Punjab

Health

Dengue cases up by 50%

State witnessed 15,398 cases last year against 10,439 in 2016

Publication Date:

17/05/2018

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Punjab, Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, Health Effects, Health

Health

After rains, MC says it’s ready for dengue fight

LUDHIANA: Like every year, the district health department and municipal corporation officials have started making arrangements to prevent dengue from spreading in the city.

Publication Date:

17/05/2018

Source: Times of India (Ludhiana)

Tags:

Punjab, Ludhiana (T), Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, Municipal Corporation, Health

Air Pollution

Punjab seeks help from pvt companies to curb stubble burning

Already awaiting funds from the Union government to deal with straw management in the state, the cash-strapped Punjab government has sought help from private companies to solve the problem crop res

Publication Date:

15/05/2018

Source: Statesman (New Delhi)

Tags:

Punjab, Air Pollution, Agriculture, Crops, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), National Green Trbunal (NGT)m, Air Pollution Control

Pesticides And Toxins

Pesticide usage by cotton farmers in India - Changes over a decade

With India emerging as a leading cotton producer in the world, and considering the large-scale adoption of Bt cotton cultivation, there is a need to understand the patterns of pesticide use by cotton farmers, especially as environmental, ecological, and health concerns surrounding pesticide use continue to be debated.

Publication Date:

12/05/2018

Author(s): Thiagu Ranganathan, Shailesh J Mehta, Imdadul Islam Halder

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

53

Issue:

19

pp:

43-51

Tags:

Pesticide Use, Cotton, Farmers, India, Bt Cotton, Agriculture, Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Debt, Karnataka

Agriculture

Death in the midst of plenty - Farmer suicides in Punjab

There remain misconceptions regarding farmer suicides. There is a need to set right these erroneous ideas based on scientific studies that have been conducted seeking to devise solutions to address the prevailing crisis of the peasantry in Punjab.

Publication Date:

12/05/2018

Author(s): Sukhpal Singh

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

53

Issue:

19

pp:

15-17

Tags:

Agriculture, Farmers, Punjab, Debt, Subsidies, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Bathinda (D), Sangrur (D)

Health

Pb brings experts to dispel anti-MR vaccination drive

With the misinformation campaign affecting the ambitious Measles-Rubella vaccination programme, the Punjab Government on Thursday took the help of the experts from the World Health Organization (WH

Publication Date:

11/05/2018

Source: Pioneer (Chandigarh)

Tags:

Punjab, Vaccination, Measles, WHO, Children, Child Health, Immunisation, Health

Wildlife

Indus River Dolphin Survey shows sign of breeding population of endangered aquatic species in river Beas

NEW DELHI: Number of Indus river dolphin may be negligible in India, but the first ever organised survey of this endangered aquatic species in the river Beas in Punjab last week gave a sign of “bre

Publication Date:

10/05/2018

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Dolphin, Punjab, Endangered Species, WWF, Uttar Pradesh, Ganga, Wildlife

Mining

Mining report with CM, panel members ‘unaware’

The tabling of report of the Cabinet sub-committee on mining was deferred amid objections by its members that Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu submitted it to the CM on Monday without their

Publication Date:

09/05/2018

Author(s): Rajmeet Singh

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Punjab, Mining, Minerals, Mines

Health

80% children suffering from diarrhoea given antibiotics

Though the government is spending a fortune on propagating the use of Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) for children suffering from diarrhoea, doctors at government dispensaries in Punjab and Haryana ar

Publication Date:

09/05/2018

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Punjab, Diarrhoea, Children, Child Health, Antibiotics, Drugs, Health

Air Pollution