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Delhi residents were confused Tuesday as air quality readings varied drastically between platforms. While the Central Pollution Control Board reported AQI below 400, international apps like IQAir showed levels exceeding 2,000 in some areas. This significant discrepancy stemmed from the use of different measurement scales. Many Delhi residents were puzzled on Tuesday when the city's air quality index (AQI) showed wildly different numbers across platforms. While the Central Pollution Control Boar ...Read More >
Indian at the United Nations on Sunday congratulated Justice Prathiba M. Singh of Delhi High Court who has been appointed as Chair of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Advisory Board of Judges. In a post on X, India at UN said: "A proud moment for India! Justice Prathiba M. Singh of Delhi High Court appointed as Chair of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Advisory Board of Judges (2025-2027). As chair, she leads a group of international judges, providing guidance and di ...Read More >
NEW DELHI -- Thick smog blanketed India's capital Tuesday, a day after millions celebrated the Hindu festival of Diwali with fireworks that sent air pollution soaring to hazardous levels. Revelers in New Delhi burst firecrackers late into Monday night, filling the air with smoke and fine particles that mixed with seasonal pollution and stagnant weather conditions. By Tuesday morning, the city's Air Quality Index had climbed above 350 in several neighborhoods, a level considered "severe" and dan ...Read More >
New Delhi: Firecracker emissions may have contributed between 30% and 40% to the city's pollution on Diwali, with calm conditions primarily worsening the impact and delaying recovery, say experts. According to Gufran Beig, founder of System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) and chair professor at National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), a preliminary visual analysis of data indicates that pollution levels rose steeply between 9 pm on Monday and 5 am on Tuesday, wh ...Read More >
India's capital New Delhi was shrouded in a thick, toxic haze on Monday as air pollution levels soared to more than 16 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily maximum. New Delhi and its sprawling metropolitan region -- home to more than 30 million people -- are regularly ranked among the world's most polluted capitals, with acrid smog blanketing the skyline each winter. Cooler air traps pollutants close to the ground, creating a deadly mix of emissions from crop burning, factor ...Read More >
India is once again reeling from a preventable tragedy: the death of 25 children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan due to contaminated cough syrup. This grim pattern of recurring medical negligence and weak drug regulation can be traced as far back as 1986, when 14 patients died in Mumbai's JJ Hospital after consuming glycerol contaminated with 18.5 per cent diethylene glycol (DEG). Then followed 11 child deaths in Bihar (1988), 33 in Gurgaon (1998), and 12 in Jammu & Kashmir (2020). Internationa ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Thick smog blanketed India's capital on Tuesday, a day after millions celebrated the Hindu festival of Diwali with fireworks that sent air pollution levels soaring to hazardous levels across the city. Revelers in New Delhi burst firecrackers late into Monday night, filling the air with smoke and fine particles that mixed with seasonal pollution and stagnant weather conditions. By Tuesday morning, the city's Air Quality Index had climbed above 350 in several neighborhoods, a le ...Read More >
"Shortlisted entries will be invited to contribute a chapter to the Casebook on AI Health Use Cases Across the Global South, which is set to be launched at the India-AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi in February," according to a release by the Ministry of Electronics & IT. The IndiaAI Mission, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), has announced a global call for abstracts highlighting impactful and scalable applic ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The IndiaAI Mission, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), on Saturday announced a global call for abstracts highlighting impactful and scalable applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in health systems. Researchers, innovators, and institutions from across the Global South are invited to submit abstracts (maximum 250 words) capturing successful, implementable, scalable AI in health use cases by October 31. Shortlisted entries will b ...Read More >
Mumbai: After reviewing studies conducted over 34 years, a group of Indian neonatologists concluded that shorter antibiotic courses could be as effective as traditional longer courses for serious infections such as sepsis among newborns. The review was published in an indexed and peer-reviewed UK journal, 'Lancet Clinical Medicine'. The main finding was that a seven-day antibiotic course, instead of the traditionally recommended 10-14 days, was sufficient in most newborn babies with proven blood ...Read More >
