UN vows to radically scale up Ebola fight as 'invisible' caseloads are escaping detection
Aug 23, 2014, at 05:34 pm
New York, Aug 23 (IBNS) David Nabarro, Senior United Nations System Coordinator for Ebola who was appointed by the Secretary-General to establish how best the UN can support affected communities, was wrapping up the first leg of a visit to all Ebola-effected countries in West Africa.
Soyuz rocket with Galileo satellites lifts off: ESA
Aug 23, 2014, at 03:28 am
Brussels, Aug 22 (IBNS) The European Space Agency (ESA) on Friday said the Soyuz rocket launched Europe's fifth and six Galileo satellites from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Aug 22, 2014, at 03:45 pm
New York, Aug 22 (IBNS) The Security Council on Thursday expressed its commitment to consider and use the tools of the United Nations system to ensure that warning signals about potential conflicts trigger "early, concrete preventive action," as senior UN officials urged the body to take up the challenge of helping move the Organization from a culture of reaction towards one of prevention.
Centre removes AIIMS CVO from post
Aug 21, 2014, at 10:14 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): The Health Ministry has removed the Chief Vigilance officer of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Sanjeev Chaturvedi from his post, reports said.
Union Minister echoes Greenpeace's concerns on pesticide residue in tea
Aug 21, 2014, at 09:32 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): Expressing serious concern on the issue of pesticides residue in tea, Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in a recent media interview, raised questions on the safety of consumers.
Mild earthquake hits Himachal Pradesh
Aug 21, 2014, at 08:26 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale hit the northern state of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday.
Aug 21, 2014, at 06:52 am
Kolkata, Aug 20 (IBNS) Sudha Kapoor, 35-year old working mother, like all other mothers is quite careful when it comes to planning and preparing a nutritious meal and tiffin for her five year old daughter.
Ebola: UN health agency reports encouraging signs in Nigeria, Guinea
Aug 20, 2014, at 06:03 pm
New York,. Aug 20 (IBNS) While the trends of the outbreak of Ebola in Nigeria and Guinea, where the virus made its first appearance in West Africa last December, have shown encouraging signs, the United Nations health agency on Tuesday expressed concern about the situation in the Liberian capital of Monrovia.
BSF men set Limca Book of Records in tree planting
Aug 20, 2014, at 06:15 am
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IBNS) In a special tree planting drive on Tuesday, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, in a concerted team effort, set a LIMCA Book of Record by planting saplings at all BSF locations.
Javed-Shabana at health ministry song launch for children
Aug 20, 2014, at 04:41 am
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IBNS): As India ushered in its 68th year of independence, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) reiterated its commitment to immunize all Indian children. A public service message in the form of a music video 'Phool Khil Jayenge' was launched by Union Minster of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan.
Ebola: UN health agency requests exit screening of travellers leaving affected countries
Aug 19, 2014, at 03:25 pm
New York, Aug 19 (IBNS) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday said any persons with an illness consistent with Ebola should not be allowed to travel by air, sea or land from affected countries unless it is part of a medical evacuation, as it also expressed concern over the threats and harassment of health workers in West African countries developing into a "worry element."
No case of Ebola in India: Health Minister
Aug 19, 2014, at 05:28 am
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IBNS) Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has expressed satisfaction with the infrastructure in place at all entry points to the country to detect people arriving with symptoms of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
'Best Buys' will prevent noncommunicable diseases: WHO
Aug 19, 2014, at 03:37 am
Kolkata/Bengaluru, Aug 18 (IBNS): Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers, and chronic respiratory diseases, are the world's most common, causing two out of every three deaths globally.
Strong earthquake hits Iran, 50 injured
Aug 18, 2014, at 07:10 pm
Tehran, Aug 18 (IBNS): At least 50 people injured as an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale hit western Iran, close to the border with Iraq, on Monday, media reports said.
Ebola: cases, deaths 'vastly underestimated,'says UN health agency
Aug 16, 2014, at 04:49 pm
New York, Aug 16 (IBNS) Health workers at Ebola outbreak sites are seeing evidence that the numbers of reported cases and deaths “vastly underestimate†the magnitude of the crisis as they work around the clock to stop the disease from spreading, according to the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO).
