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  Now you'll have to pay Rs 5000 fine for burning garbage in open

  India | April 28, 2015 16:47 IST

  New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday decided to impose a fine upto Rs. 5000/- if any individual is found burning waste, plastic etc in open areas across Delhi and National Capital Region

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  WHO reiterates support towards defeating Ebola

  World | March 30, 2015 14:15 IST

  Addis Ababa: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reiterated its continued support towards defeating the Ebola virus disease which has killed almost 10,000 people since its outbreak.On the sidelines of the annual African Ministers of

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  Ebola more deadly for young children: Study

  World | March 26, 2015 12:12 IST

  Washington: Ebola is more likely to be fatal for children under five, an international team of scientists led by Imperial College London and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday, a media report said

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  Government launches massive campaign to curb TB crisis

  India | March 24, 2015 23:19 IST

  New Delhi: The government on Tuesday unveiled  a major campaign to raise awareness about tuberculosis as an expert criticised the government for failure to tackle the disease which claims about 1000 lives in India daily.The

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  Mobile towers no health threat: Ravi Shankar Prasad

  India | March 13, 2015 14:26 IST

  New Delhi: Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Friday that fears of mobile towers being hazardous to health are not true, adding that reports from the World Health Organisation do not substantiate the claim.Replying

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  West Africa to lose $3.6 bn annually owing to Ebola: UN

  World | March 13, 2015 10:32 IST

  United Nations:West Africa would lose at least $3.6 billion annually on an average between 2014 and 2017 as a result of the ripple effects of the Ebola disease, a UN report has said.Owing to a

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  875 deaths due to swine flu, no move to vaccinate public: Govt

  India | February 24, 2015 23:35 IST

  New Delhi: Swine flu has killed 34 more people raising the toll to 875 in the country this year and the number of affected crossed the 15,000 mark, government said today, but there is no

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  High toxin levels found in packaged drinking bottles

  India | January 28, 2015 15:43 IST

  Mumbai: A study conducted by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) at Trombay has found high levels of certain carcinogens in packaged drinking water in Mumbai. A team of four scientists scrutinised 90 samples collected from

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  WHO team that rescued India from polio, joins fight against Ebola in Africa

  India | January 22, 2015 13:35 IST

  New Delhi: A team of World Health Organisation (WHO) workers who played a key role in eradicating polio from states like Wes Bengal Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, has now taken the challenge to fight against

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  Russia lists transgender people among those unfit to drive

  World | January 14, 2015 9:12 IST

  Moscow: Russians expressed their confusion on Tuesday about new road safety regulations barring transsexuals, transvestites and others with sexual “disorders” from driving, ostensibly for medical reasons.The new regulations have been criticised by rights activists, who

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  Plague kills 40 in Madagascar

  World | November 22, 2014 10:34 IST

  Antananarivo: At least 40 people were killed in an outbreak of plague in Madagascar, a media report said Saturday.The disease may spread rapidly as fleas on the island have been found with high levels of

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  Ebola could be contained by mid-2015: Ban Ki-moon

  World | November 22, 2014 8:51 IST

  Washington: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that the spread of the deadly Ebola virus could be contained by mid-2015.Ban made the observation Friday and said that the Ebola outbreak could be contained by continuing

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  Ebola death toll rises to 5,177: WHO

  World | November 15, 2014 11:08 IST

  Geneva: The World Health Organisation said today that 5,177 people had so far died of Ebola across eight countries, out of a total 14,413 cases of infection, since late December 2013.On Wednesday, the UN health

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  Pak ready for WHO Ebola spot checks

  World | November 08, 2014 13:39 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan has taken all necessary measures to prevent the import of the deadly Ebola virus and invited a WHO team to inspect its preparedness levels.The World Health Organisation (WHO) officials in a meeting held

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  Global Ebola death toll hits 4,960: WHO

  World | November 08, 2014 9:41 IST

  Geneva: The World Health Organisation said today that 13,268 people had been infected with Ebola across eight countries, and 4,960 of them had died.On Wednesday, it had reported 13,042 cases and 4,818 deaths.The UN health

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  WHO: Ebola decline in Liberia could be real trend

  World | October 30, 2014 6:45 IST

  Dakar, Senegal:  The rate of new Ebola infections in Liberia appears to be declining and could represent a genuine trend, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, but the epidemic is far from over.   The disease

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  India has highest number of suicide cases: WHO report

  India | October 27, 2014 14:21 IST

  New Delhi: India has seen the highest number of suicide cases in the world, according to a new database released by the World Health Organisation (WHO).It said that the suicide rate is almost similar to

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  WHO officially declares Nigeria Ebola-free nation

  World | October 21, 2014 6:59 IST

  New Delhi: With no new cases being conformed in last six weeks, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday officially declared Nigeria Ebola-free nation.WHO country representative Rui Gama Vaz said in Abuja that outbreak in

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  Ebola 'winning the race' against attempts to contain it:UNMEER

  World | October 15, 2014 12:19 IST

  United Nations: The Ebola outbreak is “winning the race” against attempts to contain it, chief of the UN mission working to stop the deadly virus has warned as he asked the international community to help

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  WHO calls Ebola modern world's worst health crisis

  World | October 13, 2014 14:56 IST

  Manila: The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is ‘the most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times' but adds that economic disruptions can be curbed if people are