Mar 10, 2016, at 05:00 pm
Srinagar, Mar 10 (IBNS) The Meteorological Department on Thursday forecast heavy rains in plains and snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir Valley during the next three days and has advised people to remain vigilant.
Gujarat: Three die after consuming bhaang, about 300 odd critically ill
Mar 10, 2016, at 04:35 pm
Mehsana/Gujarat, Mar 10 (IBNS) Three people have died after consuming bhaang on mahashivratri in Gujarat's Mehsana district, according to reports.
Solar eclipse over South Pacific Ocean
Mar 10, 2016, at 02:55 pm
California, Mar 10 (IBNS) During the afternoon of March 9, 2016, a total solar eclipse was visible in parts of southeast Asia and a partial eclipse was visible in parts of Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and America Samoa.
NASA targets May 2018 launch of Mars InSight Mission
Mar 10, 2016, at 02:51 pm
California, Mar 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS) NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission to study the deep interior of Mars is targeting a new launch window that begins May 5, 2018, with a Mars landing scheduled for Nov. 26, 2018.
UNAIDS piloting new mobile platform to better inform HIV patients, improve health care
Mar 10, 2016, at 02:47 pm
New York, Mar 10(Just Earth News/IBNS):Starting this month, a thousand people living with HIV in Côte d’Ivoire will receive additional health information through their mobile phones, the United Nations agency leading the world’s HIV/AIDS response announced on Wednesday.
West Bengal: School students fall sick after taking deworming medicine
Mar 10, 2016, at 06:07 am
Kolkata, Mar 9 (IBNS): Hundreds of school students became ill on Wednesday in several districts of West Bengal, after having government-provided deworming tablets, reports said.
Standardization of medical care for obese essential, says new IBC director B Ramana
Mar 09, 2016, at 08:28 pm
Kolkata, Mar 9 (IBNS) Considering the fast increasing numbers of bariatric surgeries performed in India and other Asian countries, standardization of medical care for obese and diabetic patients has become very important., said Dr. B Ramana, the new director of the International Bariatric Club (IBC).
Oppn. targets NDA on Sri Sri's Yamuna show; spiritual guru urges all to not politicise it
Mar 09, 2016, at 06:52 pm
New Delhi, Mar 9 (IBNS) The Opposition on Wednesday put the government on the mat in Parliament over the issue of spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's mega cultural event on the Yamuna flood plains even as a green tribunal is likely to pass its verdict on the festival during the day as the Art of Living founder urged parties to not politicise it.
NASA tests inflatable heat shield technology for deep space missions
Mar 09, 2016, at 04:03 pm
New york, Mar 9 (IBNS) Before NASA uses its new inflatable technology for slowing spacecraft that are entering the atmospheres of other planets, it will first need to be packed into the tight confines of a rocket.
NASA Glenn Technology pumps hope into broken hearts
Mar 09, 2016, at 03:46 pm
New York, Mar 9 (IBNS) Dr. Mark Rodefeld knows the hearts of children. As a pediatric heart surgeon at Indiana University, he’s spent decades fixing them.
NASA recognizes outstanding small businesses with industry awards
Mar 09, 2016, at 03:45 pm
New York, Mar 9 (IBNS) The winners of the Fiscal Year 2015 agency-level Small Business Industry Awards (SBIA) were announced Tuesday during the spring 2016 NASA Industry Forum meeting hosted by the agency’s Office of Small Business Programs at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
UN health agency warns more cases of Zika expected with ‘further geographic spread’
Mar 09, 2016, at 02:41 pm
New York, Mar 9 (IBNS):The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said the latest update on Zika virus is ‘alarming,’ with more cases expected in the coming months in a larger geographic area, and warned that modes of transion now include sexual intercourse as well as mosquito bites.
Citizen scientists help NASA researchers understand Auroras
Mar 09, 2016, at 01:16 am
California, Mar 8 (IBNS) Space weather scientist Liz MacDonald has seen auroras more than five times in her life, but it was the aurora she didn’t see that affected her the most.
NASA to provide live coverage for March 8 solar eclipse
Mar 09, 2016, at 12:56 am
California, Mar 8 (IBNS) NASA, in partnership with the Exploratorium Science Center in San Francisco, will host activities around the Mar 8 total solar eclipse, including opportunities to talk with solar scientists and live coverage of the eclipse originating from Woleai island in Micronesia.
