Health Ministry issues fresh advisory to Delhi Govt. on Dengue
Sep 19, 2015, at 10:14 pm
New Delhi, Sept 19 (IBNS) The Union Health Ministry has issued a fresh advisory to the Delhi Government to intensify vector control measures in view of the recent rains.
Professor Sijbrand de Jong elected as next President of CERN Council
Sep 19, 2015, at 01:56 am
Geneva, Sept 18 (IBNS) . CERN Council on Friday announced the election of Professor Sijbrand de Jong as its 22nd President for a period of one year renewable twice, with a mandate starting on Jan 1, 2016.
Dengue in Delhi: Three more die
Sep 17, 2015, at 03:49 pm
New Delhi, Sept 17 (IBNS) Three more persons have died of dengue in Delhi taking the toll to 14 in what has hit the capital as the worst outbreak of the disease in five years.
Cassini finds global Ocean in Saturn's Moon Enceladus
Sep 16, 2015, at 10:22 pm
California, Sept 16 (IBNS) A global ocean lies beneath the icy crust of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus, according to new research using data from NASA's Cassini mission.
No dengue patient to be denied treatment, increase bed strength: Union Health Minister to hospitals
Sep 16, 2015, at 03:17 am
New Delhi, Sept 15 (IBNS) Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare J P Nadda has directed all hospitals under the central government that no patient suffering from fever or suspected to have dengue should be denied treatment and the bed strength, if needed, should be increased to accommodate all patients who are visiting the hospitals for treatment for suspected dengue.
Dengue in Delhi: With two more deaths toll rises to seven
Sep 15, 2015, at 08:37 pm
New Delhi, Sept 15 (IBNS) Dengue, raging in the national capital, has claimed two more lives taking the toll to seven.
Union Health Minister reviews preparedness on Dengue
Sep 15, 2015, at 12:11 am
New Delhi, Sept 14 (IBNS): The Health Ministry on Monday said it has decided to ask the Delhi Government to take action against any overcharging by the private hospitals while providing treatment to dengue patients.
Narrow escape for bikers in Bengal elephant attack
Sep 14, 2015, at 07:05 pm
Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, Sept 14 (IBNS) It was close shave for two men who were attacked by an elephant in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district after they tried to sneak past it on their motorcyle.
Health Ministry seeks report from Delhi Govt over death of child due to Dengue
Sep 13, 2015, at 02:19 am
New Delhi, Sept 12 (IBNS) The Health & Family Welfare Ministry on Saturday said it has sought a report from the Delhi government on the death of a child in Delhi due to Dengue and the subsequent suicide of his parents, as reported in media on Saturday.
U.S. Ambassador convenes corporate leaders for TB-Free India
Sep 11, 2015, at 04:22 am
Mumbai, Sept 10 (IBNS): The U.S. Ambassador to India Richard Verma on Thursday launched the 'Mumbai Dialogue: Towards a TB-Free India' along with legendary Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and Ratan Tata, Chairman, Sir Ratan Tata Trusts.
Focus on neglected tropical diseases: WHO
Sep 10, 2015, at 08:08 pm
Kolkata, Sept 10 (IBNS): The World Health Organization has called for renewed commitments and focused efforts to eliminate neglected tropical diseases - kala azar, leprosy, yaws, lymphatic filariasis and schistosomiasis - which continue to disable, disfigure and kill people in the WHO South-East Asia Region.
Urgent action needed to prevent a return to pre-antibiotic era: WHO
Sep 10, 2015, at 12:11 am
Kolkata, Sept 9 (IBNS): Cautioning that indiscriminate use of antibiotics and other drugs is increasingly leading to resistance to medicines, persistence of infections, and treatment failure, the World Health Organization has urged member countries in South-East Asia Region to urgently address this threat to public health.
Kolkata join hands to help underprivileged cancer patients at Tata Medical Center
Sep 09, 2015, at 11:24 pm
Kolkata, Sept 9 (IBNS): Leading citizens from Kolkata came together recently to raise funds for the treatment of underprivileged cancer patients, at the Tata Medical Center in Kolkata, through the 'Dil Sey Deejiye' campaign.
Columbia Asia to Build Next-Gen Hospital Management System with Microsoft
Sep 07, 2015, at 09:42 pm
New Delhi Sept 7 (IBNS) : International healthcare group Columbia Asia has partnered with Microsoft to evolve a next-generation cloud ready hospital management system to meet its emerging enterprise needs. Columbia Asia is currently using its proprietary hospital management system, Care21.
GSAT-6 put in its orbital slot: ISRO
Sep 07, 2015, at 01:42 am
Bangalore, Sept 6 (IBNS): The Indian Space Research Organisation on Sunday said military communication satellite GSAT-6 has been positioned in its orbital slot.
