New Delhi: Are we drinking poisoned water? According to data submitted in Parliament, groundwater across 25 states is contaminated with chemicals beyond permissible limits, and this may cause severe health complications. Dangerous levels of fluorides, nitrates and heavy metals like lead have been found in pockets of 158 districts across 25 states. The information is according to the latest data with the Ministry of Water Resources, tabled in Parliament. "It...
07:46 AM, May 04, 2012
Contaminated heart medicine handed out to Pakistan's poorest leaves hundreds severely ill. ...
08:29 AM, Jan 30, 2012
CJ Narendra Kumar fights for justice against a Hospital in Jodhpur, where his wife was one of the women who died after child-birth. ...
10:15 PM, May 28, 2011
Tokyo: Highly radioactive iodine seeping from Japan's damaged nuclear complex may be making its way into seawater farther north of the plant than previously thought, officials said on Monday, adding to radiation concerns as the crisis stretches into a third week. Mounting problems, including badly miscalculated radiation figures and no place to store dangerously contaminated water, have stymied emergency workers struggling to cool down the overheating plant and avert a...
10:41 AM, Mar 28, 2011
Eating fresh vegetables and fruits may not always lead to good health as our food is being contaminated with rat poison and insecticides. ...
06:23 PM, Mar 15, 2011
Jodhpur: One more woman has died after childbirth in Jodhpur taking the the count of maternal deaths in the district to 17 in less than a month. The women died after they were administered the contaminated IV fluid. They had developed serious post-delivery complications resulting in profuse bleeding allegedly due to administration of the contaminated drip. Facing mounting anger over the deaths, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has already visited Umaid...
10:34 AM, Mar 14, 2011
Jodhpur: Making the first arrest in the maternal deaths case, police on Sunday took into custody an official of an Indore-based pharma company while Rajasthan government suspended a drug inspector and a store keeper of one of the two affected hospitals in Jodhpur. Facing mounting anger over the deaths of 13 women due to excessive bleeding during childbirth allegedly after being administered contaminated intravenous fluids, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot visited...
12:00 AM, Feb 28, 2011
Jaipur: Rajasthan Government suspended a drug inspector and a store keeper of the state-run Umaid hospital in Jodhpur after 13 women died due to excessive bleeding during childbirth allegedly after being administered contaminated intravenous fluids. The state government also announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of the victims, an official said today while announcing the suspension of the two employees including drug inspector Dinesh Taneja....
07:07 PM, Feb 27, 2011
Jaipur: Rajasthan Government has announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of the women who died after being allegedly administered contaminated intravenous fluids at two hospitals in Jodhpur. At an high-level meeting in Jaipur on Saturday night, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also directed the Jodhpur Divisional Commissioner to probe the deaths and submit a report within 15 days. At least 13 women have died and three...
12:45 PM, Feb 27, 2011
Jodhpur: Ten-day-old Mehak has just come home to a house that is mourning her mother's death. Her mother Ruksana died a week after giving birth to her without seeing her even once. Even the thirty bottles of blood that the family paid for, with great difficulty, couldn't save her. Ruksana is just one of the twelve pregnant women who died in a span of ten days after being given contaminated...
11:11 PM, Feb 25, 2011
Jodhpur: Police in this Rajasthan city swung into action after the death of at least 12 pregnant women from allegedly contaminated IV fluids and seized samples of the particular batch from several shops, officials said on Friday. Over the past 10 days, at least 12 pregnant women have died of excessive bleeding at the government-run Ummaid Hospital here after they were allegedly administered contaminated IV fluids of a particular batch...
12:48 PM, Feb 25, 2011
Jaipur: In a shocking incident, twelve pregnant women have died at a government hospital in Jodhpur over the last ten days after being administered contaminated glucose. Four others are battling for their life. The government has sued the drug company. 22 year old Bhawna is battling for her life after she was given contaminated glucose at Jodhpur's Umaid Hospital. Three others like her were also administered the deadly dose. All...
11:58 AM, Feb 25, 2011
Sri Lankan legend and Kochi Tuskers Kerala off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has said that Sri Lankan cricket board is at fault and they should clear the air with the BCCI. ...
07:27 PM, Jan 15, 2008
Delhi faced an acute water shortage after ammonia content touched dangerous levels. ...
03:20 AM, Nov 16, 2007
Water, water everywhere... | Half of Bihar submerged, 30 lakh suffer ...
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