environmental health

Kushinagar (UP), April 3 At least 26 schoolchildren reportedly complained of breathing difficulties after inhaling toxic smoke from burning dry leaves and garbage near a school here, officials said on Friday.All the children were taken to the Community Health Centre in Sevarhi, where they were...

New Delhi, April 2 With a report listing Uttar Pradesh's Loni as the world's most polluted city, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh called for a complete revamp of the National Clean Air Programme on Thursday, seeking a sharper focus on reducing PM2.5 levels, which he described as a "severe public...

New Delhi, March 31 Exposure to high temperatures during pregnancy may be linked to a decline in male births, according to an analysis of five million births across India and 33 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.Researchers, led by those at the University of Oxford in the UK, linked data from...

Islamabad, March 24: Pakistan has been ranked as the world's most polluted nation in 2025, with concentrations of hazardous fine particles known as PM2.5 up to 13 times higher than the recommended World Health Organization (WHO) level, a research revealed on Tuesday, according to local media...

Shimla, March 23 Hundreds joined a protest in Nalagarh in the Solan district of Himachal Pradesh on Monday to demand the immediate closure of a pharmaceutical plant in the area, alleging that many residents were experiencing breathing difficulties due to toxic gases released from it.Prior to...

New Delhi, March 8 Expressing concern over rising pollution levels, the Congress on Sunday demanded an urgent review and upgrade of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, 2009, and asserted that they must be enforced as well as monitored more effectively everywhere.Taking a swipe at Prime...

Kohima, February 28 Nagaland needs a complete shift in its academic and economic priorities, with a greater emphasis on science education to address unemployment, a senior official said on Saturday.Speaking at the National Science Day celebrations in Kohima, Science & Technology Department...

Patna, February 22 The Bihar government has decided to involve scientists and officials from various departments to address the rising levels of arsenic in leafy and root vegetables in some districts, officials said on Sunday.The state government is also planning to launch an awareness...

New York, February 19 – Jay Bhattacharya, a physician and economist, is taking over the leadership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the acting director of the world’s leading medical research organization.Bhattacharya, who now heads the National Institutes of Health...

Patna, February 17 Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey said on Tuesday that his department is taking steps to establish more biomedical waste disposal facilities across the state.He made the statement while responding to a starred question by independent MLC Maheshwar Singh in the Council...

Jammu, February 17 Senior CPI(M) leader and Kulgam MLA M Y Tarigami raised concerns on Tuesday about the excessive use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers, warning that indiscriminate application could potentially harm the environment and pose grave risks to public health.Speaking on the...

Gorakhpur (UP), February 14 Comparing the air quality of the national capital to a "gas chamber," Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday asserted that people in Uttar Pradesh enjoy a clean environment and are not being suffocated, despite all the development work.Speaking at an event in...