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Need to develop system to forecast public health emergency: NGT
NEW DELHI: Observing that citizens have a fundamental right to breathe clean air, the National Green Tribunal said on Tuesday there is a need...
Delhi-NCR gets some relief from haze, further improvement expected with rains
NEW DELHI: Pollution levels in the national capital dipped on Monday, moving from "severe" to "very poor" category, with an increase in wind speed...
Pollution in Delhi-NCR: People losing precious years of their lives: SC
NEW DELHI: People are losing precious years of their lives due to pollution, the Supreme Court said Monday and slammed authorities for their failure...
NEW DELHI: With pollution rising to severe levels in the national capital, doctors have warned of a number of ill-effects on the health of...
Only one allopathic govt doctor for 10,926 people in India: Report
NEW DELHI: There is only one allopathic government doctor for every 10,926 people in India against the WHO's recommended doctor-population ratio of 1:1000, stated...
Ganga Ram hospital doctor appointed faculty member at Rochester University in US
NEW DELHI: A doctor, from the field of radiology, at a leading hospital here has been appointed as an adjunct professor at a well-known...
India's life expectancy rises; diabetes, hypertension rate high: Report
NEW DELHI: Life expectancy in India has increased from 49.7 years in 1970-75 to 68.7 years in 2012-16, as per the National Health Profile...
Wildfire erupts near Reagan library in Southern California
SIMI VALLEY (US): A new wildfire erupted Wednesday in wind-whipped Southern California, forcing the evacuation of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and nearby homes,...
sexually abused
REWA, Madhya Pradesh: An alleged instance of sexual abuse of at least two former inmates of an NGO-run adoption centre in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa...
Chennai, Bangalore will become Cape Town if people don't act to save water
NEW DELHI: Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat warned on Wednesday that if people still don't understand their responsibility to save water, a...