Union health minister informs Rajya Sabha about state food testing labs
Mar 08, 2016, at 09:18 pm
New Delhi, Mar 8 (IBNS) Union health minister J P Nadda, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, said that no funds have been provided for upgradation of state food testing laboratories from 2012-13 to 2015-16 as far as the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is concerned.
NASA awards contract for test evaluation, support
Mar 08, 2016, at 03:42 pm
California, Mar 8 (IBNS) NASA has awarded a contract to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tennessee, for continued test and operations support at the agency’s White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
NASA analyzes March 7 U.S. Pacific Northwestern Storm System
Mar 08, 2016, at 03:35 pm
California, Mar 7 (IBNS) NASA's RapidScat instrument spied tropical-storm-force winds in a weather system affecting the Pacific Northwestern U.S. and southwestern Canada on Mar 6 and Mar 7.
NASA, Honeywell bring Hip-Hop education show to West Coast
Mar 08, 2016, at 03:20 pm
California, Mar 8 (IBNS) NASA and Honeywell are visiting the West Coast with the FMA Live! Forces in Motion show for a spring 2016 tour designed to ignite students' interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
World Meteorological Organization Secretary General Petteri Taalas meets Harsh Vardhan
Mar 08, 2016, at 01:11 am
New Delhi, Mar 7 (IBNS) Secretary General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Geneva Dr Petteri Taalas, called on the Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Harsh Vardhan, in New Delhi on Monday.
Dead fish clutter lake in the middle of Bengaluru
Mar 07, 2016, at 08:38 pm
Bengaluru, Mar 7 (IBNS) Thousands of dead fish were found floating in Bengaluru's Ulsoor Lake on Monday morning but no reason has been cited for the same, according to media sources.
NASA scientific balloon team hopes to break flight duration record with New Zealand launch
Mar 05, 2016, at 02:32 pm
Washington, Mar 4 (IBNS) After years of tests and development, NASA’s Balloon Program team is on the cusp of expanding the envelope in high-altitude, heavy-lift ballooning with its super pressure balloon (SPB) technology.
Some birds are just as smart as apes
Mar 05, 2016, at 12:23 am
Bochum, Mar 4 (IBNS) At first glance, the brains of birds and mammals show many significant differences. In spite of that, the cognitive skills of some groups of birds match those of apes.
Versatile instrument to Scout for Kuiper belt objects
Mar 04, 2016, at 03:02 pm
California, Mar 4 (IBNS) At the Palomar Observatory near San Diego, astronomers are busy tinkering with a high-tech instrument that could discover a variety of objects both far from Earth and closer to home.
Marking World Wildlife Day, UN calls for global actions to save planet’s most iconic species
Mar 04, 2016, at 02:41 pm
New York, Mar 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): “Time is running out†to end wildlife poaching that threatens some of the world’s most iconic species, such as elephants, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday as the United Nations marked World Wildlife Day.
Methane snow on Pluto’s peaks
Mar 04, 2016, at 02:06 pm
California, Mar 4 (IBNS) One of Pluto’s most identifiable features, Cthulhu (pronounced kuh-THU-lu) stretches nearly halfway around Pluto’s equator, starting from the west of the great nitrogen ice plains known as Sputnik Planum.
Tata Steel inaugurates Tata Digital Health Services in Jamshedpur
Mar 04, 2016, at 12:35 am
Jamshedpur/ Kolkata, Mar 3 (IBNS): Tata Steel on Thursday launched the Tata Digital Health services at Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur.
DDA pulled up by NGT regarding World Culture Festival permission
Mar 03, 2016, at 09:01 pm
New Delhi, Mar 3 (IBNS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Thursday about the permission granted to the Arto of Living Foundation to hold the World Culture Festival on the Yamuna floodplains in east Delhi, according to media reports.
India , United States partner on Cancer and traditional medicine research efforts
Mar 03, 2016, at 06:59 pm
New Delhi, Mar 3 (IBNS) The first U.S.-India Workshop on Traditional Medicine began in New Delhi on Thursday.
Heavy snow disrupts life in Moscow
Mar 03, 2016, at 05:11 pm
Moscow, Mar 3 (IBNS) Early snow on Wednesday disrupted life in Moscow, according to reports.
Mystery feature evolves in Titan's Ligeia Mare
Mar 03, 2016, at 02:37 pm
California, Mar 3 (IBNS): These images from the Radar instrument aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft show the evolution of a transient feature in the large hydrocarbon sea named Ligeia Mare on Saturn's moon Titan.