Cabinet Secretary takes stock of ongoing Relief operations in earthquake-hit Manipur
Jan 05, 2016, at 08:54 pm
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IBNS) Cabinet Secretary P. K. Sinha chaired a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee here on Tuesday to take stock of ongoing Relief operations in earthquake-hit Manipur.
Periodic Table's 7th row finally completed, gets 4 new elements
Jan 05, 2016, at 05:45 am
Zurich, Jan 4 (IBNS) The existing periodic table in science books around the world have been outdated by the addition of four new elements in the new one, thus enabling the completion of the seventh row in the table.
Kolkata: Digitalized Clinical Support System begins in NRS hospital
Jan 05, 2016, at 01:13 am
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IBNS): West Bengal Health Department on Monday launched Clinical Support System (CSS) in Kolkata's Nil Ratan Sarkar (NRS) Medical College and Hospital to save patients' details in a digital archive
Now Mark Zuckerberg wants to create his own 'Jarvis'
Jan 05, 2016, at 01:08 am
California, Jan 4 (IBNS): Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has said he wants to create an artificially intelligent butler like Jarvis from popular Hollywood sci-fi movie Iron Man.
Earthquake disrupts train service in N-E division
Jan 04, 2016, at 09:53 pm
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IBNS): Train service in Indian Railway's North-East division was disrupted on Monday due to moderate earthquake which hit Manipur, reports said.
6.7 earthquake hits Manipur, 1 killed
Jan 04, 2016, at 01:46 pm
New Delhi/Imphal, Jan 4 (IBNS) At least one person was killed and more than 30 others were injured as an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter Scale hit Manipur on Monday.
Jan 04, 2016, at 10:53 am
New Delhi/Imphal, Jan 4 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter Scale rocked Tamenglong district of Manipur on Monday, officials said.
6.8 earthquake hits near India-Myanmar border
Jan 04, 2016, at 10:42 am
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IBNS): Strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hit near India-Myanmar border on Monday, officials said.
Harsh Vardhan unveils India's National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015-2020
Dec 30, 2015, at 11:49 pm
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IBNS) – The National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015-20, aimed at making India a world-class bio-manufacturing hub, was unveiled Wednesday by Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, and his junior minister of same department YS Chowdary.
Cataract operation goes wrong, blinds 11 in Rajkot
Dec 29, 2015, at 05:39 pm
Rajkot, Dec 29 (IBNS) Cataract operations in a camp organised by a trust hospital in Rajkot went horribly wrong as 11 people alleged loss of vision post surgery, according to reports.
Poachers kill a rhino in Kaziranga
Dec 28, 2015, at 01:04 am
Guwahati, Dec 27 (IBNS) : Poachers killed an one horned rhinoceros in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP) on Saturday night, officials said.
CSE welcomes govt's move to tighten pollution norms for coal-based power sector
Dec 24, 2015, at 02:13 am
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IBNS): Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the steps taken by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to tighten the pollution norms for coal-based power sector, which is one of the most polluting sectors of the Indian industry in India.
Chilling weather freezes Kashmir
Dec 23, 2015, at 09:57 pm
Srinagar, Dec 23 (IBNS) Cold wave continued to intensify its grip over the Kashmir Valley as its residents prepared themselves for ‘Chillai Kalan’, the harshest 40-day period of winter, which started from Monday.
Sanofi Pasteur's Dengue vaccine approved in Philippines
Dec 23, 2015, at 08:34 pm
Kolkata/Lyon, France, Dec 23 (IBNS) Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, announced on Wednesday that the Philippines have granted marketing approval to Dengvaxia, making it the first vaccine to be licensed for the prevention of dengue in Asia.
Impact of El Nino could be worst in 18 years in southern Africa, warns UN 'special alert'
Dec 23, 2015, at 01:58 pm
New York, Dec 23 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Crop and livestock production prospects in southern Africa have been weakened by this year’s powerful El Nino, while the phenomenon is also impacting agricultural sectors in northern Australia, parts of Indonesia and a wide swathe of Central America and Brazil, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.
ORBIS signs MoU with Taiwan Govt to develop paediatric eye care system
Dec 22, 2015, at 12:59 am
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IBNS): An agreement has been signed between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), R. O. C. (Taiwan) and Orbis International on Monday in Susrut Eye Foundation and Research Center to develop a long-term sustainable pediatric eye care system and to deliver quality eye care services to the children of West Bengal.
