People in Kushtagi taluk lack public sanitation facilities in the taluk. Also, not every person in the taluk received the benefits under SBM. BENGALURU: Despite having toilets in every house, people in Kushtagi prefer open defecation out of their habit and need for maintaining toilets. Sangappa and his wife prefer open defecation despite a toilet […]
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Social media, papers, word of mouth are sources of bogus info Hyderabad: Amidst the raging Covid-19 pandemic, people’s fear of getting infected is driving them to unproven and unscientific remedies. Amrutha Palacharla, who works for a private company in Telangana, informed The Observer: “It is always recommended to drink hot water with honey as it helps in fighting […]
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India has 4 million dementia patients but no government run dementia centres. Bangalore: India has no cost-effective, government run dementia care centre. Dementia is more common in people over the age of sixty-five. And those suffering from it are either abandoned or sent to old-age homes. This can increase their suffering due to the lack […]
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Bengaluru: A few BBMP clinics haven’t received a single tuberculosis patient since a national lockdown was imposed on March 24, 2020. Dr Bhanu Prakash, a doctor at a BBMP clinic near Rajajinagar, informed The Observer: “After the national lockdown was imposed on March 24 because of Covid-19, BBMP health clinics have had no patience for […]
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Maharashtra seeking for approvals from Center and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to use BCG and plasma therapy for COVID-19 treatment. By Surbhi Shah Mumbai: The mounting number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra has led the Chief Minister to seek possible treatment to normalise the situation in the economic capital as early as possible. […]
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A survey of 20,000 people in 10 Indian cities conducted by Lybrate online center shows that 52 percent of the people in India indulge in self-medication. By Ishika Dangayach Jaipur|| April 14, 2020 Have you been to a pharmacy to purchase non-prescription antibiotics? The reaction will most definitely be a “sure” from most people in our […]
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By Manasi Pawar Yadgir, a filaria endemic district in Karnataka, is battling hard to eliminate Elephantiasis from its roots. Lingappa, a 48-year-old man, from a small village in Doranahalli, sits on the veranda in front of his house, looking at the kids playing around him. His wife, Malamma, enters the house with muddy feet, looking […]
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If you smoke a cigarette in a public place, you add to air pollution, experts say. “Cigarette smoke has toxic elements including carcinogens and globally classified air pollutants like nitric oxide, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, benzene, hydrogen cyanide and formaldehyde that harm the environment,” Nagappa B, a senior scientific officer at the Karnataka State Pollution […]
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