Malaria Claims 47 Lives In Arunachal Pradesh

Malaria has so far claimed at least 47 lives in Arunachal Pradesh since April last with the state capital alone accounting for 27 deaths, official sources said. // While the General hospital here recorded 10 deaths, R K Mission hospital sources reported 17 deaths. Three deaths were repo...

Malaria/Jaundice Claims 17 Lives In Arunachal

Suspected malaria with jaundice has claimed 17 lives in the last one month in Deomali and its surroundings in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh, district medical officer N Singh said today. // Singh told PTI that the preventive steps were taken on war footing to bring the situation under co...

Cabinet Approves Bill to Regulate Clinics, Hospitals

...nsi, however, added that "health being a state subject, the bill could only act as a guiding principle and states may follow suit. Four states, namely arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur, have already consented to bringing a similar bill." ...

PM to Convene NDC Meet to Discuss Healthcare

...ana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Tripura, according to the release. The average performing states were arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Punjab and Uttarakhand. The states which have so far not performed well i...

Northeast States Sound Bird Flu Alert

... Bangladesh and Myanmar after the two countries reported an outbreak of bird flu, officials said Monday. Tripura, Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, and arunachal Pradesh that share common borders with either Bangladesh or Myanmar have asked customs officials to ban entry of livestock and poultry from the two co...

Where Burnt Out Executives De-stress in Nature's Lap

...ist. "We had lunch in one of the small river islands during the course of the rafting." Close to Nameri is Bhalukpung, a small village bordering arunachal Pradesh and located on the foothills of the Himalayas. This small border township is something like a paradise on earth with nature oozing with ...

Government Plans to Set Up Mobile Dispensaries in States

...each areas. AS per the proposals received, funds have been released for 18 states," said the document. Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Assam, arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are among the 18 states, which have received initial funds. Goa, Haryana, Punjab, Bihar, Jharkhand ...

Medicinal Plant Rediscovered After 115 Years

... Botanists in arunachal Pradesh have rediscovered a rare medicinal plant after more than a century....me to publicize the rediscovery,' Ambarish said. The tribal people of arunachal Pradesh have for long used Rebe as a cure for stomach disorder and dehydrat...

Underground Water Contamination In Tripura

... North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management (NERIWALM) in a report said arsenic levels in the states of Assam, Manipur, Tripura and arunachal Pradesh was above 300 parts per billion (ppb). Consumption of water contaminated with arsenic levels of over 50 ppb could cause skin lesions and e...

47 Percent Children Suffer from Malnutrition: Survey

...percent children who were underweight, followed by Bihar and Orissa, both at 54.4 percent. At the end of the tally was Sikkim (20.6 percent) and arunachal Pradesh (24.3 percent). In northern India, Rajasthan topped the list with 50.6 percent, followed by Himachal Pradesh (43.6 percent). In Delhi, 3...