Columbia Asia Hospital launches EUS Unit at its Bangalore hospitals
Sep 02, 2016, at 05:45 pm
Kolkata/Bangalore, Sept 2 (IBNS): Columbia Asia Hospital announced the launch of EUS (Endoscopic Ultrasound) Unit, as part of Integrated Digestive and Liver Care Program at their Bangalore hospitals, a release stated.
South-East Asia Health Ministers meet in Colombo next week
Sep 02, 2016, at 04:15 am
New Delhi, Sept 1 (IBNS): Health Ministers of the 11 Member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region are meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from Sept 5-9 to set health priorities for the Region, home to nearly a quarter of the world’s population.
Canadian made device counteracts Zika virus
Sep 02, 2016, at 03:14 am
Toronto, Sept 1 (IBNS): In an attempt to counteract the birth and growth of the Zika Virus, a Canadian company based in Waterloo have come up with an innovative device that not only stops the spread of Zika Virus but terminates it from the roots completely.
External Affairs Ministry confirms 13 Indians tested Zika positive in Singapore
Sep 01, 2016, at 06:45 pm
Singapore, Sep 1 (IBNS): The Ministry of External Affairs confirmed on Thursday that 13 Indians tested positive for the Zika virus in Singapore, according to media reports.
Air pollution kills over 50,000 a year in Britain, finds study
Aug 31, 2016, at 02:56 pm
London, Aug 31 (IBNS): UK transport planning is not sufficiently taking into account the environmental impacts of transport choices according to researchers from the Centre for Transport and Society and Air Quality Management Resource Centre at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol).
Increase in number of Zika virus cases in Alberta
Aug 30, 2016, at 08:09 pm
Calgary, Aug 30 (IBNS): According to Alberta Health officials, the number of Zika virus affected cases has risen over 26 with a possibility of the virus spreading further through sexual contacts.
Ananth Kumar stresses upon need for affordable medicines
Aug 29, 2016, at 10:35 pm
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS): Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar has appealed to the industry leaders, State Governments, other departments and civil society in pooling efforts to make available medicines at affordable prices to the common man.
PM Modi congratulates ISRO scientists on successful testing of Scramjet Rocket Engine
Aug 29, 2016, at 05:00 am
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated ISRO scientists on the successful testing of Scramjet Rocket Engine.
Singapore confirms 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika virus
Aug 28, 2016, at 10:20 pm
Singapore City, Aug 28 (IBNS): Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of Zika of locally transmitted Zika, which include 36 foreign construction workers.
President congratulates ISRO for the successful conduct of ATV
Aug 28, 2016, at 09:06 pm
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the successful conduct of Futuristic Rocket Test –Advanced Technology Vehicle (ATV).
Flight testing of Scramjet Engine Technology demonstrator successful: ISRO
Aug 28, 2016, at 04:47 pm
Sriharikota, Aug 28 (IBNS): The first experimental mission of ISRO's Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System was successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota on Sunday.
NASA's Juno successfully completes Jupiter flyby
Aug 28, 2016, at 02:22 pm
California, Aug 28 (IBNS): NASA's Juno mission successfully executed its first of 36 orbital flybys of Jupiter on Saturday.
Aug 28, 2016, at 01:51 pm
Chennai,Aug 28 (IBNS): Touching another landmark, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday conducted scramjet engine test at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh successfully, reports said.
NASA's Juno to soar closest to Jupiter this Saturday
Aug 27, 2016, at 01:41 pm
Washington, Aug 27 (IBNS): This Saturday at 5:51 a.m. PDT, (8:51 a.m. EDT, 12:51 UTC) NASA's Juno spacecraft will get closer to the cloud tops of Jupiter than at any other time during its prime mission.
Researchers identify possible pathway to reboot immune system after bone-marrow transplants
Aug 27, 2016, at 03:35 am
Birmingham, Aug 26 (IBNS): New research has shown how a cell surface molecule, Lymphotoxin β receptor, controls entry of T-cells into the thymus; and as such presents an opportunity to understanding why cancer patients who undergo bone-marrow transplant are slow to recover their immune system.
