UN health agency urges action now in European countries to prevent Zika virus spread

Feb 04, 2016, at 02:10 pm

New York, Feb 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS) European countries were called on on Wednesday by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) to act early and in a coordinated way to protect the region from Zika virus, just one day after another case was confirmed in the United States.

"India needs to scale-up clinical research to address the growing cancer burden"

Feb 04, 2016, at 02:48 am

Kolkata, Feb 3 (IBNS): The past decades have witnessed hundreds and thousands of lives lost to cancer, and present day statistics only confirm the disease’s top spot in the list of life-threatening illnesses. Today, cancer is the second biggest killer after heart disease in India. Data from the WHO World Cancer Report released in 2015 indicates that in India, there are 7 lakh new cancer cases per year, killing over 3.5 lakh people every year.

Bharat Biotech unveils first vaccine candidate for Zika virus

Feb 03, 2016, at 11:53 pm

Hyderabad, Feb 3 (IBNS): Vaccines and Bio-Therapeutic manufacturer, Bharat Biotech, on Wednesday announced breakthrough in developing world’s first, two promising candidates Zikavac vaccines for Zika infection.

Facebook launches initiative to combat Zika virus

Feb 03, 2016, at 08:56 pm

New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said his company has partnered with the non-profit Abrasco Divulga in Brazil as part of an effort to fight against Zika virus.

Indian lab applies for patent for the first Zika virus vaccine

Feb 03, 2016, at 07:24 pm

Hyderabad, Feb 3 (IBNS): As the race to find a vaccine for the Zika virus hots up, Bharat Biotech International Limited of Hyderabad, India, claims it has made a breakthrough and has filed for the patent for the world's first Zika virus vaccine, according to media reports on Wednesday.

First case of sexually transmitted Zika virus infection recorded in the US

Feb 03, 2016, at 05:46 pm

Dallas, Feb 3 (IBNS): A person in Texas, United States, has been infected with the defect-causing Zika virus after having sex with a person who apparently caught the virus while visiting Venezuela in South America, the local media reported quoting county health officials on Tuesday.

NASA Space launch system's first flight to send small sci-tech satellites into space

Feb 03, 2016, at 03:07 pm

New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The first flight of NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), will carry 13 CubeSats to test innovative ideas along with an uncrewed Orion spacecraft in 2018.

Zika virus: UN agencies step up response measures following declaration of public health emergency

Feb 03, 2016, at 02:22 pm

New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Following yesterday’s declaration of a public health emergency of international concern regarding the cluster of microcephaly and other neurological disorders in relation to the Zika virus, United Nations agencies on Tuesday highlighted their actions to support affected communities.

Zika: Health Ministry issues guidelines

Feb 03, 2016, at 12:18 am

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IBNS): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday issued guidelines on the Zika virus disease here.

Orion crew module for Exploration Mission-1 arrives at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

Feb 02, 2016, at 09:31 pm

California, Feb 2 (IBNS) The Orion crew module pressure vessel for NASA’s Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) arrived on Tuesday at the Shuttle Landing Facility operated by Space Florida at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Sanofi Pasteur to leverage its strong vaccine legacy in hunt for Zika vaccine

Feb 02, 2016, at 08:25 pm

Lyon, France/Kolkata , Feb 2 (IBNS): Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, announced today that it has launched a vaccine research and development project targeting the prevention of Zika virus infection and disease.

Govt to build Borehole Geophysics Research Laboratory to study calamities

Feb 02, 2016, at 06:49 pm

Karad/Maharashtra, Feb 2 (IBNS) Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan led the Bhoomi-Pujan (an initiation ritual done before construction) ceremony for construction of the Borehole Geophysics Research Laboratory at Hazarmachi, Karad, according to a government release.

Todd May named Marshall Space Flight Center Director

Feb 02, 2016, at 02:28 pm

California, Feb 2 (IBNS) NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Todd May director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. May was appointed Marshall deputy director in August 2015 and has been serving as acting director since the Nov. 13 retirement of Patrick Scheuermann.

Javadekar emphasises on spread of awareness on World Wetlands Day

Feb 02, 2016, at 04:37 am

New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS): In his message for World Wetlands Day, which is observed on Feb 2, Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, said it is the day to promote, create awareness and ensure positive and affirmative action for conservation of wetlands.

Films showing smoking scenes should be rated to protect children from tobacco addiction

Feb 01, 2016, at 09:03 pm

Geneva, Feb 1 (IBNS) WHO is calling on governments to rate movies that portray tobacco use in a bid to prevent children and adolescents from starting to smoke cigarettes and use other forms of tobacco.

