WHO published its World health statistics report 2025, revealing the deeper health impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on loss of lives, longevity and overall health and well-being. In just two years, between 2019 and 2021, global life expectancy fell by 1.8 years—the largest drop in recent history— reversing a …
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday differed from the recent report of the World Health Organisation (WHO) that ranked Patna the fifth most polluted city in the world. The situation in Patna is not so bad as it has been mentioned in the WHO report, he said. …
Patna: The Bihar State Pollution Control Board has written a letter to the district administrations for restricting the use of firecrackers and disc jockeys during weddings to curb pollution. The letter issued to the district magistrates, senior superintendents of police, and superintendents of police says air pollution "increases tremendously with …
The country’s current Clean Air Programme proposal needs to urgently take cognisance of the concerns raised by WHO’s urban air quality index, writes TV Jayan Much to the embarrassment of the Indian government, the latest edition of urban air quality database for over 4,300 cities from 108 counties released by …
Is a civic issue bothering you? Are you agitated over the lack of concern? Is there something heartening that you feel needs to be highlighted? Or a picture which in your opinion ought to be seen by many, and not just you? CHANDIGARH TRIBUNE invites its readers to have their …
PATNA: The state tobacco control coordination committee (STCCC) on Monday decided to recruit state and district level officers in tobacco control cells under the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) of the central government in order to curb the use of tobacco in Bihar. Chief secretary Anjani Kumar Singh may also …
Crop burning, dust pollution, vehicular pollution, thermal power generation, have all been around for donkeys years. They all cause air pollution but are marginal contributors . The game changer that has created the most environmental pollution is none other than the refinery crude at the bottom of the barrel called …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday directed six northern State Governments to respond to a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report on 20 most-polluted cities in the world. According to the WHO global air pollution database, 14 out of the 15 most-polluted cities in the world in terms of …
Delhi, Kanpur and Varanasi are among the 14 most-polluted cities in the world, a new WHO report released today said even as environment and health experts sounded an alarm about the severity of the problem, saying it is a grim reminder that air pollution is a national health crisis and …
No south Indian city figured in the just- released global air pollution report of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The WHO report said 14 of world's 15 most polluted cities were in India which includes Delhi, Kanpur and Varanasi. Asked what helped in tackling pollution, a pollution control official in …
KOLKATA: A report by the World Health Organization (WHO) has finally confirmed that Kolkata is the second-most polluted metropolis in the country, next only to Delhi. The study revealed another alarming trend: Kolkata’s air quality is declining faster than Delhi’s. The latest WHO database of more than 4,000 cities across …
“There is no doubt that air pollution is increasingly become a cause of concern in Indian cities. The major worry for us is PM 2.5 air pollutant in crowded Indian cities while ozone is a problem in rural areas, especially in summer,” Beig told The Indian Express. Questioning the findings …
Delhi is 6th most polluted city in world: WHO Responding to the air pollution data released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday, the government claimed that various measures have led to pollution levels actually falling in 2017. At 143 microgrammes per cubic metre, Delhi’s PM (2.5) levels in …
DELHI: The national capital ranked sixth in terms of PM 2.5 with an annual average of 143 µg/m3 in 2016. A cocktail of toxic factors — ranging from industrial waste to vehicular emissions and road dust — has put 14 Indian cities on the dubious map of the most polluted …
GURUGRAM: The city’s average annual pollution level has been increasing steadily over the past three years. If this trend continues, it won’t be long before the city climbs higher than the 11th spot it currently finds itself in on the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) index of the 15 most polluted …
NEW DELHI: Delhi is not the most polluted city in the world. But that's hardly any reason to cheer. The WHO global air pollution database released in Geneva early Wednesday morning reveals that India has 14 out of the 15 most polluted cities in the world in terms of PM …
Launched by PM Modi on May 1, 2016 in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) aims to safeguard the health of women & children. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s signature Ujjwala Scheme came in for rich praise in a new WHO pollution report. The report nevertheless estimated that 9 …
Recently, a study by WHO also pointed out that Delhi has the worst air quality among cities in India. This report also highlighted the increasing number of Indian cities, which are slowly reaching the levels of Delhi in terms of pollution. WHO collected data from more than 4300 cities and …
More than 90 percent of deaths linked to air pollution occur in low- or middle-income countries, mainly in Asia and Africa, it found. "This is a very dramatic problem that we are facing," Maria Neira, the head of the WHO's department of public health and environment, told reporters in a …
Today is World Asthma Day. ‘Never too early, never too late. It's always the right time to address airways disease,’ is this year’s theme. May 1st is celebrated as World Asthma Day to raise the awareness about this chronic respiratory disease, which is majorly prevalent in children these days. In …
IN MAY 2014 DOZENS of mourners attended the funeral of a healer in the Kailahun District of eastern Sierra Leone. She had died after tending to people struck by fever, vomiting and bloody diarrhoea. As women ritually washed her corpse, 14 of them contracted the virus that had killed her …
