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The Oxitec biotech firm said tests that began in April 2015 have shown that the release of genetically modified sterile male mosquitoes succeeded in reducing a variety of disease-transmitting mosquito larvae by 82 percent by years end in a neighborhood of the city of Piracicaba. (Photo: AP)

Dengue Challenge Grows for City: Study

Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s battle with dengue fever has intensified, with positivity rates soaring from 2.49 per cent in...

24 Dec 2024 9:27 PM IST

IIL, ICMR to develop Zika vaccine

IIL, ICMR to develop Zika vaccine

Hyderabad: Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) signed an MoA with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to...

13 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

Surge in Malaria and Dengue Cases Alarms North Andhra Region

Surge in Malaria and Dengue Cases Alarms North Andhra Region

Visakhapatnam:The North Andhra region is facing a surge in malaria and dengue cases, following the recent heavy rains....

3 Jun 2024 9:36 PM IST

Katora Houz Lake on the Golconda fort premises. (Photo:DC)

Dilapidated Katora Houz Lake turns landfill, poses life risk to...

Hyderabad: The Katora Houz Lake on the Golconda fort premises is a picture of utter neglect, turning into a mini...

29 Jan 2023 12:32 AM IST

The SCB CEO Madhukar Naik said that funds are nowhere related to the manpower as there is adequate staff placed. He added that people, who do not want to pay basic charges for the door-to-door collection facility, prefer littering the area by throwing garbage wherever they like. Army areas are usually clean. It is only the public, commercial and market areas that require more attention. We are not 100 percent in providing all facilities, but we are at least better than our neighbor which is the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, said the CEO. (Representational image: DC)

Sanitation compromised in Secunderabad cantonment area

Hyderabad: The health and sanitation in the Secunderabad Cantonment Area is compromised as the State government did not...

4 Jan 2023 12:15 AM IST