Gorakhpur's deadly curse
The Japanese encephalitis virus and enterovirus cannot be tackled unless the administration cleans up its act, observes Sonal Matharu
Fever stalks UP
Battling Japanese encephalitis virus, Gorakhpur now has a new enemy: enterovirus
Children of a lesser State
A rare killer disease, Japanese encephalitis, has been annually and invariably breaking out in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. This year, so far, 3,…
Cane fumes
Mills of Gorakhpur grind slowly, but they grind too fine
Nuclear power at the cost of livelihood
Cry of a river
A little known river in UP is struggling for survival. Untreated effluent, delayed action to blame
Monsoon of death
Every monsoon, Baba Raghav Das Medical College of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, witnesses hundreds of children dying of viral encephalitis or Acute …
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 …
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
Letters
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
Bihar all set to check encephalitis
Open defecation along the Gandak in Uttar Pradesh causes the disease in Bihar, says study
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 …
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
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 …
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