Scientists warn of rise in potentially fatal bacterial infection due to global warming

Mar 26, 2023, at 11:37 pm

Continued warming of the climate would see a rise in the number and spread of potentially fatal infections caused by bacteria found along parts of the coast of the United States.

COVID-19 cases spike in India: Four more people die in past 24 hours

Mar 26, 2023, at 11:14 pm

New Delhi: Four people lost their lives due to Covid-19 infection during the past 24 hours in the country while active cases increased by 832 in the same period.

ISRO's LVM-M3/OneWeb-India 2 mission launched successfully

Mar 26, 2023, at 06:16 pm

Sriharikota(AP)/IBNS/UNI: In a dedicated second commercial launch, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday successfully accomplished the LVM-M3 mission.

Brilliant site of aurora in US mesmerizes people; Twitteraties share images, videos

Mar 26, 2023, at 07:05 am

A powerful geomagnetic storm, caused by a significant gap in the sun's corona, severely impacted the Earth's magnetic field, causing a stunning display of the Northern Lights in the United States.

Kolkata: Awareness and Joint Action by BIMSTEC countries could stem the climate rot

Mar 26, 2023, at 06:46 am

Kolkata: The BIMSTEC conference in Kolkata on Saturday deliberated on the issue of climate change in the region and unanimously called for cooperation and understanding of the problems and creating joint-action tempered by scientific decisions to stem the rot of climate change.

Health is now a crucial agenda of discussion among member states ever since COVID-19 pandemic occurred: BIMSTEC Secretary General Tenzin Lekphell 

Mar 26, 2023, at 06:19 am

Kolkata: BIMSTEC Secretary General Tenzin Lekphell on Saturday said health has emerged as a crucial agenda of discussion among the member states ever since the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020.

US: Mississippi tornadoes claim 23 lives, injure several overnight: Report

Mar 26, 2023, at 02:48 am

Mississippi (US): Several severe tornadoes ripped through the Deep South on Friday night, causing extensive destruction in southern U.S. state, Mississippi, resulting in the loss of at least 23 lives, demolishing numerous buildings, and causing immense damage to a rural town, news agency AP reported.

Risk of cervical cancer twice as high in women with mental illness: Study

Mar 26, 2023, at 12:02 am

Women with mental illness, neuropsychiatric disability, or substance abuse are less likely to go for gynaecological smear tests for cervical cancer and run more than twice the risk of developing the disease.

Study says blind people sense their heartbeats better than sighted

Mar 25, 2023, at 11:56 pm

Blind people are better at sensing their own heartbeats than sighted, shows a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Jagiellonian University in Poland.

Study finds blood pressure greater than 130/85 mmHg can cause heart damage in adolescents: Study

Mar 25, 2023, at 11:26 pm

New York: Elevated blood pressure and hypertension can cause early cardiac damage during adolescence which is worsened by young adulthood, a paper published in the Journal of Pediatrics concludes.

Study finds good physical fitness does not protect children from obesity-related low-grade inflammation

Mar 25, 2023, at 11:19 pm

New York: The increased prevalence of childhood obesity has resulted in an increased incidence of sustained low-grade inflammation since childhood.

Is COVID-19 making a comeback? India registers six deaths in past 24 hours

Mar 25, 2023, at 10:51 pm

New Delhi: Six patients have died due to Coronavirus infection in the country in the last 24 hours while the number of active cases increased by 674 during this period, according to data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.

Arunachal Pradesh: World Forest Day marked in Itanagar, youth clean up Yagamso River

Mar 25, 2023, at 02:06 pm

Itanagar: Celebrating World Forest Day, more than 80 volunteers in Arunachal Pradesh capital Itanagar joined hands on Tuesday to clean the  Yagamso river at Indira Gandhi Park.

Arunachal Pradesh: NGOs conduct door-to-door campaign on waste segregation in Itanagar

Mar 25, 2023, at 01:54 pm

Itanagar: Volunteers of  Abralow Memorial Multipurpose Society and Youth Mission for Clean River (YMCR) recently carried out a  door-to-door campaign on ‘source segregation of waste’ among the business community and residents of Arunachal Pradesh capital Itanagar.

Leander Paes unveils Ben Nevis's new healthcare programme for senior sportspersons

Mar 25, 2023, at 05:40 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Olympian Leander Paes and his father Dr Vece Paes have recently unveiled Ben Nevis Diagnostic Center's new healthcare programme for senior members of the sporting community.

