Bengal Oncology Foundation hosts panel discussion in Kolkata
Aug 05, 2015, at 01:46 am
Kolkata, Aug 4 (IBNS) : While last week International-Oncology Society and American Psychosocial Oncology Society hosted World Congress on Psycho-Oncology 2015 in Washington, Bengal Oncology Foundation conducted a panel discussion on the same issue Tuesday evening at The Princeton Club.
Cloud burst damages houses in Leh
Aug 04, 2015, at 08:05 pm
Leh, Aug 4 (IBNS): A cloudburst hit Wanla village of Khalsi town in Leh district causing extensive damage to residential houses and sparking flash floods in the area, official said on Tuesday.
Depression over Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal , more rains predicted
Aug 02, 2015, at 11:02 pm
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IBNS) The Ministry of Earth Science on Sunday said depression, which was formed over Jharkhand and adjoining Gangetic West Bengal, has moved west-southwestwards and was centred over 'Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Jharkhand about 70 km east-northeast of Ranchi'.
Cyclone Komen to cause heavy rainfall in WB, state on high alert
Jul 31, 2015, at 12:57 am
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): The Government on Thursday issued a high alert of heavy rains expected to lash the southern West Bengal due to a cyclone storm called 'Komen', which will make it landfall in Bangladesh.
WHO calls for strengthening malaria elimination strategy, says 3.2 billion people still at risk
Jul 30, 2015, at 12:56 am
Kolkata, July 29 (IBNS): The World Health Organization on Wednesday called for bolstering efforts for malaria control and elimination by targeting malarial parasites believed to be less fatal, but now causing high disease burden.
Health department and UNICEF organizes Diarrhea Control Fortnight in Budge Budge
Jul 29, 2015, at 04:22 am
Kolkata, July 28 (IBNS): The West Bengal health department, along with the UNICEF, launched an Intensified Diarrhea Control Fortnight (IDCF) at Budge Budge area in South 24-Parganas district on Monday.
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.
SRL Diagnostics to expand its business in West Bengal
Jul 29, 2015, at 12:05 am
Kolkata, July 28 (IBNS): In an endeavour to provide world class diagnostic services to people of Eastern India and especially West Bengal, SRL Diagnostics, the leading global diagnostic chain plans to expand their footprints in the eastern part of India.
Jul 28, 2015, at 11:17 pm
Lyon, France, July 28 (IBNS) Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, announced on Tuesday that new data analyses published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) provide a comprehensive picture of the potential public health impact of vaccinating endemic populations from pre-adolescence to adulthood against dengue.
Jul 28, 2015, at 09:26 pm
Jakarta, July 28 (IBNS): A strong earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hit Indonesian province of Papua on Tuesday, the USGS said.
Latest results from LHC experiments are presented in Vienna
Jul 28, 2015, at 04:39 am
Geneva/Vienna, July 27 (IBNS): The world particle-physics community has convened in Vienna for the 2015 European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics (EPS-HEP2015), where the latest results in the field are being presented and discussed.
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.
India granted patent to treat incurable disease in Malaysia
Jul 25, 2015, at 04:14 am
Kolkata, July 24 (IBNS): Indian medical innovation has come to the forefront with the Human Embryonic Stem Cell technology developed by Dr Geeta Shroff at Nutech Mediworld being granted the 66th patent in Malaysia for the treatment of various medical conditions.
Jul 25, 2015, at 02:59 am
Kolkata, July 24 (IBNS): National Release Centre (NRC) for India in collaboration with Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd., hosted a two day interactive Workshop on 'Introduction to SNOMED CT' at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata on Friday and Saturday.
NASA's Kepler Mission discovers bigger, older cousin to Earth
Jul 24, 2015, at 03:42 pm
California, July 24 (IBNS) NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the “habitable zone†around a sun-like star. This discovery and the introduction of 11 other new small habitable zone candidate planets mark another milestone in the journey to finding another "Earth."
UN health agency to mark World Hepatitis Day with pilot initiative to curb unsafe injections
Jul 24, 2015, at 03:22 pm
New York, July 24 (IBNS) The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursdaythat it will commemorate the fifth World Hepatitis Day next week with a global ?injection safety initiative campaign in three pilot countries together with the foundation arm of IKEA to combat the "silent epidemic" that kills more than 1.4 million each year.
