Schools of Delhi Govt., MCD, NDMC, Delhi Cantonment and anganwadis to be administered tablets today

Two months into the Chacha Nehru Sehat Yojna (CNSY) that seeks to provide free and comprehensive health services to all school-going children in Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday launched a major State-wide de-worming campaign by administering chewable tablets to 50 school-going children at her residence.

IMPHAL: The Loktak Development Authority(LDA) has warned the people against consumption of fish which is being caught using insecticides in general and Hildan in particular.

AT THE crack of dawn, the view from atop the 22-metre tall garbage heap in Bhalswa is oddly beautiful.

Millions of families in Pakistan remain in a desperate need of support following devastating floods in September 2011, international and national aid agencies warned on Thursday.

China's worsening air pollution, after decades of unbridled economic growth, cost the country $112 billion in 2005 in lost economic productivity, a study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technolog

Eighty-one people have so far died of swine flu in Mexico this year, while at least 3,522 have been infected with the virus, health officials said.

Observed changes in rainfall patterns and increased temperatures, particularly in the North-Eastern region, are the major projections on which Indian agriculture scientists are pegging their “mitig

Cancer is often considered a disease of developed nations. In developing countries such as India, the focus has been on curbing communicable diseases.

Scheme under National Rural Health Mission
A new project of the Centre to provide free treatment to those affected by lifestyle-related diseases will be rolled out in the district in March.

The Centre is expected to sanction Rs 6 crore for the project under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in the district. The Union Minister of State for Health, Sudip Bandopadhyay will be in Alappuzha on February 7 to oversee the arrangements for the project.