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 …
There's something the hillside retreat of Parwanoo in Himachal Pradesh has in common with the industrial town of Korba in Chhattisgarh — both have consistently recorded higher than acceptable particulate matter (PM) levels. Since 2011, at least 94 Indian cities have not met national air quality standards. Many of these …
The world must urgently increase its ambition to cut further roughly a quarter of predicted 2030 global greenhouse emissions to have any chance of minimising dangerous climate change, the UN Environment Programme said on Thursday as it released its annual Emissions Gap report. However, India is mulling over delaying its …
India reaffirmed on Tuesday its commitment to a World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco-control treaty, despite lobbying from its $11 billion industry that opposes some measures in the treaty that will be discussed at a conference next week. Delegates from about 180 countries will attend the Nov. 7-12 conference near New …
There is growing recognition of the importance of physical activity (PA) in children and youth for the primary prevention of obesity and certain non-communicable diseases, later in life. Moreover, PA during childhood is essential for normal growth and development, while PA and sport are a platform for the development of …
NEW DELHI: A report by the United Nations Children's agency, Unicef, released on Monday has confirmed the worst fears of people living in polluted areas — that bad air is contributing to death of many children even before they celebrate their fifth birthday. Outdoor and indoor pollution, the agency noted, …
As India wakes up on Monday to smoke-filled skies from a weekend of festival fireworks, New Delhi's worst season for air pollution begins, with dire consequences. A new report from UNICEF says most of the 2 billion children in the world who are breathing toxic air live in north India …
MUMBAI: A close-up of India's tuberculosis epidemic shows, for the first time, how a million of the now 2.8 million TB patients go 'missing' or never show up in the Revised National TB Control Programme. Almost 28% of patients don't have access to a government TB centre and around half …
India's $11 billion tobacco industry has urged the government to take a softer line on tobacco control efforts when it hosts a World Health Organization conference in New Delhi next month, but officials say the government will not bow to "pressure tactics". Delegates from about 180 countries will attend the …
When IIT-Delhi alumna Namita Gupta decided to move to Delhi with her family from the US in 2014, she was shocked. The World Health Organization (WHO) had recently dubbed Delhi the world’s most polluted city, and Gupta could clearly feel the city’s toxic air taking a toll on her asthmatic …
Adverse effects of air pollution, described as the world’s biggest environmental risk by WHO, may linger on in Delhi for generations to come, experts warn. New studies in this area, indicating that its impact may be ‘transgenerational’, have unsettled pollution experts and doctors in New Delhi. T K Joshi, Director, …
The Delhi government apparently has not chalked out any plans as yet to implement the odd-even scheme as an emergency measure this winter. Though officials remained tightlipped and no one was available for comment, sources said nothing concrete had been discussed as yet. No alternative action plan to deal with …
The air quality in Delhi continues to have high pollution level even after monsoon, said Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). According to a CPCB study, though the air quality in places such as Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and Faridabad city in Haryana has improved after the monsoon, it did not …
While industries, power plants, mines and vehicles are blamed for increasing exposure to air pollution, there are many lesser-known sources which are significantly poisoning the quality of air. Virendra Sethi, professor at Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, whose 40 research papers have been published …
Part of the global major's new road map, Indian unit expected to focus on low-calorie products in both food and beverages Global major PepsiCo will bring down sugar content in at least two-thirds of its beverages by 2025 and focus on healthier food options, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) …
KOCHI: The report submitted by the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) recently, certifying that water from the Periyar is potable, is nothing short of hogwash, claimed environmental activists. The report was tabled in response to a directive issued by District Collector K Mohammed Y Safirullah to prove that water from Periyar, …
Dental health scenario in India is "alarming" and excessive consumption of sugary drinks and junk food is making matters worse as high sugar eating habit is causing "addiction" and dental ailments, doctors have cautioned. "About 80-90 per cent of the adult population in the country suffers from mild gingivitis (gum …
The revised estimates put the incidence of TB in India at 217 per 1,00,000 population in 2015 as against the previously estimated 127 per 1,00,000. WHO said the size of the epidemic has increased considerably because researchers realised that earlier estimates from India were too low. Inaccurate estimates of the …
Tuberculosis epidemic in India is "larger" than what was previously estimated, the World Health Organisation (WHO) today said while asserting that the country was one of six nations which accounted for 60 per cent of the new cases in 2015. The Global Tuberculosis Report 2016 which was released today, however, …
AMONG THE 144 wards under Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), 100 have significantly higher arsenic contamination in water than the limits deemed safe by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The arsenic contamination threat in Kolkata has changed alarmingly since 2009, said a study published in the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment journal …
Dengue is a dangerous debilitating disease that occasionally kills people and has no known cure or treatment. Two vaccines against the dreaded disease - one foreign and one Indian - await regulatory clearances. A multi-national pharma giant seeks waiver for a large clinical trial to be done so that the …
