80 children fall unconscious after playing festival of colours jayalakshmi Kore, a six-year-old girl living with her parents in the central suburb of Ambernath, Thane, complained of stomach ache and fell unconscious after playing with colours on the day of Holi, March 11. She started frothing at the mouth and was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors initially thought she was suffering

Atlanta: Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what

Doctors Baffled As There

Tests sponsored by a voluntary group caring for special children in south-western Punjab have shown toxic levels of uranium in samples of hair taken from 149 children, all under the age of 13 years.

Mumbai: About 84 children from Ambernath in Thane district were hospitalised after they took ill reportedly due to the use of adulterated colours on Holi.

The children were treated for nausea, headache and breathlessness on Wednesday and are stated to be stable now.

Lead is found in products like water pipes, printing ink, paints and even Ayurvedic medicines, apart from battery cells posing hazards, says Uma Rajarathnam

Beware of Holi colours

Chandigarh: In a report submitted to the Chandigarh Administration, Prof M S Johal from the Zoology Department, Panjab University, has suggested that oxygen levels be increased in the Sukhna Lake to check fish mortality.

Prof Johal