …
When their wearied bodies demand rest and care, elderly people in the country's urban slums are instead condemned to toiling in their closing days if they are to eat and survive the day. Visiting several slums in Narayanganj, the correspondent of the news agency found the elderly people living miserable …
The Ministry of Health and Population, Child Health Department has informed that around 3.7 million children were administered vitamin 'A' capsules and 3.4 million children were given medicine for tapeworm on October 19 and 20 across the country as per the ministry's regular programme, RSS reported Friday. According to Director …
It is revealed that around 100,000 persons end up blind due to cataract every year in Sri Lanka, while this amount globally is estimated at around 18 million. A number of countrywide programmes have been launched to mark ‘World Blind Day’ on October 13, said Health Ministry Additional Secretary Dr …
About 90 per cent of people in Dodo Panhwar village in the vicinity of evaporation ponds of the BHP-Zamzama gas plant, 15 kilometres from here, suffer from skin, eye and abdominal diseases apparently because of toxic fumes spreading in the air from the ponds. Hafiz Abu Bakar Panhwar, who lives …
Seniors who take aspirin daily are twice as likely to have late stage macular degeneration, an age-related loss of vision, than people who never take the pain reliever, a new European study reports. The data do not show that aspirin causes vision loss. But the findings are of concern if …
Want to know whether you are at risk of heart attack? Just check your eyelids, for a new study says that yellow markings in the skin around the eyes can be a sign of cardiovascular disease. Researchers in Denmark have carried out the study of almost 13,000 people and found …
Five more patients who were being treated with the drug Avastin for eye disease have been blinded, according to one of the patients and medical professionals. The latest cases occurred last month at the Veterans Affairs medical center in Los Angeles. Late Thursday, the Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed that …
At least 16 people in two states have gotten severe eye infections, and some have been blinded, from injections of the drug Avastin, according to health authorities and to lawyers representing the patients. The cancer drug Avastin has been used by some doctors to treat macular degeneration, an off-label application. …
Already feeling the pinch of food insecurity, the agriculture sector of Pakistan has to face a loss of Rs 67 billion, as recent monsoon flooding has damaged standing crops in most of Lower Sindh. Well-placed sources told Business Recorder that the recent monsoon spell has caused huge loss to Kharif …
Nearly 160,000 schoolchildren suffer from eye defects while another 400,000 are threatened with possible eye defects, a Health Ministry study revealed. “Most schoolchildren are subjected to eye defects due to genetic factors,” a Health Ministry spokesman said. He also said children with eye defects should examine their eyes at least …
Age-related cataracts (ARCs) are an important cause of blindness in developing countries. Although antioxidants may be part of the body's defense to prevent ARC, environmental contaminants may contribute to their pathogenesis. Elevated exposure to mercury (Hg) and selenium (Se) has been reported in fish-eating populations of the lower Tapaj
The neo-natal clinic at the government hospital in Mandya, 90 km from Bangalore, is surprisingly clean as ophthalmologist Anand Vinekar, 35, wheels in a Retcam, a cutting-edge diagnostic device the size of a television set. Vinekar then pulls out what looks like a hair dryer from the device. The 'hair …
Creation Of Artificial Tissues Will End Reliance On Donations Beijing: Chinese scientists are cultivating human cells in a laboratory in a bid to produce artificial cornea, bringing hope to over five million people suffering from corneal blindness in the country. The cornea, a vulnerable shield protecting the eye, plays a …
Prashant Rupera | TNN Vadodara/Anand: While scientists across the globe are still debating whether usage of cell phones results in heart diseases, a new study carried out by scientists at Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT) has revealed that mobile phones also affect eyes. The scientists, who have studied …
Novartis yesterday underlined its determination to expand beyond its core drugs business, but denied that spending $50bn on Alcon put it in the same category as other pharmaceuticals groups diversifying to counter falling drug discovery rates or looming patent expiries. "This is not a diversification, it's a strengthening of our …
ornithology Birds love noise The house finch and the black-chinned hummingbird are unaffected by noise pollution. In fact, they prefer to nest in noisier areas because it increases their chances of survival. A team isolated the effects of noise pollution on bird communities. For this they chose regions with natural …
Aout 50,000 people of the two neglected and backward northern districts of Panchagarh and Thakurgaon have been suffering in various eye diseases. And they easily fall prey to different eye diseases due to poverty and unawareness. Since there is no eye treatment center locally, the patients cannot treat their eye …
Vitamin B supplements may reduce the risk for age-related macular degeneration, at least in women with cardiovascular disease or at risk for it. Macular degeneration, a disease that destroys the central area of the retina, is the leading cause of severe vision loss in people over 50. In a study …
