-PTI Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) says all cities should be mandated to implement clean air action plan in a time-bound manner to meet clean air standards New delhi: A green body on Tuesday called for the implementation of an emergency plan to address air pollution, after a Lancet Journal report said it was the second leading risk factor for health loss in India last year. Expressing shock at the loss of...
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Malnutrition India's biggest health hazard, air pollution a close second -Jayashree Nandi
-The Times of India NEW delhi: Child and maternal malnutrition continues to be the biggest health hazard in India since 1990, while deteriorating air quality came a close second, according to a recent report in one of the world's oldest medical journals. The report published in the Lancet journal has found that besides malnutrition and rising air pollution, dietary risks, high systolic blood pressure and diabetes were other major risk factors in...
More »Lifestyle diseases biggest killer even in most backward states: Report
-The Times of India NEW delhi: Lifestyle diseases like heart and chronic respiratory diseases now kill more people than communicable ones like tubercolosis or diarrhoea in every state in India, including the most backward. This was revealed in the India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative's Report released on Tuesday. The report notes that while all states have thus made what's called the 'epidemiological transition' there remain wide variations in their disease profiles with...
More »Allow odd-even exemptions for one more year, delhi government pleads with NGT -Jasjeev Gandhiok
-The Times of India NEW delhi: A decision on rolling out the odd-even traffic restrictions in the city will now be taken on Tuesday after the delhi government filed a review petition in the National Green Tribunal asking for exemptions for twowheelers and women for one year, or till 2,000 more buses start operating in the capital. The petition came on a day when the spell of "severe" air quality in delhi...
More »SC terms delhi smog life-threatening
-The Hindu Seeks response of Centre, Punjab and Haryana govts. The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of the Centre and the governments of Punjab, delhi and Haryana on measures taken to counter the smog and pollution choking the national capital and surrounding areas. Acknowledging the dire consequences that continued exposure to peaking levels of air pollution would visit on the public, including schoolchildren, a Bench led by Chief Justice of India...
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