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Low health spend alert

-The Telegraph New Delhi: India's public spending on health is about five times lower than the world average, the Economic Survey released today has said, adding the country lacks good models of health care for replication nationwide. The survey, in a section on social sector expenditure trends, has pointed out that the government's annual expenditure on health was 1.2 per cent of the gross domestic product in 2013-14, 1.1 per cent in...

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To breathe fresh air, opt for better agricultural technology

Delhi's air is not fit to inhale. Experts argue that prolonged exposure to toxic air could lead to serious health hazards like heart and lung diseases, various types of cancer etc. But is it the case that the smog, which engulfed the entire National Capital Region (NCR) and many of the north Indian cities during October-November was entirely caused due to burning of firecrackers in Diwali or because of vehicular...

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Delhi Pollution: Prolonged exposure can cut Life Expectancy, affect heart, lead to cancer

-The Indian Express Prolonged exposure to pollution leads to acute respiratory infections and chronic bronchitis. It could also aggravate pre-existing heart and lung disease. New Delhi: The worsening levels of air quality in Delhi is bound to bring its own share of problems, putting residents at the risk of developing heart-related issues and cancer. A week after Diwali night, the air quality has been deteriorating each passing day with a thick blanket...

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Right to clean air -Anurag Agrawal

-The Hindu As I write this column, my gaze is on the post-Deepavali haze that has enveloped Delhi. As a third-generation asthmatic, with a fourth-generation asthmatic daughter, it is set me wondering whether returning to Delhi, the city of my birth, from the United States a decade ago was a mistake. This haze is smog (smoke + fog), a hazardous mix of noxious gases and very high levels of suspended respirable...

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Move over, Kerala! J&K has the highest Life Expectancy in India

-IANS Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has surpassed Kerala as the state with the highest Life Expectancy in India for all ages, barring Life Expectancy at birth, according to data released on October 19, 2016, by the Registrar General of India (RGI). The RGI publishes state level Life Expectancy-defined as the estimate of the average number of additional years that a person of a given age can expect to live -- data for...

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