WHO India honours public health champions
Apr 09, 2016, at 01:12 am
New Delhi, Apr 8 (IBNS) At a national consultation held on Thursday at New Delhi jointly with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India (GoI) to commemorate the World Health Day 2016 , the WHO Country Office for India gave out awards for Public Health Champions.
Earth’s soils could play key role in locking away greenhouse gases
Apr 08, 2016, at 09:44 pm
London, Apr 8 (IBNS) The world’s soils could potentially store an extra 8 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases, helping to limit the impacts of climate change, says a new study from a team including Professor Pete Smith from the University of Aberdeen.
World Bank Group unveils new climate action plan
Apr 08, 2016, at 03:30 pm
Washington, Apr 8 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The World Bank Group has announced plans to help developing countries add 30 gigawatts of renewable energy – enough to power 150 million homes – to the world’s energy capacity, bring early warning systems to 100 million people and develop climate-smart agriculture investment plans for at least 40 countries – all by 2020.
Apr 08, 2016, at 02:46 pm
Washington, Apr 8 (IBNS) Sprawling across Pluto’s icy landscape is an unusual geological feature that resembles a giant spider.
Behemoth Black Hole found in an unlikely place
Apr 08, 2016, at 01:00 am
California, Apr 7 (IBNS) Astronomers have uncovered a near-record breaking super massive black hole, weighing 17 billion suns, in an unlikely place: in the center of a galaxy in a sparsely populated area of the universe.
Apr 07, 2016, at 11:39 pm
New Delhi, Apr 6 (IBNS), : This year’s World Health Day on Diabetes is most significant for a country like India.
Haryana joins the Call to action for a TB-Free India
Apr 07, 2016, at 09:06 pm
Kolkata/Gurgaon, Apr 7 (IBNS): Medanta – The Medicity hospital organized a conference on Lung Health and Tuberculosis (TB) on Thursday to discuss the need for improved TB diagnosis to make Haryana TB-Free.
Union health minister launches new e-health and m-health initiatives
Apr 07, 2016, at 08:40 pm
New Delhi, Apr 7 (IBNS) Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, J P Nadda, on the occasion of World Health Day on Thursday, launched several new e-health and m-health initiatives, including the ‘Swasth Bharat Mobile application’, the ‘ANM Online application-ANMOL’, the ‘E-RaktKosh initiative', and ‘India Fights Dengue’.
Robotic Surgeons to meet in Delhi
Apr 07, 2016, at 02:57 am
New Delhi, Apr 6 (IBNS) Nearly 200 surgeons from India converge at New Delhi, this week, to update themselves on the latest developments in Computer Assisted Robotic Surgery.
Fortis Healthcare Executive Chairman felicitated as entrepreneur of the year
Apr 07, 2016, at 01:49 am
New Delhi, Apr 6 (IBNS): Malvinder Mohan Singh, Executive Chairman, Fortis Healthcare Limited was conferred with Entrepreneur of the year Award at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA 2016) function in Delhi.
NASA progresses towards SpaceX resupply mission to Space Station
Apr 06, 2016, at 03:08 pm
California, Apr 5 (IBNS): NASA provider SpaceX is scheduled to launch its eighth Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station on Friday, April 8. NASA Television coverage of the launch begins at 3:30 p.m. EDT.
John Grunsfeld announces retirement from NASA
Apr 06, 2016, at 02:57 pm
California, Apr 6 (IBNS) John Grunsfeld will retire from NASA Apr 30, capping nearly four decades of science and exploration with the agency.
CSE deliberates on excreta management during India Water Week
Apr 06, 2016, at 04:44 am
New Delhi, Apr 5 (IBNS): Even as cities plan for water supply sourced from locations that are far, they forget about managing the waste-the excreta and sludge that is generated, said an observation from CSE.
NASA's IMERG measures flooding rainfall in Pakistan
Apr 06, 2016, at 02:00 am
California, Apr 5 (IBNS) NASA on Tuesday said it used satellite data and added up heavy rainfall that has been occurring in northwestern Pakistan that caused flooding that killed more than 50 people.
Apollo Hospitals works with Google to add health information to the knowledge graph in India
Apr 06, 2016, at 01:54 am
New Delhi, Apr 5 (IBNS): In yet another effort towards their vision of empowering people with credible and quality Healthcare information, Apollo Hospitals has worked with Google to add health information to Google’s Knowledge in India.
