India registers biggest single-day Covid-19 spike with new 22,771 infections, toll 442 in 24 hours
Jul 04, 2020, at 11:15 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India, the country of 1.3 billion people, on Saturday registered the biggest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases with new 22,771 infections besides reporting 442 deaths in the last 24 hours.
India records nearly 20,000 COVID-19 cases in last 24 hrs
Jun 28, 2020, at 10:33 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India recorded its biggest spike in the number of coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours with 19,906 fresh infections, taking the total tally to 528,859, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday morning.
India reports 12,881 fresh Covid cases, 334 deaths in 24 hours
Jun 18, 2020, at 12:33 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, the country of 1.3 billion people, has reported 12,881 fresh Novel Coronavirus cases and 334 deaths in 24 hours between Wednesday and Thursday mornings.
India shows a dip in COVID-19 cases, health ministry says nothing relaxing yet
Mar 26, 2020, at 08:15 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: As India witnessed a dip in the number of infected cases after four consecutive days of tremendous rise in the number of positive ones, the health ministry said it is not taking things in a relaxed way.
Delhi doctor tests positive for Coronavirus, visitors sent on quarantine
Mar 25, 2020, at 10:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A Delhi doctor at a Mohalla Clinic in the northeast part of the city has tested positive for coronavirus, media reports said on Wednesday.
WHO lauds India's efforts in combating COVID-19
Mar 17, 2020, at 08:59 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The World Health Organsiation (WHO) on Tuesday lauded the efforts taken by the Indian government to combat the deadly novel coronavirus, which has claimed three lives in the country, a figure much less considering its population density and especially in comparison to some of the developed nations.
Coronavirus in India: 80 testing centres in Mangaluru
Mar 14, 2020, at 04:19 pm
Mangaluru/UNI: About 80 centres to check people for fever, cold, cough and other symptoms related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been set up in the city, health officials said here on Saturday.
Global leaders meeting in Delhi next week to fast-track End TB efforts
Mar 09, 2018, at 10:32 pm
New Delhi, Mar 9 (IBNS): Building on the momentum being created globally to end tuberculosis, world’s top infectious killer disease, leaders from across the globe are converging here for an End TB Summit beginning 13 March to review ongoing efforts and accelerate action to reach 2030 End TB goal.
Kolkata hosts TB-free India: Creating awareness on MDR TB
May 09, 2017, at 11:20 pm
Kolkata, May 9 (IBNS): Rotary International District 3291Rotary and Club of Calcutta Victoria in association with14 other Rotary Clubs joined hands to present a District Seminar "TB-free India: Creating awareness on MDR TB" at Hotel Park Plaza here recently.
DLF Foundation installs second CB-NAAT machine in Gurgaon, ahead of World TB Day
Mar 24, 2017, at 05:12 pm
Gurgaon, Mar 24 (IBNS): The state government’s efforts to move towards a ‘TB free India’ got a shot in the arm with the installation of Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (CB-NAAT) machine, ahead of World TB Day at Wazirabad Primary Health Centre on Wednesday.
India’s research efforts should focus on drug resistant TB
Mar 22, 2017, at 09:05 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata, Mar 22 (IBNS): Reiterating its commitment to the theme Unite to End TB on World Tuberculosis Day, the Indian Society for Clinical Research (ISCR) believes there is a need for a greater focus on research in multi-drug resistant TB (MDR- TB).
Monsoon to be ‘above normal’: Skymet
May 25, 2016, at 03:20 pm
New Delhi, May 25 (IBNS): Private weather forecasting company Skymet has predicted that India is going to experience ‘above normal’ Monsoon rains this year.
Birmingham water experts develop device to help save lives in India
May 18, 2016, at 12:49 am
Birmingham/New Delhi, May 17 (IBNS): Experts at the University of Birmingham have developed a device that could save lives in India by quickly and simply testing whether water supplies are safe to drink.
Former Indian captain takes initiative to raise funds for cancer patients
Apr 14, 2016, at 05:19 am
Kolkata, Apr 13 (IBNS): Tata Medical Center recently announced their fund raising activity, ‘Dada’r Shongey Dil Sey Dijiye’, in collaboration with former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, to facilitate the phase –II expansion of the critical oncology cure unit of Tata Medical Center hospital.
Monsoon likely to be above normal in 2016: Skymet
Apr 12, 2016, at 03:49 pm
New Delhi, Apr 12 (IBNS) India is going to experience above normal monsoon in 2016, as per private weather forecaster Skymet Weather Services .
