While bottles of mineral water are increasingly becoming a major cause of pollution, not much is being done about it.

In a finding that could help predict drought, farm scientists have noticed that deficit rainfall and drought follow a chronological pattern, repeating every 2.5 years in Telangana and Rayalaseema,

The Ministry of Environment and Forest has rejected GVK Group's request for using high speed diesel (HSD) instead of natural gas at one of its power generation plants in Andhra Pradesh.

Though copious rains in the last few weeks helped Andhra Pradesh achieve averages in rainfall, the distribution of rainfall is not uniform.

The state government has commenced three new health programmes from Tuesday on a pilot basis at Bhadrachalam and Khammam. The projects include Sishu Sanjeevani (special care for newborn babies) to cut down on infant mortality rate; Akshya project (nutrition rehabilitation centres for thousands of children with malnutrition); and Ammakulana (support for mothers) a screening programme for pregnant mothers.

Elaborating on project funded by National Rural Health Mission, which was inaugurated by the Chief Minister on Tuesday, Praveen Prakash, commissioner of health and family welfare said, “Under the Sishu Sanjeevani project, 44 special care units for newborns will be flagged off in Teaching, Area and District Hospitals.

The State government has a prohibitive policy on captive power generation, with 26 to 28 per cent of what is generated having to be sold to state discoms. While the policy was initiated to discourage captive generation earlier in the decade, there is a need to change it now as no respite from the power crisis is expected in the next year and a half.

Currently, no input tax credit is given on generators and diesel. The industrial sector has to pay an electricity duty as well as maximum demand (MD) charges even when the sector is not getting full power supply.

The department of health, family welfare and food safety, Andhra Pradesh, has issued notices to four fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) firms for violation of provisions on misleading advertisements. “Misleading advertisements related to food items without scientific basis misguide the consumer. And, such advertisers attract penalty of up to Rs 10 lakh as per Section 53 of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006,” said Praveen Prakash, commissioner of health, family welfare and food safety.

While doctors in the city say they have been flooded with cases of gastroenteritis and acute diarrhoea over the past couple of weeks, the health and sanitation wing of the Greater Hyderabad Municip

Feeding a newborn with breast milk within 6-8 hours of birth is essential as it helps reduce the infant mortality rate by over 10% annually.

Nanotechnology, which is fast emerging as the future science promising thousand things including cures for complicated diseases, could prove to be toxic for human beings, animals and environment.

Nanoparticles are extremely miniscule and this makes them potential agents of toxicity in humans during drug delivery. Their infinite smallness enables them to cross the cellular barriers in humans, animals and plants, and create trouble for the host rather than solving the problem.