53 students hospitalized in MP after eating meal at school
Aug 16, 2014, at 02:35 am
Icchawar, MP, Aug 15 (IBNS): Fifty three students were admitted to hospital on Friday after they consumed mid-day meal served at their school in Icchawar in Madhya Pradesh, reports said.
Health Minister to inaugurate new facility in NIMHANS Bangalore
Aug 16, 2014, at 01:32 am
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IBNS): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan began a two day visit to Bangalore on Friday.
Ebola: Two Nigerian national admitted in Delhi hospital for observation
Aug 15, 2014, at 05:11 am
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IBNS) India on Thursday said two passengers Nigerian nationals have been admitted to Dr RML Hospital for observation after they were found having fever at the time of screening at Delhi Airport.
Ebola: UN health agency says more than 1 million people affected by outbreak
Aug 14, 2014, at 06:20 pm
New York, Aug 14 (IBNS): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday convened a United Nations system-wide coordination meeting in response to the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which is now affecting more than 1 million people in the so-called “hot zone of disease transmission†on the borders of the three countries most impacted by the disease.
Climate change adaptation can help promote sub-Saharan African livelihoods: UN report
Aug 14, 2014, at 06:02 pm
New York, Aug 14 (IBNS) Investing in ways to adapt to climate change will promote the livelihood of 65 per cent of Africans, the United Nations environmental agency reported, warning also that failing to address the phenomenon could reverse decades of development progress on the continent.
SC raps govt on Ganga clean up, seeks explanation
Aug 13, 2014, at 08:26 pm
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IBNS) The Supreme Court has rapped the BJP government at the centre on the pace of cleaning up the Ganga, saying it has no urgency to save the river while having time for lesser issues.
Ebola: WHO-convened ethics panel endorses use of experimental drugs
Aug 13, 2014, at 01:59 pm
New York, Aug 13 (IBNS) A 12-member ethics panel convened by the United Nations health agency on Tuesday reached “unanimous consensus†that it is ethical to treat Ebola patients with experimental drugs to counter the largest, most severe and most complex outbreak of the virus in history.
Cabinet Secretary holds review meeting on Ebola Virus Disease
Aug 13, 2014, at 04:43 am
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IBNS) The Cabinet Secretary held a meeting on Tuesday with Secretaries and senior officers of Ministries of Health, Civil Aviation, MHA, MEA and I&B to review preparedness of the government on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
Celebrating Youth Day, UN stresses importance of good mental health
Aug 13, 2014, at 03:21 am
New York, Aug 12 (IBNS): Each year 20 per cent of the world's young people experience a mental health condition, the United Nations reported in a new publication launched to coincide with International Youth Day which this year shines a spotlight on the importance of mental health.
"SW monsoon rainfall over the country likely to be 87 pct of the LPA"
Aug 13, 2014, at 01:42 am
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IBNS): Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, MoS in Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Space & Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said the latest estimate suggested that the 2014 southwest monsoon season rainfall over the country as a whole is likely to be 87 percent of the LPA with a model error of 4 percent.
All efforts will be made for revival of ancient Saraswati River, says Uma Bharti
Aug 13, 2014, at 01:30 am
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IBNS): Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti on Tuesday said that the Centre is committed to the revival of the ancient Saraswati river.
All efforts will be made for revival of ancient Saraswati River, says Uma Bharti
Aug 13, 2014, at 01:29 am
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IBNS): Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti on Tuesday said that the Centre is committed to the revival of the ancient Saraswati river.
Ebola: UN health agency convenes ethical review of experimental drugs
Aug 12, 2014, at 05:32 pm
New York, Aug 12 (IBNS) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday convened a meeting of ethicists and scientists to discuss on the use of experimental medicines in treating Ebola, three days after the agency declared the current outbreak of the disease in West Africa an international public health emergency.
Greenpeace calls on the industry to save Indian tea from pesticides
Aug 11, 2014, at 08:42 pm
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IBNS) Greenpeace India on Monday called on the tea industry to save Indian tea from pesticides while launching their report, “Trouble Brewing1â€.
Health Minister appeals to medical community to revive "service before self" spirit
Aug 11, 2014, at 02:12 am
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IBNS) Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhanon Sunday felicitated the Delhi Medical Association (DMA) on completing 100 glorious years of service to the people of Delhi and India.