Fire in Mumbai's Deonar dumping grounds rage on throwing life out of gear on Monday

Feb 01, 2016, at 08:19 pm

Mumbai, Feb 1 (IBNS): As the fire in Mumbai's Deonar garbage dumping ground rages on, covering parts of central Mumbai in thick smog, government schools in the Shivaji Nagar and Deonar area remained closed for the fourth consecutive day on Monday.

7.2 earthquake hits Russia

Jan 31, 2016, at 03:05 pm

Moscow, Jan 31 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 7.2 earthquake hit Russia on Saturday.

Kolkata residents breathe in air which has 3-5 times higher pollution levels than ambient level , says CSE’s Kolkata study

Jan 30, 2016, at 11:17 pm

Kolkata, Jan 30 (IBNS): New Delhi-based research and advocacy agency Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has analysed the official ambient air quality monitoring in Kolkata.

Sandy selfie sent from NASA Mars Rover

Jan 30, 2016, at 03:13 pm

California, Jan 30 (IBNS) The latest self-portrait from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the car-size mobile laboratory beside a dark dune where it has been scooping and sieving samples of sand.

Health minister asks for the formation of technical group to contain the spread of Zika virus in India

Jan 29, 2016, at 09:06 pm

New Delhi, Jan 29 (IBNS): Union health minister J P Nadda, on Friday, held a high level meeting with his senior officials and the All India Institute of Medical Science to take stock of the situation arising from the spread of Zika virus being reported from some countries.

Mumbai: Dead whale washes ashore Juhu beach

Jan 29, 2016, at 03:03 pm

Mumbai, Jan 29 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A dead 30-feet whale has washed ashore Mumbai's Juhu beach on Thursday, reports said.

Pluto's widespread water ice

Jan 29, 2016, at 02:48 pm

California, Jan 29 (Just Earth News/IBNS): New data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft point to more prevalent water ice on Pluto’s surface than previously thought.

NASA to announce science, technology missions for first flight of Space Launch System

Jan 29, 2016, at 02:41 pm

California, Jan 29 (IBNS) NASA Television will air the announcement of the selection of a fleet of small satellites to launch on the inaugural flight of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS).

Ministry of Science and Technology develops relatively low-cost wheelchair for the differently-abled people

Jan 29, 2016, at 12:40 am

New Delhi, Jan 28 (IBNS): Union minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan dedicated to the nation on Thursday a low cost motorized wheelchair, called Locomo, developed by the Department of Biotechnology under the Make-in-India initiative.

Rajasthan launches country's largest crowd sourcing initiative for water conservation

Jan 28, 2016, at 09:50 pm

Kolkata/Jhalawar, Jan 28 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Thursday launched Mukhya Mantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan (MJSA), the country’s largest water conservation campaigns in rural areas.

More than 60% women in 15-49 year age-group in West Bengal are anaemic, says National Family Health Survey

Jan 28, 2016, at 08:53 pm

Kolkata, Jan 28 (IBNS): More than 60 percent women in the 15-49 year age-group in West Bengal suffer from anaemia, reveals the National Family Health Survey 2015-2016.

National Family Health Survey: Tobacco use in WB comes down

Jan 28, 2016, at 07:11 pm

New Delhi, Jan 28 (IBNS) Consumption of tobacco has come down by a little more than 11 per cent in West Bengal, according to the recent reports released by the National Family Health Survey.

NASA radar brings a new view of World Heritage Site

Jan 28, 2016, at 02:21 pm

California, Jan 28 (IBNS) In just two 10-minute overflights, an airborne NASA synthetic aperture radar proved it could pinpoint areas of disturbance in Peru's Nasca lines World Heritage Site.

One in every two children in West Bengal is anaemic, NFHS reveals

Jan 28, 2016, at 02:38 am

Kolkata, Jan 27 (Just Earth News/IBNS): More than half the children under 5 years are still Anaemic in West Bengal, as the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS 4, 2015-‘16) data highlight.

Presence of the elusive snow leopard in Sikkim now confirmed through photographic evidence

Jan 28, 2016, at 01:06 am

Gangtok, Jan 27 (IBNS): Snow leopard conservation and study gets a fillip with the first photographic proof of the animal's presence in the Sikkim Himalayas obtained by World Wide Fund for Nature - India (WWF-India) through camera traps.