National nutrition week underway in West Bengal
Sep 05, 2015, at 05:58 pm
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IBNS): Like every year, National Nutrition week will be celebrated from 1st-7th September by the Dept of Child Development and Women Development and Social Welfare, Government of West Bengal in association with UNICEF Kolkata.
Soyuz heads to Space Station with new crew
Sep 03, 2015, at 03:24 am
California, Sept 2 (IBNS) Three crew members representing Russia, Denmark and Kazakhstan have launched to the International Space Station to provide a new ride home for the station’s one-year crew and continue important research that advances NASA's journey to Mars.
Medical device industry call upon government to empower domestic manufacture
Sep 03, 2015, at 03:09 am
New York, Sept 2 (IBNS) Industry leaders participating FICCI Heal 2015 have called upon the Government to take strong measures to drive the consumption of medical devices in the country, bring clarity to regulatory policy, correct inverse import duties and provide fiscal incentives to give the domestic manufacture of medical devices a strong impetus for growth and turn India into a global innovation hub for medical technology.
Ministers from South-East Asia meet in Dili to set health priorities
Sep 01, 2015, at 09:15 pm
Kolkata , Sept 1 (IBNS): Health Ministers of the 11 countries of WHO’s South-East Asia Region are meeting in Dili, Timor-Leste, from Sept 7-11 to set health priorities and discuss the health agenda for the region.
ATLAS and CMS experiments shed light on Higgs properties
Sep 01, 2015, at 07:28 pm
Geneva/Saint Petersburg, Sept 1 (IBNS): Three years after the announcement of the discovery of a new particle, the so-called Higgs boson, the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations presented for the first time combined measurements of many of its properties, at the third annual Large Hadron Collider Physics Conference (LHCP 2015).
First orbit raising operation of GSAT-6 held successfully: ISRO
Aug 30, 2015, at 12:30 am
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS) Days after the launch of GSAT-6, the ISRO on Saturday said India's latest communication satellite has performed its first orbit raising operation.
UN health agency unveils sanitation and hygiene plan towards eradicating tropical diseases by 2020
Aug 28, 2015, at 06:12 pm
New York, Aug 28 (IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday announced that it is strengthening water, sanitation and hygiene services to accelerate progress in eliminating and eradicating neglected tropical diseases by 2020 that affect more than 1 billion of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable populations.
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).
India launches GSLV carrying GSAT6 satellite from Sriharikota
Aug 27, 2015, at 10:46 pm
Sriharikota, Aug 27 (IBNS): India on Thursday launched communication satellite GSAT-6 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
PM Modi inaugurates two-day "Call to Action Summit-2015 in New Delhi
Aug 27, 2015, at 09:47 pm
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the two-day "Call to Action Summit-2015-ending preventable child and maternal deaths", organized by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and the Ministry of Health, Government of Ethiopia, here on Thursday.
India has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus: PM Narendra Modi
Aug 27, 2015, at 09:08 pm
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India has achieved a 'milestone' as the country has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus.
Aug 27, 2015, at 04:28 pm
New York, Aug 27 (IBNS) Sierra Leone on Wednesday began its countdown to be declared by the World Health Organization as free of Ebola virus transmission as the West African nation's President described the release of the last patient treated for the disease at a treatment centre as "the beginning of the end of Ebola."
Ebola response panel studying ways to enforce compliance with key UN legal health instrument
Aug 27, 2015, at 04:14 pm
New York, Aug 27 (IBNS) A special United Nations international panel reviewing the role of existing international health regulations in the response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is studying the use of possible sanctions and other mechanisms to ensure better compliance with what it described as "a very important legal instrument in order to improve the global health security."
UK Minister promotes Climate Action Plan in Kolkata
Aug 27, 2015, at 05:02 am
Kolkata, Aug 26 (IBNS): UK Minister of State for International Development Desmond Swayne, visited Kolkata on Tuesday to see work under the UK-Kolkata Municipal Corporation partnership to develop Kolkata into a low-carbon and climate resilient city.
UK Minister and Sovan Chatterjee conducts sensitization program on climate change in Kolkata
Aug 27, 2015, at 04:55 am
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IBNS) The British might have left India a long time ago but their love for the 'City of Joy' remains undeterred and unblemished to this day and to protect Kolkata from the jaws of pollution, develop it into a low-carbon and climate resilient city, Desmond Swayne, UK Minister of State for International Development, visited Kolkata on Tuesday and along with Mayor Sovan Chatterjee, promoted climate action in Kolkata.