Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by Talcher Coalfield under Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, Angul district, Odisha, 06/03/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of  Sridhar Samal Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 06/03/2024.

Judgement Date: 
06/03/2024
Tags:
Talcher STPS, Mahanadi Coalfields, Angul (D), Orissa (Odisha), Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Health Effects, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal disposal of domestic sewage causing pollution and health hazards, village Jalandhari, district Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, 06/03/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Madasir Hasan and Others Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 06/03/2024.

Judgement Date: 
06/03/2024
Tags:
Sewage Pollution, Azamgarh (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Health Effects
Health

HIV drug resistance: brief report 2024

This brief report summarizes recent information on HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) in the era of integrase-strand transfer inhibitors (INSTI) for HIV prevention and treatment. In this report, WHO documents high levels of HIV viral load suppression (>90%) in populations receiving dolutegravir (DTG)-containing antiretroviral therapy (ART).

Publication Date: 
29/02/2024
WHO
Tags:
AIDS, Drugs, Global, Health Effects
Water Supply

Reply on behalf of the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board on the quality of the water supplied to the colonies around UCIL premises, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 24/01/2024

Reply on behalf of the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board in compliance of the National Green Tribunal order dated December 22, 2023.

The matter is related to the threat being faced by the  survivors of the Bhopal Gas leak disaster of 1984 who are still bearing the brunt of contaminated groundwater.

Judgement Date: 
24/01/2024
Tags:
Union Carbide, Groundwater Pollution, Water Supply, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Supreme Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Health Effects, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Court, Drinking Water Quality
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused due to the loading, unloading and transportation of coal in the Adani Krishnapatnam Port, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh, 22/01/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bonigi Rangaiah Vs State of Andhra Pradesh & Others dated 22/01/2024. The matter related to spillages during the course of handling the loading, unloading, storage and transportation of coal falling on the road and dumping yards in the Adani Krishnapatnam Port, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
22/01/2024
Tags:
Ports, Nellore (D), Andhra Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Air Pollution, Coal, Health Effects
Health

Order of the Allahabad High Court regarding rodents menace is SRN hospital, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, 17/01/2024

Order of the Allahabad High Court in the matter of Suo Motu in Re: Rodents menace is SRN hospital dated 17/01/2024.

The case was filed suo motu on the basis of a news item published in Amar Ujala, which highlighted the menace of rodents in Swaroop Rani Nehru hospital, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh and the extent to which they are causing harm to the medicines and other articles stored in the hospital.

Judgement Date: 
17/01/2024
Tags:
Rodents, Health Effects, Allahabad (D), Uttar Pradesh, High Court, Health Care
Air Pollution

Report by the Central Pollution Control Board regarding news report talking about air pollution's link to diabetes, 14/12/2023

Report by the Central Pollution Control Board in the matter of In re: News item appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023 titled “Delhi, Chennai studies hint at pollution link to diabetes” dated 14/12/2023.

Judgement Date: 
14/12/2023
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Diabetes, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Chennai (T), India
Health

World malaria report 2023

India topped countries in the South-East Asia region for the most number of malaria cases and deaths in 2022, according to this report published by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Publication Date: 
30/11/2023
World Health Organization
Tags:
Malaria, Health Effects, Climate Change, Vaccination, Vector Control, India, Global, Africa
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the High Court of Telangana regarding safety measures in government schools and colleges in Telangana, 23/11/2023

Order for the High Court for the state of Telangana regarding safety measures at government schools and colleges in Telangana.

The petitioner seeks a writ of Mandamus to the authorities concerned to provide sufficient number of fire extinguishers and to get structural safety and soundness certificate, sanitation certificate, water purity certificate, periodically, in respect of government schools, junior colleges across Telangana. The High Court granted four weeks' time to the authorities to file a compliance report on the issue.

Judgement Date: 
23/11/2023
Tags:
Education, Children, Health Effects, Telangana, High Court
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding worsening air quality in Delhi and NCR region, 20/11/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re : News item published in Indian Express dated 07.10.2023 titled “GRAP Stage 1 kicks in as air quality dips to poor, condition likely to prevail till Sunday” dated 20/11/2023.

Judgement Date: 
20/11/2023
Tags:
Air Pollution, Delhi, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Health Effects

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