India facing a serious water crisis: Greenpeace
Mar 23, 2016, at 01:51 am
New Delhi , Mar 22 (IBNS) India’s fresh water resources, already rapidly dwindling, could be further depleted if plans for hundreds of new coal power plants go ahead. This would cause severe drought and worsen the ongoing conflict between agriculture and industry over water in regions such as Vidarbha and Marathwada in Maharashtra and Northern Karnataka.
India's sixth navigation satellite launched successfully
Mar 10, 2016, at 10:41 pm
Sriharikota, Mar 10 (IBNS) Indian rocket PSLV C-32 successfully put into orbit the country’s sixth navigation satellite, the 1,425-kg IRNSS-1F, around 20 minutes into flight, and at an altitude of 488.9 km, after a successful lift off from Sriharikota (Tamil Nadu) at 4pm on Thursday.
Feb 25, 2016, at 02:00 am
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IBNS) The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday was apprised about signing ofan arrangement for the establishment of an Indo-French Joint Committee on Science & Technology Cooperation.India and France have signed the arrangement for establishment of this apex level Joint Committee on Jan 25 in New Delhi.
Fifth navigation satellite launched : India a step closer to desi-GPS
Jan 20, 2016, at 04:19 pm
Sriharikota, Jan 20 (IBNS) India on Wednesday successfully launched its fifth navigation satellite in space -- IRNSS-1E on board PSLV-C31 rocket from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
Need to allocate remaining carbon budget in fair manner, CSE says on climate change
Dec 10, 2015, at 01:39 am
Paris, Dec 9 (IBNS): At the Paris climate conference, there is growing momentum for tightening the global goal from 2 degree Celsius to 1.5 degree Celsius-a target that may better help the world avoid the worst effects of climate change, a CSE release said.
Improved access to antibiotics could avert deaths of children under five in India: Study
Nov 19, 2015, at 04:01 am
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IBNS): A new Lancet study out from researchers at the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) on Wednesday estimates that improved access to antibiotics could avert the deaths of several thousand children under five in India alone.
India's INDC is fair, and its renewable energy and forestry targets are ambitious, says CSE
Oct 02, 2015, at 10:29 pm
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IBNS): Ahead of the UN Conference of Parties on Climate Change scheduled in December 2015 in Paris, India has submitted today, its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
GSLV successfully launches India's latest Communication Satellite GSAT-6
Aug 28, 2015, at 01:50 am
Sriharikota, Aug 27 (IBNS) In its ninth flight (GSLV-D6) conducted on Thursday, India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, equipped with the indigenous Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS), successfully launched GSAT-6, the country's latest communication satellite, into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO).
Ravi Shankar Prasad launches govt's SEHAT initiative
Aug 25, 2015, at 09:29 pm
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communications and Information Technology and Minister of Law and Justice launched the government's latest health and IT initiative called SEHAT ( Social Endeavour for Health And Telemedicine ) at the India Habitat Centre in Delhi on Tuesday.
Aug 13, 2015, at 09:11 pm
Kolkata, August 13 (IBNS): Narayana Health Network on Wednesday announced the launch of NH Cancer Institute at Narayana Superspeciality Hospital in Kolkata.
Aug 06, 2015, at 07:52 pm
Delhi/Kolkata, Aug 6 (IBNS): World Vision India declared a category III, national office response on Thursday to assist 100,000 people in India deeply affected by the floods.
Heavy rains warning issued by government
Jul 29, 2015, at 01:29 am
New Delhi, July 28 (IBNS) The Ministry of Earth Science on Tuesday said 'heavy to very heavy rainfall' at few places and 'isolated extremely heavy fall' over Gujarat region, Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Saurashtra, Kutch & Diu is predicted for two days.
Met office issues warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall in various parts of India
Jul 26, 2015, at 11:12 pm
New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS) The Indian Meteorological Department on Sunday issued warnings of 'Heavy to Very Heavy' rainfall in various parts of India for over next two days.
PM plants "Kadamb" sapling on World Environment Day
Jun 05, 2015, at 09:00 pm
New Delhi, June 5 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday planted a Kadamb sapling (Neolamarckia Cadamba), at the Race Course Road lawns, to mark the occasion of World Environment Day.
It's not just an unusually hot summer, it is climate change: Vardhan
Jun 02, 2015, at 09:23 pm
Noida, June 2 (IBNS) Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Earth Sciences, on Tuesday cautioned against complacency towards climate change and described the ongoing extreme heat situation and back-to-back deficient monsoon phenomenon as manifestations of climate change.