Wildfire ravages eastern Spain, devastates over 3,000 hectares of forest forcing 1,500 residents to evacuate

Mar 25, 2023, at 05:27 am

Villanueva de Viver/Spain: A massive wildfire erupted in the eastern Valencia region of Spain on Friday, resulting in the devastation of over 3,000 hectares of forest and compelling 1,500 residents to flee their homes, according to officials.

Kolkata: Health experts discuss benefits of consuming almond

Mar 25, 2023, at 03:44 am

Kolkata: With an aim to engage with health professionals, Indian Dietetic Association, Bengal Chapter, and the Almond Board of California hosted a session on the benefits of consumption of almonds.

Now you have more reason to listein to your favourite music as study reveals it enhances efficiency of certain medicines

Mar 25, 2023, at 02:11 am

MSU research reveals anti-nausea medicine is more effective when chemotherapy patients pair treatment with listening to their favorite music.

Indian govt to set up regional National Institute of Virology in Jammu and Kashmir

Mar 25, 2023, at 12:17 am

Srinagar: The Indian government plans to open the regional National Institute of Virology in Jammu & Kashmir, media reports said.

World Tuberculosis Day: WHO ramps up initiative to combat killer disease

Mar 24, 2023, at 11:43 pm

New York: For the first time in more than a decade, the number of people dying from tuberculosis (TB) rose last year due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, conflicts and other crises, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

Scientists use locks of music composer Beethoven's hair to find clues of his death

Mar 24, 2023, at 11:43 pm

The research, led by the University of Cambridge, the Beethoven Center San Jose and American Beethoven Society, KU Leuven, FamilyTreeDNA, the University Hospital Bonn and the University of Bonn, the Beethoven-Haus, Bonn, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, uncovers important information about the composer’s health and poses new questions about his recent ancestry and cause of death.

WHO chief warns against misinformation over global pandemic accord

Mar 24, 2023, at 11:33 pm

New York: The head of the UN World Health Organization on Thursday spoke out forcefully against “misinformation on social media and in the mainstream media” which has falsely alleged that a new global pandemic accord being negotiated, would allow the WHO to override national sovereignty relating to a future outbreak.

Deadly Syria earthquake provides chance to move forward: UN envoy

Mar 24, 2023, at 11:11 pm

Renewed diplomatic attention on Syria, and the suffering of its people following the recent deadly earthquake, create new obligations and opportunities to forge lasting peace, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen told the Security Council on Thursday.

Japan govt decides to cull about 330,000 chickens in Aomori Prefecture over bird flu

Mar 24, 2023, at 10:48 pm

Tokyo: Around 330,000 chickens will be culled in Japan's Aomori Prefecture due to a new outbreak of bird flu, the local administration said on Friday.

Sweet change our brains: Study

Mar 24, 2023, at 10:18 pm

Chocolate bars, crisps and fries - why can't we just ignore them in the supermarket? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research in Cologne, in collaboration with Yale University, have now shown that foods with a high fat and sugar content change our brain: If we regularly eat even small amounts of them, the brain learns to consume precisely these foods in the future.

Researchers shine light on how stress impacts women's hearts

Mar 24, 2023, at 10:07 pm

New York: Right in the middle of women’s history month, it’s staggering to think back on how recently women and their hearts began to be taken seriously by the scientific community.

Climate change making Earth ‘uninhabitable’ Guterres warns

Mar 24, 2023, at 09:50 pm

New York: Humanity is facing a “difficult truth” the UN chief said just ahead of World Meteorological Day, marked on Thursday – the damage already being caused by climate change is “making our planet uninhabitable.”

Guterres warns of ‘catastrophic’ consequences of a world without glaciers

Mar 24, 2023, at 07:06 pm

New York: Glaciers are “critical to all life on Earth”, the UN chief reminded the UN 2023 Water Conference on Wednesday, warning that unless the rise in sea level due to global warming is reversed, “the consequences will be catastrophic.”

UN Water Conference: More investment crucial to access water, sanitation, hygiene for all

Mar 24, 2023, at 07:02 pm

New York: Marking the most significant global conference on water in five decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) called on all nations to invest in better access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) for all.

Access to chronic disease medication ‘still out of reach for many’: WHO report

Mar 24, 2023, at 06:53 pm

New York: Although COVID-19 is disappearing from view, access to medicines that treat non-communicable diseases, or NCDs, remain out of reach for millions across the world, said the World Health Organization (WHO) in a new report published on Wednesday.