Mumbai High Court questions blanket ban on Maggi noodles
Jul 23, 2015, at 09:54 pm
Mumbai, Jul 23 (IBNS) The Bombay High on Thursday questioned the propriety of the blanket ban on Maggi noodles.
Indian police rescue stranded tourists on Leh-Manali road
Jul 23, 2015, at 09:45 pm
Srinagar, July 23 (IBNS) More than 130 tourists rescued who were stranded due to heavy rainfall and blockage of Leh Manali road in Jammu and Kashmir were rescued, said police on Thursday.
New healthcare facility opened in Kolkata
Jul 23, 2015, at 04:39 am
Kolkata, July 22 (IBNS) ISADOS multi-specialty clinic, a smart healthcare destination was inaugurated in Kolkata's Beliaghata area on Wednesday by Chandrima Bhattacharya, West Bengal Minister of State, Dept. of Health & Family Welfare and Law and Judicial Affairs.
Jul 23, 2015, at 02:13 am
New Delhi, July 22 (IBNS): The Government on Wednesday said that through Antrix Corporation Limited (Antrix), the commercial arm of Department of Space, is generating income through launching of satellites of foreign countries on-board ISRO’s launch vehicle.
CSE condemns Delhi govt decision of scrapping BRT
Jul 22, 2015, at 07:04 pm
New Delhi July 22 (IBNS): The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) expresses deep shock at the "willful decision" of the Delhi government to give in to the car lobby and dismantle the bus corridor to take road space back from buses for the cars.
Second mountain range found in Pluto
Jul 22, 2015, at 06:13 pm
Washington, Jul 22 (IBNS) The New Horizons probe has tumbled on a second mountain range in Pluto.
ISRO scientists test India's most powerful Cryogenic Engine
Jul 21, 2015, at 03:16 am
New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS): India's first indigenously designed and developed High Thrust cryogenic rocket engine generating a nominal thrust of 19 tonnes has been successfully endurance hot tested for a duration of 800 seconds at ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mah
Blood donation in Kolkata red-light districts triggers row
Jul 18, 2015, at 06:48 pm
Kolkata, July 18 (IBNS): In what is seen as a major threat to public health and violation of rules, two clubs in Kolkata hosted blood donation camps in two high-HIV transmission risk zone red light areas of the eastern city, triggering a major controversy since a central blood bank actually went to both places to collect the blood in the presence of ruling party leaders.
UN-backed action plan to improve study of weather and climate in Polar regions takes shape
Jul 17, 2015, at 03:30 pm
New York, July 17 (IBNS) lAn international action plan to improve predictions of weather, climate and ice conditions in Polar regions has been agreed in an effort to minimize the risks and maximize the opportunities associated with rapid changes in the Arctic and Antarctic environments, according to the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
UNICEF, UN health agency report increase in immunization figures for world's children
Jul 17, 2015, at 03:27 pm
New York, July 17 (IBNS) An increasing number of children are receiving life-saving vaccinations around the world, according to the latest data released by two United Nations agencies.
Valve made from cow's hearts saves woman in Chennai
Jul 16, 2015, at 08:09 pm
Chennai, Jul 16 (IBNS) In a unique surgical feat in India, an 81-year-old woman in Chennai has been saved using a heart valve made from a cow's heart.
From mountains to moons: Multiple discoveries from NASA's new horizons Pluto mission
Jul 16, 2015, at 02:11 pm
California, July 16 (IBNS) Icy mountains on Pluto and a new, crisp view of its largest moon, Charon, are among the several discoveries announced Wednesday by NASA's New Horizons team, just one day after the spacecraft’s first ever Pluto flyby.
Tennage actors join Kolkata Green campaign
Jul 16, 2015, at 01:36 am
Kolkata, July 15 (IBNS) Two key members of the teenage brigade of Open Tee Bioscope, a film themed on the diminishing heritage of the once tree-lined city, distributed saplings among the public as part of the Forest Week celebrations in first week of July.
JP Nadda launches 'Clean and Green Campaign' in Delhi AIIMS
Jul 15, 2015, at 10:02 pm
New Delhi, July 15 (IBNS) J P Nadda, Minister for Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday launched the 'Clean and Green' campaign at AIIMS in New Delhi under the ‘Kayakalp’ initiative of the Health Ministry to encourage public health facilities in the country to work towards standards of excellence to help the facilities stay clean and hygienic.