Chennai, May 30 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Food and Civil Supplies Minister P. Venkataramanan on Saturday called for greater public participation in the fight against tobacco addiction and in ensuring transparency in the Public Distribution System (PDS), urging citizens to directly report ration shop irregularities and assuring swift action against the hoarding or diversion of essential commodities. Speaking to reporters after inaugurating a tobacco awareness rally at Marina Beach to mark World No Tobacc…
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Brussels, May 26 (IANS) Europe is enduring an unprecedented early-season heatwave, driven by a powerful “heat dome” that has shattered temperature records across multiple countries, raised public health concerns and intensified calls for faster climate action.France has been among the hardest-hit countries, recording its hottest May day ever with a national average temperature of 24.4 degrees Celsius on Monday, surpassing a record that had stood since 1944, according to Meteo-France. A total of …
Dhaka, May 25 (IANS) A total of 17 more children have died from measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh in 24 hours till 8 am on Monday, raising the death toll since March 15 to 545, local media reported.This has matched the highest single-day death toll since the outbreak, which occurred on May 4 with 17 deaths from measles and similar symptoms, leading Bangladesh Daily Dhaka Tribune reported.According to the data released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), one confirmed measles …
Male, May 23 (IANS) The rising mpox cases have exposed weaknesses in Pakistan’s healthcare system, raising concerns about the capacity of existing public health mechanisms to respond effectively, a report has said.“Public health crisis seldom arrive with spectacle. They emerge quietly, building through scattered infections before revealing their full scale. In Pakistan, the recent rise in mpox cases reflects precisely such a pattern—one that is beginning to unsettle health authorities and …
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Delhi government issued a set of guidelines on Friday ahead of the upcoming festival of Bakrid, warning that the sacrifice of prohibited animals and violations of public hygiene rules will invite strict legal action. Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra said the directions have been issued by the Development Department to ensure that the festival is observed in accordance with the law and civic regulations.Addressing the issue through a post on X, Mishra said the sacrifice of…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) A student’s complaint over the absence of benches in a university smoking area in China, saying it was “exhausting” to smoke while standing, has reignited debate over the country’s broader tobacco control challenge.The report received global coverage, where a student at the Xian International Studies University in China’s northwestern Shaanxi province was said to have filed a complaint in the school’s internal feedback channel. It cited the absence of benches…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda on Wednesday reaffirmed India’s strong commitment to advancing the global agenda for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health, according to an official statement on Wednesday.During a bilateral meeting with Helen Clark, Board Chair of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH), on the sidelines of the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Nadda highlighted India’s longstandi…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre and all states on a public interest litigation (PIL) raising concerns over the sale of alcohol in inconspicuous packaging such as tetra packs, PET bottles, plastic sachets and other portable containers.A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi passed the order while hearing a petition filed by an NGO.During the hearing, the CJI Kant-led Bench orally rema…
Guwahati, May 19 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that effective urban garbage management remains one of the lesser discussed achievements of his government, asserting that the state has already remediated 65 per cent of legacy waste in urban areas under the Swachh Bharat Mission. In a post on social media platform X, the Chief Minister noted that the initiative was inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a cleaner India under the Swachh Bharat campaig…
Rajkot, May 19 (IANS) Rajkot reported only one dengue case during the week of May 11-17, with no cases of malaria or chikungunya, according to the Rajkot Municipal Corporation’s health department, which credited sustained mosquito control and surveillance efforts across the city.The department stated that dengue-carrying Aedes mosquitoes bite during the daytime and can transmit infection rapidly when they bite multiple individuals, particularly in densely populated areas.It further noted that …