COP24: green, gender focus, as UN's crucial climate change conference gets underway

Dec 03, 2018, at 08:55 am

New York, Dec 3 (IBNS): COP24,  the two-week 24th conference of the parties of the United Nations Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC), started on Sunday in Katowice, Poland, with a special focus on carbon neutrality and gender equality.

Bigger brains are smarter, but not by much: Study

Dec 02, 2018, at 06:00 pm

New York, Dec 2 (IBNS): The English idiom “highbrow,” derived from a physical description of a skull barely able to contain the brain inside of it, comes from a long-held belief in the existence of a link between brain size and intelligence. 

Security forces arrest a poacher in Assam’s Baksa district

Dec 01, 2018, at 12:57 pm

Guwahati, Dec 1 (IBNS) : Security forces on Saturday arrested a poacher in Assam’s Baksa district.

World response to AIDS epidemic at a ‘critical juncture’

Dec 01, 2018, at 07:58 am

New York, Dec 1 (IBNS): Thirty years after the first World AIDS Day, the HIV response stands at a crossroads,  UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said, marking this year’s commemorations.

G20 told crucial COP24 climate change conference 'must succeeed': Guterres

Dec 01, 2018, at 07:50 am

New York, Dec 1 (IBNS): During press briefings at the beginning of the G20 meeting of industrialized nations in Buenos Aires, UN Secretary António Guterres described the event as an essential forum, citing a lack of confidence and high level of confrontation within the international community.

Has World Water Council become hostage to Water mafia?

Nov 30, 2018, at 08:26 pm

Marseille, France, 29 November: Set up in 1996 after a proposal to this effect at the United Nations'  International  Conference on Environment and Development in Dublin in 1992, the World Water Council is in the eye of a storm. With accusations from its very own members of succumbing to the greed of water mafia, the world’s apex body on water is of late mired in controversies.

Mass pilot whale stranding at Chatham Island: New Zealand Department of Conservation

Nov 30, 2018, at 04:25 pm

Wellington, Nov 30 (IBNS): An overnight stranding of pilot whales has occurred at the southern end of Hanson Bay, near the township of Owenga in the Chatham Islands, officials said.

80 adolescents a day will still die of AIDS by 2030, despite slowdown in epidemic

Nov 30, 2018, at 08:11 am

New York, Nov 30 (IBNS): By 2030, around 80 adolescents will be dying of AIDS every day if “we don’t accelerate progress in preventing transmission,” the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.

World simply ‘not on track’ to slow climate change this year: UN weather agency

Nov 30, 2018, at 08:03 am

New York,Nov 30 (IBNS) The world is heading in the wrong direction to slow climate change after another year of near-record temperatures, the head of the UN’s weather agency said on Thursday.

Indian legends and icons from various fields join hands with Rotary to eradicate Thalassaemia

Nov 30, 2018, at 12:43 am

Kolkata, Nov 29 (IBNS): Sachetonota- Eradication and Awareness for Thalassaemia free India at the Science City Auditorium was held  to launched to start the campaign.

Baranagar club holds free medical camp for the underprivileged

Nov 30, 2018, at 12:18 am

Kolkata, Nov 28 (IBNS): Melamesha, a club of 57 years standing, recently organised a free medical health checkup in Baranagar, a town to the north of Kolkata.

Antarctic Ozone hole is healing, confirms IIT KGP study

Nov 29, 2018, at 11:54 pm

Kharagpur, Nov 29 (IBNS): While the world is debating on climate change and global warming, researchers at IIT Kharagpur have given the environmental evangelists a reason to rejoice. A research team from the Center of Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Science (CORAL) at IIT Kharagpur have come up with new data confirming that the Antarctic Ozone Hole is on a healing path.

PSLV-C43 successfully launches earth observation satellite HysIS and 30 foreign satellites

Nov 29, 2018, at 09:18 pm

New Delhi, Nov 29 (IBNS): The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C43) successfully launched 31 satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota on Thursday.

WB govt fined Rs 5 crore for failing to check pollution

Nov 29, 2018, at 05:37 pm

Kolkata, Nov 29 (IBNS): The National Green Tribunal has slapped a Rs 5-crore fine on the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal for failing to improve air quality in Kolkata and Howrah. The money has to be paid in two weeks, failing which the amount will increase by Rs 1 crore every month.

