Pakistan: Four samples collected from four cities tests positive for Wild Poliovirus 1Environmental samples collected from four cities in Pakistan, including Karachi and Peshawar, have tested positive for Wild Poliovirus 1 (W...
19 Oct, 2023, 12.59 PM IST
High arsenic concentration in groundwater in 18 districts of Bihar: StudyHigh arsenic concentration has been found in groundwater in 18 districts of Bihar, as well as its correlation with incidences of gallbladde...
14 Jan, 2023, 03.36 PM IST
Pakistan reports polio case to take year's count to 13The latest case was found in the northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and involved an 18-month-old boy reported to be undernourish...
23 Jul, 2022, 04.29 PM IST
Third wave to ebb by March: ICMR ADGAdditional director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Samiran Panda on Friday said the third wave of Covid was li...
05 Feb, 2022, 10.20 AM IST
Power companies must consider underground laying of cables to avoid Great Indian Bustard deaths: GovernmentNoting that a miniscule population of less than 150 Great Indian Bustards was left in the country, a committee constituted on the direction...
24 Nov, 2019, 10.26 PM IST
The epidemic you don’t know aboutThe national health policy had aimed at eliminating filariasis by 2015. The deadline was extended to 2017 and now has been shifted to 2020.
17 Nov, 2017, 11.32 AM IST
Here are some of the most endangered species in IndiaInternational Union of Conservation of Nature’s Red list has 665 animal and 387 plant species in India that face higher risk of extinction.
22 Sep, 2017, 11.50 PM IST
Health Ministry launches campaign to eradicate leprosyThe campaign comes after PM Narendra Modi called for eradicating leprosy from the country by 2019, which is the 150th birth anniversary of ...
05 Sep, 2016, 08.05 PM IST
Government plans implementing National Framework for Malaria Elimination with Sun PharmaThe public-private partnership agreement is likely to be signed next week and will add funds to the National Framework for Malaria Eliminat...
21 Apr, 2016, 06.00 AM IST
Centre’s steps to curb encephalitis menace pay off985 cases and 210 deaths due to JE were reported till September. In the corresponding period in 2014, there were 1,089 cases and 211 deaths...
05 Oct, 2015, 11.07 AM IST
Extensive policy for Red Sanders conversation put forwardTRAFFIC, an international wildlife trade monitoring network working on conservation of plants and wild animals,has said the current policy ...
14 Jun, 2015, 04.24 PM IST
Six more swine flu deaths in Gujarat; 37 this monthKutch district is worst-affected with 11 deaths including deaths of 3 women today. District health department said 114 cases of H1N1 virus ...
31 Jan, 2015, 11.22 PM IST
National biodiversity garden to come up in MunnarA national biodiversity garden, exhibiting rare flora and fauna of Western Ghats, will soon come up in the hill station of Munnar, a busy t...
26 Dec, 2013, 02.39 PM IST
- Zoological Survey of India to study animals found in Western Ghats
The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) will conduct a detailed study of animals found outside the protected areas of Western Ghats in the sta...
25 Nov, 2013, 01.01 AM IST
Nilgiri langurs give birth to offspringTwo Nilgiri langurs gave birth to an offspring each at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park here recently, thereby, increasing the number of th...
06 May, 2012, 06.15 PM IST
India battles polio virus from Pakistan; alarm raised after 4 infants in China infected with the virusBooths have been set up at the Wagah border for people coming from Pakistan by foot or by the Indo-Pak bus service.
19 Sep, 2011, 08.34 AM IST
- Central team to visit Orissa, AP to probe Anthrax deaths
The Union Health Ministry is sending a team to Orissa and Andhra Pradesh amidst reports of deaths due to anthrax in the two states.
06 Feb, 2008, 10.14 PM IST