We stand in solidarity with Wangan and Jagalingou people: Greenpeace

Mar 27, 2015, at 07:18 pm

Brisbane, Mar 27 (IBNS): Greenpeace has offered its solidarity to the representatives for the Wangan and Jagalingou people who have formally rejected the Indigenous land use agreement for the Carmichael mine in the Queensland Galilee Basin.

Drinking raw cow milk increases risk for foodborne illness

Mar 26, 2015, at 06:58 pm

New York, Mar 27 (IBNS) An analysis conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) found that the risks of drinking raw (unpasteurized) cow’s milk are significant.

Fossils suggest prehistoric super salamander was top predator

Mar 26, 2015, at 05:49 pm

London, Mar 26 (IBNS): A previously undiscovered species of crocodile-like amphibian that lived during the rise of dinosaurs was among Earth’s top predators more than 200 million years ago, a study shows.

Countdown for the PSLV-C27/IRNSS-1D Mission begins

Mar 26, 2015, at 04:18 pm

Chennai, Mar 26 (IBNS): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday said the countdown for the PSLV-C27/IRNSS-1D Mission has started.

Mumbai hospital conducts Deep Brain Stimulation system in two patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease and Dystonia

Mar 26, 2015, at 07:03 am

Mumbai, March 25 (IBNS): For the first time in Asia, neurosurgeons at Jaslok hospital in Mumbai have successfully implanted the most advanced ‘Deep Brain Stimulation’ system in two patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease and Dystonia.

Cabinet approves launch of National Supercomputing Mission

Mar 26, 2015, at 05:24 am

New Delhi, Mar 25 (IBNS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the launch of the National Supercomputing Mission.

NASA's Curiosity Rover finds biologically useful Nitrogen on Mars

Mar 26, 2015, at 01:30 am

California, Mar 25 (IBNS): The NASA has said the team, which is using the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite aboard NASA's Curiosity rover, has made the first detection of nitrogen on the surface of Mars from release during heating of Martian sediments.

Religious leaders issue appeal on sanitation

Mar 25, 2015, at 05:59 am

Bhopal, Mar 24 (IBNS) An interfaith meet was organized by UNICEF and SPANDAN, an NGO at Sanchi near Bhopal on Tuesday.

Vedanta recycles 34 million cubic metres of water by Jan

Mar 25, 2015, at 04:36 am

Mumbai, Mar 24 (IBNS): The water conservation efforts of Vedanta, the global diversified natural resources company, and its subsidiaries, led to recycling of nearly 34 MCM (34 billion liters) which is 22% of water used, during April 2014-January 2015.

Harsh Vardhan urges Indian scientists to use renewable, green material

Mar 24, 2015, at 06:54 pm

New Delhi, Mar 24 (IBNS) Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science and Technology, has urged scientists and technologists working on developing low cost building and structural material that they have got to bear most of the burden of implementing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of a roof above every head by 2022.

'We have to move from climate change to climate action,' Pharrell Williams says at UN event

Mar 21, 2015, at 05:36 pm

New York, Mar 21 (IBNS) Singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams and environmental advocates Philippe Cousteau and Sylvia Earle joined local students at an event held at United Nations Headquarters on Fridayto celebrate the International Day of Happiness and highlight the importance of tackling climate change.

UN officials stress investment, smart policies for sustainable future of world's forests

Mar 21, 2015, at 05:32 pm

New York, Mar 21 (IBNS) The sustainable management and conservation of forests must be included in the sustainable development goals and climate change agreement to be adopted later this year, United Nations officials stressed ahead of the International Day of Forests, observed worldwide on 21 March.

Ebola-affected countries need to intensify routine immunization services - UN

Mar 21, 2015, at 04:31 pm

New York, Mar 21 (IBNS) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is appealing for the “urgent scaling up” of routine immunizations services and distribution of anti-malaria medicines in countries most affected by Ebola in West Africa to counter a growing risk of outbreaks of measles, pertussis, and other vaccine-preventable diseases.

Vanuatu: UN finds 'extensive' loss of agriculture; full scale of damage still to be revealed

Mar 21, 2015, at 02:52 pm

New York, Mar 21 (IBNS)The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Fridaycalled for emergency support for farmers in Vanuatu, where the vast majority of crops have been destroyed by Tropical Cyclone Pam.

Coal Ministry confirms Mahan block will not be auctioned: RTI reply

Mar 21, 2015, at 12:51 am

New Delhi, Mar 20 (IBNS): The Ministry of Coal confirmed in a Right to Information reply that the Mahan coal block will not be auctioned, pursuant to the MoEF's recommendation that it be kept off limits to mining.

Arjun Kapoor pledges support for Earth Hour 2015 campaign

Mar 20, 2015, at 07:48 pm

Mumbai, Mar 20 (IBNS): Actor Arjun Kapoor has joined hands with WWF India to pledge his support to the Earth Hour 2015 WWF's global campaign to raise awareness and inspire individual action on climate change.

