Confirmed COVID-19 cases in UK jump to 798
Mar 14, 2020, at 08:54 am
London/Xinhua/UNI: The confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Britain reached 798 on Friday, an increase of 208 over 24 hours, according to the British Department of Health and Social Care.
UK confirms 12 more COVID-19 cases
Mar 02, 2020, at 08:55 am
London/Xinhua/UNI: Britain has confirmed 12 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the country's total number of infections to 35, according to British health authorities.
West Bengal and the UK join hands to tackle degradation in the Sundarbans delta
Jan 24, 2020, at 12:47 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal government's environment department together with the British Deputy High Commission Kolkata and the Newcastle University, UK have joined hands as a ‘force for good’ to launch Living Deltas Transdisciplinary Research Hub funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF).
10 year olds in the UK have consumed 18 years’ worth of sugar: Study
Jan 06, 2019, at 09:24 pm
London, Jan 6 (IBNS): Children have already exceeded the maximum recommended sugar intake for an 18 year old by the time they reach their tenth birthday, according to Public Health England (PHE).
New UK-U.S. joint Antarctic programme to study future sea level rise
Apr 30, 2018, at 10:03 pm
London, Apr 30 (IBNS): A new UK-U.S. Antarctic research programme to improve the prediction of future sea-level rise is launched this week (Monday 30 April 2018) at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Cambridge.
UK and India research partnership reaches £400 million: UK Science Minister
Apr 19, 2018, at 02:27 am
London, Apr 18 (IBNS): Science Minister Sam Gyimah on Wednesday announced that as part of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the UK, the latter country will continue to grow its already strong research partnership with India with tech-focused investments that focus on issues of global importance including agriculture, clean energy, global health and the environment.
Ireland to hold abortion referendum vote in May
Jan 30, 2018, at 06:40 pm
Dublin, Jan 30 (IBNS): Ireland is going to host a referendum vote on the much debated abortion ban in May.
Heart failure in the UK continues to rise; poorest people worst affected, finds study
Nov 26, 2017, at 12:09 am
London, Nov 25 (IBNS): The number of people being diagnosed with heart failure in the UK continues to grow, and the poorest people are significantly more likely to be affected by the condition, new research from The George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford has found.
UK-India science ministers announce joint research projects to address shared challenges
Nov 03, 2017, at 02:30 am
London, Nov 2 (IBNS): UK Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation Jo Johnson and Indian Minister of State for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Y S Chowdary together announced new UK-India joint research projects and saw high-impact current Research Councils-India collaborations succeed at the first ever Newton Prize award ceremony at the National Science Centre in New Delhi.
UK: Spider presumed extinct discovered in Nottinghamshire
Oct 05, 2017, at 04:31 pm
Nottinghamshire, Oct 5 (IBNS): Beware arachnophobes! A spider presumed to be extinct was found in the UK's Nottinghamshire nearly after 50 years, reports said.
New till receipt design could make us healthier, say academics
Jul 14, 2017, at 04:54 am
Birmingham, July 13 (IBNS): A new traffic light system which uses till receipts to display nutritional information for an entire supermarket shop could revolutionise the way we buy food, say academics at Birmingham City University in the UK.
Massive cyber-attack hits at least 99 countries
May 13, 2017, at 03:56 pm
Mumbai, May 13 (IBNS): A massive ransomware has hit at least 99 countries, retarding operations by locking down computers, reports said.
Babies cry most in UK, Canada, Italy & Netherlands, says study
Apr 05, 2017, at 01:30 am
London, Apr 4 (IBNS): Babies cry more in Britain, Canada and Italy, than the rest of the world – according to new research by the University of Warwick.