Cloud Seeding Operations To Begin In Indian Capital

NEW DELHI, Oct 16 (NNN-PTI) – India’s Delhi Environment Minister, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, said yesterday that, the government will begin cloud seeding operations in the next two to three days, depending upon favourable weather conditions. Sirsa said, all necessary permissions for the city’s cloud-seeding project have been obtained, and pilots…

India Enforces GRAP Stage-I Restrictions As Air Quality Deteriorates

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (NNN-PTI) – Amid worsening air quality, in the Indian capital, Delhi, the federal government yesterday, announced the imposition of curbs, under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) Stage-I, in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR). The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in NCR, and adjoining areas committee…

WHO Issues Alert About Contaminated Indian Cough Syrups

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (NNN-PTI) – The World Health Organisation (WHO), has issued an alert about three contaminated cough syrups identified in India, urging health authorities around the world, to report any detection of these medicines in their countries, to the global health body. According to the alert on Monday,…

Sri Lankan Health Minister Elected Chair Of WHO’s 78th South-East Asia Regional Committee Session

COLOMBO, Oct 14 (NNN-LNW) – The 78th session of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO), Regional Committee for South-East Asia began in Colombo yesterday, with Sri Lanka’s Minister of Health, Nalinda Jayatissa, elected as chairman for a one-year term. In a press release, Jayatissa said, the three-day session, which will conclude…

Vietnam Warns Of Dengue Fever Outbreaks After Heavy Rains, Flooding

HANOI, Oct 14 (NNN-VNA) – Recent heavy rains and flooding in northern Vietnam, have increased the risk of dengue fever outbreaks, health experts, said, yesterday. Last month alone, the country recorded 21,152 cases of dengue fever, and six related deaths, according to the report. Since the beginning of this year,…

Indian Authority Revokes Licence, Orders Shutdown Of Company Responsible For Cough Syrup Deaths

NEW DELHI, Oct 14 (NNN-PTI) – The local government in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, yesterday, announced the complete revocation of the manufacturing license of a pharmaceutical company, responsible for producing the cough syrup that was linked to the recent child deaths in two states. The government also…

Bangladesh Launches Typhoid Vaccination Campaign For 50 Million Children

DHAKA, Oct 13 (NNN-BSS) – The Bangladeshi government launched a nationwide typhoid vaccination campaign, aiming to immunise about 50 million children between the ages of nine months and 15 years. Bangladesh’s Health Adviser, Nurjahan Begum, yesterday officially launched the campaign in Dhaka. The month-long drive will provide free injectable typhoid…

Pakistan To Start Nationwide Polio Vaccination Campaign In 159 Districts

ISLAMABAD, Oct 13 (NNN-APP) – A polio vaccination campaign is set to kick off from today, in 159 districts of Pakistan, to protect children from paralytic polio, the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) said, yesterday. During the week-long drive, more than 45.4 million children, under the age of five, will…

Egypt Moves To Deliver Aid To Gaza After Ceasefire: President

CAIRO, Oct 11 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, said yesterday that, Egypt has begun sending urgent food and medical aid to the Gaza Strip, following a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Sisi made the remarks in a phone call with UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, stressing the need…

Six Patients Died In Fire At Hospital In West India

NEW DELHI, Oct 6 (NNN-PTI) – Six patients died, when a massive fire broke out inside an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a government-run hospital, in India’s western state of Rajasthan, confirmed the local police, today. The fire broke out during the night, intervening Sunday and Monday, at the Sawai…
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