World Water Day: Nearly 750 million people still without adequate drinking water, says UNICEF

Mar 20, 2015, at 07:44 pm

New York, Mar 20 (IBNS): Access to drinking water has been one of the biggest successes of the Millennium Development Goals, UNICEF said ahead of World Water Day, but for 748 million people around the world, just obtaining this essential service remains a challenge.

Guinea reports highest weekly Ebola case total so far this year, new UN data shows

Mar 20, 2015, at 05:22 pm

New York, Mar 20 (IBNS) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has reported the highest weekly number of Ebola cases in Guinea so far this year and noted that while transmission was confined to a narrow geographically contiguous arc straddling the capitals of Guinea and Sierra Leone, the population is highly mobile, thus creating a challenge "to prevent the seeding of new outbreaks."

UN agency announces new digital system to prevent spread of plant pests

Mar 20, 2015, at 04:38 pm

New York, Mar 20 (IBNS): A new global electronic certification system aimed at reducing the spread of plant pests and diseases has been approved by representatives from more than 150 countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced on Thursday.

UNICEF rushes emergency supplies for cyclone-affected Tuvalu

Mar 20, 2015, at 04:38 pm

New York, Mar 20 (IBNS): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is dispatching emergency life-saving supplies to communities in Tuvalu as part of its efforts to assist communities in the Pacific region that were affected by Tropical Cyclone Pam, with nutrition and hygiene kits arriving on Thursday.

WHO: Push back against tobacco industry to protect public health

Mar 19, 2015, at 03:15 pm

New York, Mar 19 (IBNS): The head of the United Nations health agency on Wednesday welcomed new data showing that non-smoking is becoming the new norm but urged global action to "push back hard" against the tobacco industry, saying, "We do not have the riches of the tobacco industry, but we are right and we are resolved."

LHC experiments join forces to zoom in on the Higgs boson

Mar 18, 2015, at 03:01 am

Geneva, Mar 17 (IBNS) During the 50th session of "Rencontres de Moriond" in La Thuile Italy, Atlas and CMS presented for the first time a combination of their results on the mass of the Higgs boson.

Thousands stranded following landslides and snowfall in Kashmir

Mar 17, 2015, at 08:04 pm

Srinagar, Mar 17(IBNS) Thousands of people have been stranded in the Jammu-Srinagar highway, blocked by landslides following rains and heavy snowfall for the last two days.

Norwegian Pension Fund ditches Indian coal sector investments: Greenpeace

Mar 17, 2015, at 04:25 am

New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS): The world's largest sovereign wealth fund, the $850 billion Norwegian Government Pension Fund has sold the majority of its shares in companies exposed to the Indian coal sector, citing financial and environmental risks inherent in their operations.

Birmingham says global demand for 'cold' should be taken seriously with launch of new policy commission

Mar 16, 2015, at 11:36 pm

London, Mar 16 (IBNS)The University of Birmingham (UK) on Monday announced the launch of a new policy commission entitled 'Doing Cold Smarter'.

'Health at very center of disaster risk reduction,' say UN agency officials in Sendai

Mar 15, 2015, at 05:50 pm

New York, Mar 15 (IBNS) The Ebola outbreak in West Africa, powerful storms in the Asia-Pacific region and ongoing conflicts in Syria and elsewhere are all stark reminders that health and stronger health system capacities must be central to the new framework for managing disaster risk currently being discussed in Sendai, Japan, senior United Nations health agency officials emphasized today.

Home, health secretaries review treatment of acid attack victims

Mar 14, 2015, at 11:00 pm

New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS): Union Home Secretary L.C. Goyal and Secretary, Health & Family Welfare B.P. Sharma jointly convened a meeting here on Saturday with the Chief Secretaries/Health Secretaries/Home Secretaries of States and UTs to work out the details with regard to treatment of acid attack victims.

Environment degradation pose threat to human civilization: VP

Mar 14, 2015, at 10:50 pm

New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari has said that environmental degradation and climate change are amongst the foremost challenges confronting human civilization in our times.

Merlin Group organizes health check-up camp for workers

Mar 14, 2015, at 10:28 pm

Kolkata, Mar 14 (IBNS): Real estate developers, Merlin Group, on Saturday initiated health check up camps for the second consecutive year to offer preliminary health check up to construction workers at their upcoming iconic shopping mall, Acropolis, at Rash Behari Connector in Kolkata.

Climate Change to drastically change the face of the Bay of Bengal: Experts

Mar 13, 2015, at 02:37 am

Kolkata, Mar 12 (IBNS): The Bay of Bengal region would undergo a dire and drastic transformation unless urgent action is taken to deal with the disastrous effects of global warming, warned climate change experts in Kolkata Thursday.