Teen girl from Jammu and Kashmir makes people aware about health, menstruation
Oct 24, 2022, at 12:18 am
Srinagar: A 12-year-old girl is trying to make people in Jammu and Kashmir aware about two taboo subjects, mental health and menstruation.
ISRO lifts off India's heaviest rocket with 36 satellites on board
Oct 23, 2022, at 02:59 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Sunday launched 36 satellites using its heaviest rocket just after midnight, at 12.07 am.
Oct 23, 2022, at 04:06 am
Kolkata: A low-pressure area developed over the north Andaman sea and adjacent south Andaman sea deepened into a depression on Saturday morning, the IMD said in its bulletin.
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake rocks southwest China
Oct 23, 2022, at 12:46 am
Beijing: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 occurred in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan on Saturday, the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said.
Uganda: Three people test positive for Ebola virus
Oct 23, 2022, at 12:39 am
Kampala/UNI: Three people among the 60 under quarantine at a Ugandan national referral hospital in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, have tested positive for Ebola virus disease, a top official said on Saturday.
ISRO to launch 36 broadband satellites today: Countdown begins for LVM3-M2/One Web India-1 mission
Oct 22, 2022, at 11:23 pm
Sriharikota: The 24 hour countdown for the tomorrow's morning launch of 36 satellites of the UK-based One Web using the heaviest rocket Launcher GSLV-MkIII--rechristened as LVM3-M2--from the spaceport of Sriharikota, SHAR Range, commenced today morning.
Khushboo Mirza: Chandrayaan scientist is an inspiration for girls in space science
Oct 22, 2022, at 06:49 pm
India records 2,112 fresh Covid-19 cases in past 24 hours
Oct 22, 2022, at 03:27 pm
India registered 2,112 fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 0.97 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
Bolivia reports second monkeypox death
Oct 21, 2022, at 09:55 pm
La Paz/UNI: Bolivia reported its second monkeypox death since the first case was detected on Aug. 1, a hospital director in the eastern city of Santa Cruz said.
Cholera vaccine shortage forces shift to one-dose regimen
Oct 21, 2022, at 07:20 pm
New York: A lack of global supply has prompted the international body which distributes oral cholera vaccines during outbreaks and emergencies to temporarily suspend the standard two-dose regimen.
Time to get off the couch, WHO warns, as 500 million risk developing chronic illness
Oct 21, 2022, at 06:58 pm
New York: Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity, between 2020 and 2030, if governments worldwide don’t take urgent action to promote the benefits of exercise, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.
India registers 2,119 fresh COVID-19 cases
Oct 21, 2022, at 03:25 pm
New Delhi: India registered 2,119 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 1.13 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.
India reports 2,141 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
Oct 20, 2022, at 05:03 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India reported 2,141 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total active cases to 25,510 as per the Health Ministry data Thursday.
Covid-19 still international health emergency: WHO
Oct 20, 2022, at 04:16 pm
Geneva/UNI: Alerting the world which was devastated by coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said Covid-19 is still a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) despite the dip in the infection rate.
Global health: Women and children pay heaviest price for ‘gaping inequities’
Oct 19, 2022, at 07:14 pm
A new UN report shows that women’s and children’s health has suffered globally, as the impacts of conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change converge, with devastating effects on prospects for children, young people and women.
India reports 1,946 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
Oct 19, 2022, at 04:42 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India reported 1,946 new Covid-19 cases taking the total active cases to 25,968, as per the Health Ministry data Wednesday.
Oct 19, 2022, at 02:40 pm
New Delhi: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday chaired a meeting with public health experts and officials to review the COVID19 pandemic situation in the country, status of vaccination drive and the Global scenario of new variants of Covid-19.Dr. V K Paul, Member (Health) NITI Aayog was also present during the meeting.
India, Sweden join hands for green transition
Oct 19, 2022, at 01:04 am
New Delhi/UNI: Strengthening mutual commitment to drive prosperity and address global challenges like climate change, India and Sweden have joined hands to accelerate the green transition via innovation through the India Sweden Innovation Partnership.
Scientists develop new Covid strain with 80 pc kill rate in mice
Oct 18, 2022, at 05:53 pm
Washington/IBNS: Scientists at Boston University have developed a new Covid-19 strain which resulted in an 80 percent kill rate in mice.
UK climate activists arrested after throwing tomato soup on Van Gogh's painting
Oct 18, 2022, at 05:57 am
London/IBNS: Two women members of climate campaign group Just Stop Oil, an organization protesting fossil fuel extraction in Britain, were arrested after they entered the National Gallery in London and threw two cans of tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting “Sunflowers” on Friday.
Thailand reports 11th monkeypox case
Oct 18, 2022, at 12:20 am
Bangkok/UNI: Thailand's health authorities said on Monday that the Southeast Asian nation has confirmed its 11th case of monkeypox.
Guterres calls for ‘sustained political commitment’ for a healthier world
Oct 17, 2022, at 11:10 pm
New York: The UN chief on Sunday called for governments worldwide to prioritize healthcare, in a call to make a “sustained political commitment” so their countries can be better prepared against future shocks, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
India registers 2,060 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Oct 17, 2022, at 03:33 pm
New Delhi: India registered 2,060 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 1.86 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.
India records 2,430 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Oct 15, 2022, at 03:29 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 2,430 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours with the daily positivity rate touching 1.01 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
Oct 15, 2022, at 12:35 am
Chennai: The 3rd IVI International Optometry - Eye Health in a Changing World Conference opened in Chennai on Friday with the call to address eye health problems, including Uncorrected Refractive Error and myopia.
WHO supports Uganda Ebola response, faces challenges fighting Haiti cholera outbreak
Oct 14, 2022, at 11:27 pm
New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to support Uganda as the Government there responds to a deadly Ebola outbreak, agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday, in his weekly press conference on global health challenges.
Africa: Response to climate crisis doesn’t match ‘magnitude of the challenge’
Oct 14, 2022, at 11:17 pm
New York: African States are on the front line of the climate crisis, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, but far more action is needed to turn the tide on rising emissions, and reduce global warming.
Oct 14, 2022, at 11:14 pm
Colombo: The number of dengue patients has increased by 300 per cent compared to 2021 in Sri Lanka, a newspaper reported on Friday.
India reports 2,678 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
Oct 14, 2022, at 05:00 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India recorded 2,678 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total active cases to 26,583 as per the Health Ministry data Friday.
India Vision Institute launches Drive Safe Campaign screenings in Karnataka
Oct 14, 2022, at 03:15 am
Bengaluru: India Vision Institute (IVI), an NGO working to provide access to vision testing and spectacles to the underprivileged in remote parts of India, launched a campaign in partnership with Shell India for the vision screening of commercial drivers in Karnataka. The campaign is a part of Shell’s Drive Safe India and aims to benefit 32,000 commercial vehicle drivers in Karnataka.