Focus on orchards at Muthalamada, Kollengode
Steps to ensure safety of women on trains
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Health Department has detected the use of endosulfan in the orchards at Muthalamada and Kollengode in Palakkad, Health Minister Adoor Prakash has said.

Replying to questions in the Assembly on Wednesday, Mr.

Sri Lanka's Minister of Health Maithripala Sirisena has taken measure to amend the legislation to give more powers to the Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) of the country to conduct their duties in controlling the mosquito menace without hindrance from the public.

The Minister is also seeking to empower the PHIs to impose spot fines up to Rs.

The death toll from dengue fever in the Maldives has reached three in two days with the latest death recorded this morning.

Alhan Ahmed of Dhilbahaaruge/Baa atoll Thulhaadhoo, aged two and a half years, died at Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) around 3am today after he was transferred from ADK Hospital for further treatment.

Now, Mosquito Breeding Checkers Threaten To Go On Strike From July 1
New Delhi: Mosquitoes seem to have stolen a march on the rains this year. Even before the monsoon set in on Sunday, the city had recorded five cases of dengue and 21 of malaria.

With the onset of monsoon City have sounded a warning bell against dengue and chikungunya.

Two minor girls died at the Vanivilas Hospital recently, with symptoms that were similar to dengue.

Although doctors did not confirm the two as dengue deaths, they said platelet counts in both cases had dropped dangerously low.

Till May this year, the hospital has received 10 suspected cases of deng

The number of persons affected by Dengue has gone up drastically in June in Dakshina Kannada district.

On?June 23, two persons were found affected with Dengue. They are Soumya Sridhar from Moodabidri Kallbettupadau and Bijay from Shiradi Ichlampady in Puttur.

Likewise three cases have been suspected in Athur Kemral, 10 in Mulky, Two in Moodabidri and one in Belthangady.

KOHIMA: The month of June is observed as the

New Delhi: The total number of dengue cases reported this season has gone up to five after a 20-yearold girl admitted at a private hospital was diagnosed positive for the vector-borne disease.

Six H1N1 deaths have occurred in the State this year in Bangalore, Yadgir, Bellary, Shimoga, Davangere and Udupi districts, while the Health department had confirmed 31 cases of the disease, out of the 896 blood samples taken, said Health Minister B Sriramulu.

Of the 31 cases, 22 were reported in Bangalore, three in Udupi, two in Bellary and one each in Tumkur, Shimoga, Bagalkot and Gulbarga.