Swine flu alert after death in Ranchi
Health department advisory for surgeons and district surveillance units, asking them to screen suspected cases By Our Special Correspondent in Ranchi Swine flu is stalking Jharkhand with at least eight
Telegraph (Ranchi)
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Dengue sting worst in 7 years
- Experts say abandoned quarters breeding vector Cases of dengue fever have touched a seven-year high in Jamshedpur, with 362 people being hospitalised till date compared to only 59 in the neighbouring
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Dengue bares its fangs in city
Monsoon has not only brought with it a deluge of civic woes but also a deadlier bite - of the Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes - that spread dengue fever, chikungunya and Zika fever during this time of the year.
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Clean-up fiat for industries
The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) today issued a deadline to all industries, asking them to have functional effluent treatment plants by May 22 or face punitive action ranging from fines
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Pollution niggle for GE plant
GE's locomotive manufacturing unit in Bihar, which chief minister Nitish Kumar had asked officials to give special preference to, has been stuck for clearance from the Bihar State Pollution Control Board
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Steel city sounds double disease alert
The monsoon nightmare is back to haunt Jamshedpur and its neighbours. The East Singhbhum civil surgeon's office on Tuesday issued a double alert for dengue and Japanese encephalitis in the steel city
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Garbage gobbles city backyard
- Stone's throw from Tatanagar, clueless about waste disposal Khasmahal, 2km away from Tatanagar and 5km from Jamshedpur city limits, technically falls under a panchayat that votes in rural polls this
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Pollution rides in the open Finger at transport of coal, filth
Ferrying of coal and garbage in uncovered vehicles through well-populated localities is one of the main reasons behind the high pollution levels of Dhanbad with the respective stakeholders, BCCL and Dhanbad
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Policy push to cheer industry
The cabinet today approved the much-awaited Jharkhand Food Processing Policy-2015 and Jharkhand Industrial Park Policy-2015 to provide an impetus to the state's growth. The cabinet also approved the
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State industries in pollution blacklist
Five of the country's 32 severely polluted industrial areas are in Jharkhand, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has concluded after studying air, water and soil quality across the country while
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Harm hangs heavy in this haze
- Ambient air quality survey in prime city pockets exposes gross environment unconcern Beneath its classy countenance, steel city Jamshedpur is not breathing easy. A recent survey conducted by the