Kerala gets cautious

Plans to ban extremely and moderately hazardous pesticides in cardamom district, Idukki

Delhi government

Utterly confused. Speaks for polluters who have business interests in scuttling CNG

Ministry of Environment and Forests

Has a lot of power to safeguard public health. Prefers not to use it

Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas

Blames others for its failures. Is raring to destroy the CNG market by hiking prices

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Cancer state

Disinfectants pollute water

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Elderly & lonely

India has more elderly people than ever before. Most of them have little social security and cannot afford healthcare. While the government seems …

Missing the bus

The whole world is moving towards CNG. But the crisis of governance in Delhi keeps the air filthy

Union ministry of surface transport

Saboteur-in-chief. Is responsible for making procedures. Has botched them up, discouraging those keen on CNG

Children of endosulfan

Several unusual diseases afflict a Kerala village. Residents blame aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan by the Plantation Corporation of …

Guidelines released for evaluation of nano drugs

Nano-pharmaceuticals are expected to be of great use particularly in cancer treatment

Thorp thwarted

Fleetingly scary

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Ghost of Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Health issues trickled down to future generations, says study

It has more impacts than thought; nearly 4 decades after the tragedy, future generations are afflicted by disabilities and cancer

As told to Parliament (July 20, 2021): Deaths due to mucormycosis at 4,332

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How advances in nanotechnology may help in targeted cancer treatment

An imaging system would detect cancers by synergistic combination of two imaging methods, fluorescence scanning and surface-enhanced Raman scattering

Who will salvage Punjab from pesticides, drugs and cancer?

The success story of Green Revolution turned into a harrowing reality with land and water contamination showing a trickle-down effect on economy …

Supreme Court orders tobacco industry to comply with bigger health warning rules

The new rules make it mandatory for tobacco companies to cover 85 per cent of the packet surface with health warnings

Is chemical the culprit?

Scientists in Bihar find a plausible link between pesticides and breast cancer

Carcinogenic benzene levels peak in Delhi

Petrol pumps and heavy traffic locations worst affected

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Solid biomass as cooking fuel is a killer

Use of biomass takes high toll