This UP lake continues to stink despite over Rs 300 cr spent on cleaning it
Lack of funds to operate sewage treatment plants around the lake, locals say only boating area cleaned regularly
Can upcoming vulture centre near Gorakhpur revive UP’s numbers?
Success of the project depends on the commitment of those implementing it, they say
'Every fourth AES case in Gorakhpur is of Japanese Encephalitis'
What used to be just 4-7 per cent of the total AES cases every year, increased to 25 per cent this time, said an official from BRD Medical College
Rare takes on the year just passing by
Being a Down To Earth reporter entails merging the personal with the professional. The magazine you so dearly own has a fascinating world hidden …
Suffocating tragedy
There is no scientific consensus on the cause of encephalitis that has been claiming lives every year in the Gorakhpur region since 1978. But an …
Farrukhabad children deaths show the rampant mismanagement in government hospitals
49 children have reportedly died in a month in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad district hospital due to lack of oxygen supply, but the …
Is scrub typhus the likely cause behind Gorakhpur tragedy?
Media reports suggest that the deaths could be due to scrub typhus, a disease cause by Orientia tsutsugamushi, a rickettsial group of bacteria
Mystery behind Gorakhpur encephalitis deaths: is scrub typhus the likely cause?
Scrub typhus is caused by the Orientia tsutsugamushi bacterium, which is introduced in humans from the bites of the infected larvae of a certain …
New farming technique helps resist flood and drought in Gorakhpur
Farmers in Gorakhpur have re-learnt the art to adapt to erratic weather conditions through multi-crop farming
Living with Bhopal disaster
A photo chronicle of lives and times of Bhopal gas disaster survivors collated from our archives. Last year marked the 30th anniversary of the …
Bihar all set to check encephalitis
Open defecation along the Gandak in Uttar Pradesh causes the disease in Bihar, says study
Expert panel report on brain fever deaths in eastern UP gets flak
Doctors say treatment protocol recommended by expert group may harm patients
Disowned 100,000
Taungyas have lived in Uttar Pradesh for decades but law does not recognise them. FRA gives hope
Lalitpur’s baby formula
Programme to promote breastfeeding improves health of children under two
Letters
Mystery stricken
Fever killed 277 in Uttar Pradesh. No one knows the cause
Eastern UP's encephalitis menace
Hope in areas dominated by Japanese Encephalitis
The new government may take efforts to eradicate the disease, says BJP representative
Up against GM
Haryana village protests nuclear power plant
Official at public hearing tells residents that radiation is human friendly and used for cancer treatment
Taungyas get legal recognition
Land titles distributed to 651 families in six Uttar Pradesh villages
Farmers move court against Gorakhpur nuclear power plant in Haryana
Plant site is fertile land and sustains 10,000 people
Bhattarai's power trip
Power, investments to be highlights of Nepal prime minister's first India visit
Ami’s dirty picture
The river Ami in district Gorakhpur, once known for its water that tasted as sweet as mangoes is today a receptacle of filth, sewage and …
Monsoon of death
Every monsoon, Baba Raghav Das Medical College of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, witnesses hundreds of children dying of viral encephalitis or Acute …