5.4 earthquake hits Meghalaya, no casualty
Apr 05, 2016, at 08:49 pm
Kolkata, Apr 5 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter Scale hit East Garo Hills in Meghalaya with the tremors of it being felt in parts of West Bengal.
NASA examines El Niño's impact on Ocean’s food source
Apr 05, 2016, at 02:56 pm
California, Apr 5 (IBNS) El Niño years can have a big impact on the littlest plants in the ocean, and NASA scientists are studying the relationship between the two.
Moon thought to play a major role in maintaining Earth's magnetic field: Study
Apr 04, 2016, at 10:14 pm
London, Apr 4 (IBNS) The Earth's magnetic field permanently protects people from the charged particles and radiation that originate in the Sun.
Social media as a force for families: Study
Apr 04, 2016, at 09:19 pm
Queensland, Apr 4 (IBNS) Social media and electronic gaming strategies can have an extremely positive influence on the lives of impoverished families, a study of The University of Queensland’s Triple P Online program has found.
President Mukherjee to present National Geoscience Awards 2014 on Tuesday
Apr 04, 2016, at 06:58 pm
New Delhi, Apr 4 (IBNS) President of India, Pranab Mukherjee will confer the National Geoscience Awards - 2014 at a function to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday.
Apr 03, 2016, at 09:47 pm
Wellington , Apr 3 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter Scale hit South Pacific nation of Vanuatu on Sunday, officials said.
India to ratify COP 21 Global Climate agreement on Apr 22: Prakash Javadekar
Apr 02, 2016, at 09:39 pm
New Delhi, Apr 2 (IBNS) Reasserting India’s commitment to carbon emission reduction and sustainable development, Union Environment, Forests & Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said India, along with 100 other nations would ratify the COP 21 Global Climate Agreement on April 22. COP 21 would be ratified at a high level signing ceremony to be convened at the UN Headquarters in New York.
NASA, Japan make ASTER Earth data available at no cost
Apr 02, 2016, at 04:34 pm
Washington, Apr 2 (IBNS) All Earth imagery from a prolific Japanese remote sensing instrument operating aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft since late 1999 is now available to users everywhere at no cost.
Apr 01, 2016, at 08:42 pm
Tokyo, Apr 1 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale hit Japan's Mie-ken Nanto-oki region on Friday, officials said.
Seasonal outlook for temperatures during the hot weather season: Govt
Apr 01, 2016, at 03:59 am
New Delhi, Mar 31 (IBNS) The country experienced significantly above normal temperatures during the last two months of January and February,2016, with monthly anomalies of 1.530C & 20C respectively from 1961-90 normal, officials said.
NASA’s Spitzer maps climate patterns on a Super-Earth
Mar 31, 2016, at 03:10 pm
California, Mar 31 (IBNS) Observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have led to the first temperature map of a super-Earth planet -- a rocky planet nearly two times as big as ours.
NASA's 'Spaceport of the Future' reaches another milestone
Mar 30, 2016, at 03:18 pm
Washington, Mar 30 (IBNS) NASA has completed a major milestone on its journey to Mars and is ready to begin another phase of work on its spaceport of the future, where the next generation of astronauts will launch to Mars and other deep-space destinations.
Simplifying obesity reduction surgery with robotics
Mar 29, 2016, at 04:44 pm
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Mar 29 (IBNS) Doctors in Delhi, Hyderabad and other places are suggesting robotic bariatric surgery for those with morbid obesity as part of the patient's weight reduction regime.
Investigating the mystery of migrating 'Hot Jupiters'
Mar 29, 2016, at 03:35 pm
Washington, Mar 29 (IBNS) The last decade has seen a bonanza of exoplanet discoveries. Nearly 2,000 exoplanets -- planets outside our solar system -- have been confirmed so far, and more than 5,000 candidate exoplanets have been identified. Many of these exotic worlds belong to a class known as "hot Jupiters." These are gas giants like Jupiter but much hotter, with orbits that take them feverishly close to their stars.
2016 Arctic Sea ice wintertime extent hits another record low
Mar 29, 2016, at 03:25 pm
Washington, Mar 29 (IBNS) Arctic sea ice appears to have reached a record low wintertime maximum extent for the second year in a row, according to scientists at the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and NASA.