Just 2 days of healthy breath
Data shocker on city's air quality last year Patna: The air quality in the state capital was "good" on just two days, "satisfactory" on 77 days and "medium" on 92 days last year, according to Bihar
Halth Effects
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Dengue spread: Health department brainstorms hospitals, doctors
CHENNAI: With increase in the number of fever cases, including dengue, across the state, the public health department has organised a brainstorming session with private hospitals and doctors to prevent
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TB awareness van flagged off
The awareness van of the Health and Welfare Department on tuberculosis was flagged off from the office of the Civil Surgeon Dr Raghubir Singh Bains and Dr Shamsher Singh Mann, Assistant Civil Surgeon.
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End of road for 10-yr-old diesel cars in Delhi-NCR; NGT refuses to lift ban
NEW DELHI: A decade old diesel vehicles will now have to go off the roads with the National Green Tribunal today declining to lift its ban on them in Delhi-NCR, noting that emissions from diesel vehicles
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Dengue touches 300 mark in Chandigarh
Fourteen new cases of dengue were reported from different parts of the city today, taking the count of patients to 300. However, there has been no report of death due to dengue. The UT Health Department
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Hospitals erring on dengue, swine flu to face action: ADC
The district administration has asked the Health Department to take action against private hospitals if they fail to report the cases of swine flu, dengue, malaria and chikungunya. Additional Deputy
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CII organises awareness programme on stubble burning
LUDHIANA: The rampant practice of stubble burning has emerged as a major problem in Punjab leading to pollution of the environment as well as posing a major health hazard. To spread awareness about the
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Experts blame drought for dengue epidemic
BENGALURU: Prevailing drought conditions in most parts of Karantaka and the presence of more than one virus stereotype have contributed to the increasing incidence of dengue in the state. This is the conclusion
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Gorakhpur rerun? 4 babies die in Raipur hospital due to disruption of oxygen supply
RAIPUR: In what could be a chilling rerun of the Gorakhpur tragedy, four newborns died at the government-run Ambedkar Hospital in Raipur due to alleged disruption of oxygen supply. Police have arrested
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Ban sale of junk food in schools: Rights panel
The State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) has asked the government to impose a ban on the sale and serving of junk food in school canteens and around 200 meter area of the schools.
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Industrial gases up lung ailments during monsoon
The symptoms of numerous patients living near industrial areas in Jeedimetla, Sanathnagar Miyapur and Nizampet run along similar lines. Hyderabad: The perils of monsoon are well known as people with