Fight against Malaria: World Health Organization approves second vaccine for children
Oct 03, 2023, at 03:35 pm
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday recommended a new anti-malaria vaccine for children, a move that could offer countries a cheaper and more readily available option than the world’s first shot against the parasitic disease.
Maharashtra: 24 patients including 12 newborn die in state-run hospital in 24 hours
Oct 03, 2023, at 06:01 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Twelve newborns and as many adults died at a state-run hospital in Maharashtra's Nanded in the last 24 hours, media reports said.
Oct 02, 2023, at 09:08 pm
Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman got the Nobel Prize for Medicine for developing effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 since the pandemic started in 2020.
Aditya L1 travels over 9.2 lakh km, exits Earth's gravity: ISRO
Oct 01, 2023, at 04:35 am
Bengaluru: India's solar mission, Aditya L1, has travelled beyond a distance of 9.2 lakh km from Earth and has moved out of the Earth's gravitational pull.
Monsoon ends with 'normal' rainfall, El Nino effects mitigated by positive factors: IMD
Oct 01, 2023, at 03:27 am
New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the four-month monsoon season concluded with India receiving "normal" rainfall, totalling 820 mm compared to the long-term average of 868.6 mm, according to a news agency report.
Viet Nam: UN rights office condemns crackdown on climate activists
Sep 30, 2023, at 10:53 pm
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday expressed grave concern at the spate of recent arrests and convictions of human rights defenders pushing for clean energy reforms in Viet Nam.
Sudan: WHO supports battle against cholera in the east
Sep 30, 2023, at 10:42 pm
The World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up support in Sudan, where authorities have declared a cholera outbreak in Gedaref state amid the ongoing brutal conflict between opposing militaries.
Vattikuti Foundation led symposium in Belgium to attract over 100 robotic surgeons from 14 countries
Sep 30, 2023, at 10:28 pm
Bengaluru: Europe’s historic city of Ghent, Belgium will host the Vattikuti Foundation’s Annual Robotic Surgery Symposium, Humans at the Cutting Edge of Robotic Surgery between October 6-8.
Coal CPSEs provide water to 981 villages in nine states with sustainable use of coal mine water
Sep 29, 2023, at 07:58 am
New Delhi: Sustainable utilization of coal mine water resources by Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) is benefitting around 17.7 lakh people across 981 villages of nine states, the Ministry of Coal said.
Northeast India's AIC SELCO foundation empowers sustainable energy innovators
Sep 29, 2023, at 06:45 am
Guwahati/IBNS: The Atal Incubation Centre-SELCO Foundation, nestled in the heart of Guwahati, is fast gaining acclaim for its pivotal role in nurturing sustainable energy innovation within Northeast India.
'Green' Energy in Uzbekistan: Prospects of solar and wind power plants by Abdullajon Оtabaev
Sep 28, 2023, at 05:38 pm
Uzbekistan has a very high potential in the use of renewable energy sources. According to the estimates of the International Energy Agency and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Uzbekistan has a combined renewable energy potential for electricity production of 2,091 billion kWh (30 times higher than annual consumption). And in recent years, much attention has been paid to this area in the development of the existing potential.
Ban smoking and vaping in schools worldwide urges WHO
Sep 27, 2023, at 11:06 pm
Young people continue to be “relentlessly” targeted with tobacco and nicotine products, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday, in a call to ban smoking and vaping “whether sitting in class, playing games outside or waiting at the school bus stop”.
Research finds extreme heat likely to wipe out humans and mammals in distant future
Sep 27, 2023, at 03:13 pm
A new study shows unprecedented heat is likely to lead to the next mass extinction since the dinosaurs died out, eliminating nearly all mammals in some 250 million years time.
ISRO successfully conducts Cryo Upper Stage Engine hot test for Gaganyaan mission
Sep 27, 2023, at 06:37 am
Chennai/IBNS/UNI: Marking a pivotal moment in the Gaganyaan mission programme, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully conducted the CE20 E13 engine hot test with a higher level of 22-tonne thrust qualification and the engine, a vital component of the Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS), is now poised for the demanding requirements of the Gaganyaan mission and future endeavours.
