MUMBAI: Anti-noise crusaders in the city have written to railway minister, Suresh Prabhu and initiated a Twitter campaign to bring down the high decibel levels commuters are subjected to during sub
MUMBAI: Five years after the emergence of totally drug-resistant tuberculosis bacteria in India, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday published its first-ever list of antibiotic-resistant
MUMBAI: American scientists have made a research breakthrough in their study on dengue, a viral disease that wreaked havoc across India in the last two years, that could help treatment of the disea
MUMBAI: Depression, though widespread in India, is rarely accorded priority in the public health system, which is burdened with cases of TB and dengue as well as non-communicable diseases such as d
MUMBAI: The state environment department has directed Mumbai police to take action against garage mechanics and bikers, who alter bike silencers and shrill horns, which create noise pollution.
MUMBAI: Air pollution was responsible for 23 million cases of restricted activity days (RAD) - either less productive days or days off work for individuals - in the commercial capital in 2015.
MUMBAI: Air pollution contributed to a total of 80,665 premature deaths of adults over 30 years in Mumbai and Delhi in 2015, a two-fold jump from 1995, according to a new study at the Indian Instit