Green tribunal asks Numaligarh refinery to free up Kaziranga elephant corridor
Aug 25, 2016, at 10:32 pm
New Delhi/Guwahati, Aug 25 (IBNS): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Numaligarh Refinery Limited to demolish a wall it had constructed near the Kaziranga National Park in Assam and which was blocking an elephant corridor, the media reported on Thursday.
Scientists discover new planet orbiting star Proxima Centauri
Aug 25, 2016, at 09:14 pm
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): Scientists have discovered an earth-sized planet orbiting a star closest to Earth's solar system, according to media reports on Thursday.
Aug 25, 2016, at 02:07 am
Rome, Aug 24 (IBNS): The earthquake, which rocked Italy on Wednesday, has killed at least 73 people, media reports said.
Cabinet approves MoU with Myanmar for cooperation in Traditional Systems of Medicine
Aug 25, 2016, at 12:42 am
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IBNS): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Myanmar in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine.
Special team formed to prevent dengue in President’s Estate
Aug 25, 2016, at 12:30 am
Kolkata, Aug 24 (IBNS): Special teams have been formed to prevent dengue and other water-bound diseases in the President’s Estate, officials said on Wednesday.
Chattisgarh's 'Black Tea Woman' surviving on the beverage for 18 years
Aug 24, 2016, at 05:23 pm
Raipur, Aug 24 (IBNS): How many times have we come across memes on internet showing a skeleton sitting atop a sofa, with a caption telling us about how the person started dieting but forgot to end it, thus ending in their present state?
Aug 24, 2016, at 03:11 pm
Rome, Aug 24 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale hit central Italy on Wednesday.
New Delhi: Medicine Vending Machine inaugurated at Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinic
Aug 24, 2016, at 06:30 am
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IBNS): Ambassador Jonathan Addleton, Mission Director to India, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and Dr. Nutan Mundeja, Project Director of the AAMC 100, on Tuesday inaugurated an automated Medicine Vending Machine (MVM) at the Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinic in Rajender Nagar, New Delhi.
NASA establishes contact with STEREO Mission
Aug 24, 2016, at 03:30 am
California, Aug 23 (IBNS): On Aug. 21, 2016, contact was reestablished with one of NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatories, known as the STEREO-B spacecraft, after communications were lost on Oct. 1, 2014.
Fussy infants find food more rewarding, putting them at higher risk for obesity, says study
Aug 23, 2016, at 11:39 pm
New York, Aug 23 (IBNS): Babies that seem to get upset more easily and take longer to calm down may be at higher risk for obesity while babies that exhibit more “cuddliness†and calm down easily are less likely at risk, according to a University at Buffalo study.
Korean Surgeon Prof Yoon Woo Koh to perform Robotic Surgeries in Kolkata
Aug 23, 2016, at 10:08 pm
Kolkata Aug 23 (IBNS): Eminent Korean Onco Surgeon Prof Yoon Woo Koh will perform Robotic Surgeries for Head & Neck Cancer and Thyroid cases at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital in Kolkata this week.
Provisions of safe food should become a part of our ingrained culture: J P Nadda
Aug 23, 2016, at 09:43 pm
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IBNS): Commemorating a decade of integrated food law in the country, and marking ten years of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his congratulatory message underscored the ‘need for the Authority to focus on empowering the consumers so that the manufacturers and suppliers of food products become responsive to consumer needs, demands and expectations.’
How did the 2015 Solar Eclipse affect temperatures, finds study
Aug 23, 2016, at 03:27 pm
London, Aug 23 (IBNS): In probably first ever study of its kind, satellites were used to monitor land surface 'skin' temperatures during a total solar eclipse,Britain's Met office has said.
Maple fire threatens Western edge of Yellowstone National Park
Aug 23, 2016, at 03:14 pm
California, Aug 23 (IBNS): The VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite took this color-enhanced image of the Maple Fire in Wyoming, Aug 21, 2016.
5.5 earthquake hits Myanmar, no casualty
Aug 23, 2016, at 02:59 pm
Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 23 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale hit Myanmar on Tuesday.