ISRO launches 31 satellites with PSLVC43 rocket today

Nov 29, 2018, at 10:21 am

Sriharikota, Nov 29 (IBNS): Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched 31 satellites with PSLVC43 rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre here on Thursday.

Baranagar club holds free medical camp for the underprivileged

Nov 28, 2018, at 06:28 pm

Kolkata, Nov 28 (IBNS): Melamesha, a club of 57 years standing, recently organised a free medical health checkup in Baranagar, a town to the north of Kolkata.

Better housing means better health and well-being, stress new WHO guidelines

Nov 28, 2018, at 09:17 am

New York, Nov 28 (IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO) issued new guidelines on Tuesday, highlighting that better homes, invariably lead to better standards of health and overall well-being.

Cutting emissions, one bog at a time

Nov 28, 2018, at 09:09 am

New York, Nov 28 (IBNS): Farmers and entrepreneurs in rural eastern Europe are helping to tackle climate change while boosting their livelihoods as a result of regenerating ancient wetland peat bogs.

CO2 emissions on the rise for first time in four years, UN agency warns

Nov 28, 2018, at 08:49 am

New York, Nov 28 (IBNS): A new report released on Tuesday by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) shows that global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rose again during 2017 after a three year hiatus, highlighting the imperative for countries to deliver on the historic Paris Agreement to keep global warming to below 2°C above pre-industrial levels.

monitoring marine species across multiple sites in the wild.

Nov 27, 2018, at 04:34 pm

New York, Nov 27 (IBNS): New research from North Carolina State University demonstrates that consumer-grade drones are effective tools for monitoring marine species across multiple sites in the wild.

Yoga linked to improved body satisfaction: Study

Nov 27, 2018, at 04:08 pm

New York, Nov 27 (IBNS): Body dissatisfaction is highly prevalent among young adults and often leads to severe adverse health consequences, including disordered eating, weight gain over time and poor psychological health.

Nasa craft lands on Mars

Nov 27, 2018, at 12:49 pm

Washington DC, Nov 27 (IBNS): Mars has just received its newest robotic resident. NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander successfully touched down on the Red Planet after an almost seven-month, 300-million-mile (458-million-km) journey from Earth.

5 magnitude earthquake hits Japan, no casualty

Nov 27, 2018, at 09:21 am

Tokyo, Nov 27 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5.0 struck Japan's southern Ibaraki Prefecture on Tuesday, weather officials said.

NASA InSight Lander arrives on Martian surface to learn what lies beneath

Nov 27, 2018, at 08:58 am

Washington, Nov 27 (IBNS): Mars has just received its newest robotic resident.

Study shows obesity increases asthma risk by up to 38 percent in children

Nov 26, 2018, at 05:11 pm

New York, Nov 26 (IBNS): Ten percent of pediatric asthma cases could be avoided if childhood obesity were eliminated, according to research led by Nemours Children’s Health System. 

6.2 earthquake hits areas close to Taiwan Strait

Nov 26, 2018, at 10:02 am

Beijing, Nov 26 (IBNS): A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit areas close to the Taiwan Strait, officials said.

6.3 earthquake hits border area between Iraq and Iran, 350 hurt

Nov 26, 2018, at 09:53 am

Baghdad, Nov 26 (IBNS): At least 350 people were hurt as a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the border area between Iraq and Iran on Sunday, as per the US Geological Survey. 

Classroom friendships may offset effects of punitive parents: Study

Nov 25, 2018, at 07:34 pm

New York, Nov 25 (IBNS): Angry, threatening and highly critical parenting is more likely to result in children with defiant, noncompliant and revengeful behavior that spills over to adulthood and impacts relationships with all authority figures.  

Emotional abuse may be linked with menopause misery: Study

Nov 25, 2018, at 06:55 pm

Sperm count 50% lower in sons of fathers who smoke: Study

Nov 25, 2018, at 05:25 pm

London, Nov 25 (IBNS): Studies have repeatedly linked maternal smoking during pregnancy with reduced sperm counts in male offspring.