New Delhi (ABC Live): On World Menopause Day 2025, women across the world are rethinking how to manage this life stage. Menopause is not an illness but a natural change. Ayurveda, India's ancient science of health, helps women move through it with balance and calm. Modern medicine explains menopause as a fall in hormones. Ayurveda calls it Rajonivritti Kala -- a natural pause that can be eased through diet, herbs, yoga, and mindful living. In Ayurveda, menopause happens when Shukra Dhatu (repr ...Read More >
A government hospital in Gwalior has sealed its entire stock of Azithromycin antibiotic after a complaint alleged worms were found in a bottle given to a child. This incident follows recent child deaths in Madhya Pradesh linked to a toxic cough syrup. Samples of the antibiotic have been sent for testing. Amid child deaths linked to a toxic cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, a government hospital in Gwalior is now facing a complaint over worms allegedly found in a bottle of antibiotic medicine given ...Read More >
New Delhi -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday issued a health advisory warning against the use and distribution of three cough syrups believed to be responsible for the deaths of several children in India over the last month. The drugs were identified as specific batches of Coldrif, Respifresh TR and ReLife, the WHO said in a statement, manufactured by three Indian companies: Sresan Pharmaceutical, Rednex Pharmaceuticals, and Shape Pharma. The oral liquid drugs were found to cont ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Hyderabad-based paediatrician's decade-long campaign against sugar-loaded beverages falsely marketed as oral rehydration solutions (ORS) has resulted in a major regulatory breakthrough. Dr Sivaranjani Santosh's consistent advocacy led the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to ban the use of the term 'ORS' on any food or beverage that does not meet the World Health Organisation's (WHO) prescribed formulation. Who is Sivaranjani Santosh? Dr Sivaranjani Santosh is ...Read More >
CHHINDWARA/NEW DELHI, India - India has refused drugmakers' requests to extend a year-end deadline for them to upgrade their manufacturing facilities to international standards, four sources said, amid public anger over the recent deaths of at least 24 children who consumed locally-produced cough syrup. New Delhi had in late 2023 ordered pharmaceutical companies to ensure their plants meet World Health Organization-recommended standards, which would require them to invest in protocols to preven ...Read More >
CHHINDWARA/NEW DELHI - India has refused drugmakers' requests to extend a year-end deadline for them to upgrade their manufacturing facilities to international standards, four sources said, amid public anger over the recent deaths of at least 24 children who consumed locally-produced cough syrup . New Delhi had in late 2023 ordered pharmaceutical companies to ensure their plants meet World Health Organisation-recommended standards, which would require them to invest in protocols to prevent cr ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India has refused drugmakers' requests to extend a year-end deadline for them to upgrade their manufacturing facilities to international standards, four sources said, amid public anger over the recent deaths of at least 24 children who consumed locally-produced cough syrup. New Delhi had in late 2023 ordered pharmaceutical companies to ensure their plants meet World Health Organization-recommended standards, which would require them to invest in protocols to prevent cross-contaminati ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 16 (PTI) Around 15 million people in India were affected due to wildfires in 2024-25, with Uttar Pradesh being the most impacted region, a global study has estimated. Uttar Pradesh was also found to have experienced its most severe wildfire season on record, which researchers said was driven by crop burning, heatwaves and dry fuel accumulation. Regional fires contributed to severe haze episodes in New Delhi in November 2024, with PM2.5 levels reaching 13 times the daily standard ...Read More >
On this, the 80th World Food Day, Codex joins the celebrations of FAO's 80 years of service to the farmers, fishers, livestock rearers, environmentalists, economists, statisticians, governments, traders and consumers, including the marginalized, across the world. The Organization has been celebrating throughout the year, with celebrations culminating this week in the first ever FAO Global Exhibition, which took place in Rome, the opening of the FAO museum and network and one of the biggest meeti ...Read More >
Each winter, Delhi is blanketed in acrid smog, a toxic mix of crop-burning, factory emissions and choking traffic Pollution levels in India's capital shaped Natasha Uppal and her husband's decision on parenthood -- either raise their child away from the city, or stay put and remain childless. New Delhi and the surrounding metropolitan area, home to more than 30 million people, consistently tops world rankings for air pollution. Uppal, who grew up in the city, often considered leaving -- espec ...Read More >