95% Indian rocket components procured domestically: ISRO Chairperson S Somanath
Sep 27, 2023, at 05:24 am
New Delhi: ISRO Chairperson S Somanath stated on Tuesday that nearly 95% of the components used in Indian rockets are procured domestically, media reports said.
ISRO assesses space situation around Earth Lagrange’s Point 1 to ensure Aditya-L1's safety
Sep 27, 2023, at 03:24 am
Chennai/IBNS: With Aditya-L1 spacecraft, India's first solar exploratory mission, continuing its journey towards the Sun-Earth Lagrange’s Point 1 (L1), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday assessed the space situation around L1 to ensure the safety of the spacecraft and avoid any possibility of close approaches with other neighbouring spacecrafts, with the support from NASA-JPL (Jet Propulsion Labortory).
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx brings first asteroid sample on Earth
Sep 25, 2023, at 03:08 pm
After years of anticipation and hard work by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer) team, a capsule of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu finally is on Earth.
Jammu and Kashmir: Upper reaches of Gulmarg experiences season's first light snowfall
Sep 25, 2023, at 01:14 am
Higher reaches of the famous ski resort of Jammu Kashmir’s Gulmarg received the season's first light snowfall on Sunday, officials said.
New global action pledge to end TB by 2030
Sep 23, 2023, at 08:03 pm
New York: Applause rang out in one of the main conference rooms at UN headquarters on Friday as world leaders, civil society representatives and other stakeholders approved a declaration to advance efforts to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030.
Chandrayaan-3: No signal received from Vikram lander, Pragyan rover, says ISRO
Sep 23, 2023, at 03:13 pm
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is attempting to establish communication with Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander and Pragyan rover but no signal has been received so far.
Sep 23, 2023, at 01:52 am
Chennai/IBNS/UNI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday evening announced that it was trying to establish contact with the Vikram Lander and Pragyan Rover to ascertain their wake-up condition launched as part of the third lunar mission-Chandrayaan-3.
Healthcare: Lack of universal coverage, ‘human rights tragedy on a massive scale’
Sep 22, 2023, at 07:02 pm
World leaders on Thursday agreed to boost efforts to provide universal health coverage for all by 2030.
Chandrayaan-3 phase two to begin in a few hours: Jitendra Singh
Sep 22, 2023, at 04:53 am
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: Union Minister for Space Jitendra Singh on Thursday said the second phase of Chandrayaan-3 would begin a few hours from now when dawn breaks on the Moon after a gap of 14 days.
Sep 22, 2023, at 02:47 am
New Delhi: The Centre has announced a new set of National Awards in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation known as “Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar’’.
WHO report says proper hypertension treatment can avert 76 million deaths between 2023 and 2050
Sep 19, 2023, at 11:12 pm
A report released by the World Health Organization on Tuesday released a report which showed approximately 4 out of every 5 people with hypertension are not adequately treated, but if countries can scale up coverage, 76 million deaths could be averted between 2023 and 2050.
‘Radical reorientation’ needed as half of humanity lacks basic health coverage
Sep 19, 2023, at 11:07 pm
Over 4.5 billion people worldwide lack coverage for essential health services the UN health agency said on Monday, underscoring the need for stronger political commitment and increased government investment.
WHO chief Tedros asks China to give ‘full access’ to solve Covid-19's origins
Sep 18, 2023, at 11:49 pm
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has asked China to give more information on the origin of COVID-19, a disease which has wreaked havoc across the globe since its inception in 2020.
Aditya-L1 begins collecting scientific data at distances greater than 50,000 km from Earth
Sep 18, 2023, at 08:43 pm
India's first Solar exploratory mission Aditya-L1 to study the Sun, has commenced collecting scientific data at distances greater than 50,0000 km from Earth.
Aditya-L1 starts collecting scientific data at distances greater than 50,000 km from Earth
Sep 18, 2023, at 07:51 pm
Chennai/UNI: India's first Solar exploratory mission Aditya-L1 to study the Sun, has commenced collecting scientific data at distances greater than 50,0000 km from Earth.
Researchers are now trying to develop plastic that can break down in seawater
Sep 18, 2023, at 03:19 am
University of Queensland researchers are developing a plastic that breaks down in seawater to help turn the tide on marine waste.