-PTI KOLKATA: A lamp which produces high quality light and doubles up as a device to cook food without causing pollution has been invented by a team of engineers in Maharashtra. Suitable particularly for rural households which lack clean cooking fuel and electricity, the device, aptly named Lanstove (lantern combined with cook stove), has been developed by researchers from Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) in Maharashtra's Phaltan. IIT graduate Anil Rajvanshi, who led...
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SC notice on PIL seeking ban on ‘killer’ vaccine -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a PIL alleging a sharp increase in infant deaths after administration of pentavalent vaccine, which replaced the tried and tested vaccines to fight five deadly DISEases under the universal immunization programme (UIP). PIL petitioner Yogesh Jain, a former pediatrician in AIIMS and now a public health physician at Jan Swasthya Sahyog in Bilaspur district, alleged a conspiracy in...
More »Indians have 30% weaker lungs than Europeans: Study -Durgesh Nandan Jha
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In another proof that worsening air quality in Indian cities is affecting people's health, a study has found that Indians have 30% lower lung function as compared to Europeans. Things could get worse if immediate steps are not taken to curb vehicular emission, doctors warned. The study was conducted on 10,000 healthy, non-smoking individuals in Jaipur, Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Kashmir. "We measured the Peak Expiratory...
More »3,883 people died in 2012 after drinking contaminated water
-PTI There has been an increase of 569 cases of deaths due to DISEases caused because of drinking contaminated water in 2012, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. In 2012, a total of 3,883 people died due to DISEases caused because of drinking of contaminated water as compared to 3,314 in 2011, Minister of State in Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Bharatsinh Solanki told Lok Sabha in a written reply...
More »26 new drugs permitted for sale without trials in India
-PTI NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding strong warnings by the parliamentary standing committee on health, new drugs continue to be approved for marketing in the country without holding any clinical trials on Indian patients to test their safety and efficacy. Sources in the Health Ministry admit that as many as 26 new drug molecules have been approved since 2010 without testing them through drug trials on local populations. While eight new drug molecules of biologicals...
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