Bengaluru (India) (AFP) - Pollution levels in India's capital shaped Natasha Uppal and her husband's decision on parenthood -- either raise their child away from the city, or stay put and remain childless. New Delhi and the surrounding metropolitan area, home to more than 30 million people, consistently tops world rankings for air pollution. Uppal, who grew up in the city, often considered leaving -- especially on days spent indoors with air purifiers humming, or when she battled severe migrai ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a directive to all States and Union Territories' Commissioners of Food Safety and all Central Licensing Authorities, to ensure that all food business operators (FBOs) remove the combination of the term "ORS" from their food products. The body noted that the directive applies whether the term is used as a standalone word, used with any prefix or suffix, or forms part of a trademark in the pro ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: The Health Department has urged all government departments to refrain from accepting sponsorships, displaying advertisements, or using symbols with tobacco manufacturers. It directed that no sports, cultural, or public events be conducted in collaboration with tobacco companies. The department emphasised that these measures are part of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's national strategy to curb tobacco consumption and prevent industry influence on public institutions ...Read More >
Tragedy strikes Chhindwara as two more children die from adulterated cough syrup. The death toll now stands at 24. The victims, aged three years and nine months, succumbed to suspected renal failure in Nagpur. The WHO issued an alert against substandard cough syrups. Authorities have banned the formulation and arrested individuals involved. Manufacturing licenses have been revoked. The death toll in the adulterated cough syrup tragedy mounted to 24 after two more children from Chhindwara distri ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) Central drug regulator CDSCO has informed the World Health Organisation (WHO) that three cough syrups -- Coldrif, RespifreshTR and ReLife -- have been recalled and manufacturers have been ordered to stop their production. The CDSCO on Wednesday informed the global health agency that none of the products were exported from India, official sources said. The WHO had sought to know from Indian authorities whether the cough syrup linked to children deaths in the country was e ...Read More >
The World Health Organization is seeking details from India regarding a cough syrup linked to child deaths. Several Indian states have banned the 'Coldrif' syrup. Lab reports confirmed it contained a toxic industrial solvent. A criminal case has been registered against the manufacturer, Sresan Pharma. The doctor who prescribed the syrup has been arrested. The World Health Organization on Wednesday sought clarification from Indian authorities on whether a cough syrup linked to deaths of children ...Read More >
After the death of at least 20 children in Madhya Pradesh due to the consumption of contaminated cough syrup, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on Wednesday issued a strict advisory for drug controllers of all states and Union Territories and instructed them to ensure every batch of raw material and finished formulation is properly tested before use or sale. The advisory, dated October 7, 2025, was sent by Dr Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Some Indian pharmaceutical firms failed to follow rules that every batch of medicinal ingredients is tested, the country's drug regulator said on Wednesday, opens new tab, after deaths in the past month of 17 children linked to toxic cough syrups. An advisory by the drugs controller general of India, Rajeev Raghuvanshi, said the regulator carried out checks at some factories and found serious lapses. In the advisory dated October 7 and posted on a government website ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Following the tragic deaths of six children in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district from acute kidney failure, the Union health ministry has launched a comprehensive, multi-agency investigation. A team from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has been deployed to the region, officials familiar with the matter said. Health officials strongly suspect a contaminated cough syrup is responsible for the fatalities. Preliminary reports suggest the over-the-counter medicine may ha ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sept 29 (UNI) On World Heart Day, voices from the government, medical fraternity, and public figures united in urging Indians to adopt healthier lifestyles to combat the rising threat of cardiovascular diseases -- especially among the youth. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the world's leading cause of death, claiming an estimated 19.8 million lives in 2022 alone, according to the WHO. These accounted for 32% of all global deaths, with heart attacks and strokes responsible for 8 ...Read More >
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