There Is A Rise In Number Of Jaundice Cases Reported In The Tribal Block

India has higher rates of malnourished children than in sub-Saharan Africa

One of the most significant critiques of the Indian economic growth model is that it has failed to encourage social development in its wake. It is well known that the country has higher rates of malnourished children than in sub-Saharan Africa. Malnutrition remains an enormously pervasive across the States.

'Make Karnataka open defecation-free by 2018'

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday expressed disappointment over the poor condition of sanitation in the State and set 2018 as the deadline for the Karnataka government to make state free of open defecation.

Dengue outbreak has reportedly claimed two lives and so far infected 18 patients, while test reports of several patients are still awaited for confirmation, in Bakori village of tribal Mandla distr

The Open Defecation Free Campaign, launched with the objective of declaring the district as open defecation free district by 2014, has now been expedited.

Cases Registered Against 33; Show-Cause Notices Served To Over 2000

The state health department has served show cause notices to 2,333 people, as well as registered 33 cases against those who have been violating the basic hygiene norms in their surroundings, paving way for spread of diseases.

BBMP to soon float tenders for constructing 500 toilets

The acute shortage of public toilets in the City has cast a doom on the pedestrian subways as people have turned them into urinals. The pedestrian subways in the City are in a pathetic condition with people urinating and spitting there. The BBMP has apparently turned a blind eye to the issue despite public complaints that the subways have been in a bad state for years.

To curb open defecation in the Nilgiris district, Rural Development Organisation (RDO), an NGO in the Nilgiris, on Wednesday launched cost effective, eco-friendly green toilets to mark World Enviro

SRINAGAR: The Committee on Environment of Legislative Assembly today recommended that all the Deputy Commissioners should act as nodal officers for ensuring Environmental Protection within their respective districts.

The Committee, which met under the chairmanship of MLA, M. Y. Tarigami discussed various issues related to environment. The meeting was attended by legislators, Mohammad Sharief Niaz, Abdul Rehman Veeri, Mohammad Khalil Band, M. Y. Shah, Rafi Ahmed Mir, Prof. Gharu Ram Bhagat, Durga Dass and Mohammad Ashraf Ganaie.