NASA orders second Boeing Crew Mission to International Space Station
Dec 19, 2015, at 09:09 pm
California, Dec 19 (IBNS) NASA on Saturday said it took an important step Friday to establish regular crew missions that will launch from the United States to the International Space Station with the order of its second post-certification mission from Boeing Space Exploration of Houston.
NASA astronauts to conduct spacewalk as early as Monday
Dec 19, 2015, at 08:52 pm
California, Dec 19 (IBNS) Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA are preparing for a previously unscheduled spacewalk outside the International Space Station on either Monday or Tuesday.
CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer passes the baton to Fabiola Gianotti
Dec 19, 2015, at 08:13 pm
Geneva, Dec 19 (IBNS) The 178th session of the CERN Council witnessed the handover ceremony from Rolf Heuer, CERN’s Director-General for the past seven years, to Fabiola Gianotti, who will take up her functions at the head of the Organization on Jan 1, 2016.
Urgent support needed to provide health services for 15 million people in Yemen - UN
Dec 17, 2015, at 02:29 pm
New York, Dec 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners on Wednesday appealed for $31 million to ensure the continuity of medical services for nearly 15 million people in Yemen affected by the ongoing conflict, following the collapse of the country’s health system.
As wars, floods and droughts displace millions, UN refugee agency urges tackling root causes
Dec 17, 2015, at 02:26 pm
New York, Dec 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS) With conflicts in the Middle East and Africa driving unprecedented numbers of people from their homes while floods and droughts wreak havoc with lives and livelihoods in Asia, the United Nations refugee agency on Wednesday brought together Governments and civil society to address the root causes of displacement.
CSE welcomes SC judgment over Delhi pollution issue
Dec 17, 2015, at 02:38 am
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IBNS): Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the landmark judgment from the Chief Justice bench of the Supreme Court of India that has stopped registration of all luxury diesel cars and SUVs with engine size of 2,000 cc in the entire national capital region of Delhi until March 2016.
India successfully launches six Singaporean satellites: ISRO
Dec 17, 2015, at 12:09 am
Chennai, Dec 16 (IBNS) India's PSLV rocket on Wednesday successfully launched six Singaporean satellites, officials said.
Dec 16, 2015, at 04:53 pm
New York, Dec 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Some 180,000 children under the age of five die every year – roughly 500 a day – in sub–Saharan Africa due to diarrhoeal diseases linked to inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday ahead of a conference in the region on boosting financing for the sector.
Dec 16, 2015, at 04:51 pm
New York, Dec 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Citing remarkable achievement of the information and communication technologies (ICT) for development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that the focus now lies on bridging the digital divide to facilitate inclusive Internet access for all in order to enable the implementation of Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.
Dec 16, 2015, at 03:56 pm
New York, Dec 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The President of the 193-member United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday vowed to begin the hard work of carrying out the Paris Agreement on climate change, reminding the world that at a time of great division, the unity, leadership and collective responsibility demonstrated in the French capital should not be forgotten.
NASA examines Global Impacts of the 2015 El Nino
Dec 16, 2015, at 02:19 pm
California, Dec 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS) People the world over are feeling, or soon will feel, the effects of the strongest El Nino event since 1997-98, currently unfolding in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. New satellite observations are beginning to show scientists its impact on the distribution of rain, tropospheric ozone and wildfires around the globe.
Indian, US companies join hands to fight diabetes in West Bengal
Dec 15, 2015, at 07:46 pm
Kolkata, Dec 15 (IBNS) Hysun Inc., a US based biotechnology company specializing in the production of health supplements that improves microcirculation of the body and Phyto Biotech India based Biotech Company with a strong focus on fermentation technology have joined hands to launch the revolutionary diabetic supplement, “Suga Balanz†in Kolkata, which tackles root cause of diabetes.
COP21: a 'green' UN climate change conference, from electric cars to the power of human energy
Dec 15, 2015, at 03:22 pm
New York, Dec 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With countries reaching a new agreement at the United Nations climate change conference (COP21), the global meeting has been qualified as a "monumental triumph" by top UN officials. While many continued to hail the outcome document as the walls of COP21 were torn down on Sunday, the UN News Centre looked back on other aspects that contributed "positive energy" to the two-week event.
Ban hails Paris climate accord as 'health insurance policy for the planet'
Dec 15, 2015, at 03:16 pm
New York, Dec 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Calling the Paris Agreement on climate change "a health insurance policy for the planet," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Mondayhe never lost faith over his nine years in office that the international community could rise to the challenge and take steps to curb emission and boost climate-resilient growth.