Access to TB care has expanded substantially: WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia
Mar 22, 2016, at 01:43 am
New Delhi, Mar 21 (IBNS): The South-East Asia Region has achieved the 2015 Millennium Development Goal of halting and reversing TB incidence. It has also achieved the Stop TB Partnership's target of halving the TB mortality and prevalence rates compared to 1990 levels, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia Poonam Khetrapal said during her speech on World TB Day Event.
6.4 earthquake hits Russia, no casualty
Mar 21, 2016, at 11:37 pm
Moscow, Mar 21 (IBNS) An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale hit Russia's Kamchatsk Staryy area on Monday, reports said.
Plant more trees to create oxygen bank urges minister on World Forest Day
Mar 21, 2016, at 08:22 pm
New Delhi, Mar 21 (IBNS) The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, in collaboration with Department of Forest and Wildlife of Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, celebrated the International Day of Forest on Monday at the Asola Bhatti Wildlife sanctuary.
Government to roll out new drug for treatment of drug-resistant TB
Mar 21, 2016, at 08:09 pm
New Delhi, Mar 21 (IBNS) The central government is launching a drug called Bedaquiline on Monday for the treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB), according to media reports.
Fortis Hospital, Anandapur takes up Swachha Bharat Mission for a greener and cleaner Kolkata
Mar 21, 2016, at 07:24 pm
Kolkata, Mar 21 (IBNS) In support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Mission, Fortis Hospital Anandapur initiated a Cleanliness campaign, “Clean Kolkata, Green Kolkataâ€, to create increased awareness that good health and cleanliness are closely related.
Launch, docking returns International Space Station crew to full strength
Mar 20, 2016, at 02:44 pm
Washington, Mar 20 (IBNS) NASA astronaut Jeff Williams is now the first American to become a three-time, long-term resident of the International Space Station.
Indivac launches Awareness Means Safety campaign against cervical cancer
Mar 19, 2016, at 06:41 pm
Kolkata, March 19 (IBNS): Indivac, India’s first professional at-home vaccination services, on Thursday launched Awareness Means Safety, an initiative to highlight the need of vaccination for cervical cancer patients.
Mauritius Health Minister calls on Indian Health Minister
Mar 19, 2016, at 12:13 am
New Delhi, Ma r 18 (IBNS) Anil Kumar Singh Gayan, Minister of Health and Quality of Life, Republic of Mauritius called on the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda, here on Friday.
Plastic carry bags: Minimum thickness increased to 50 microns
Mar 18, 2016, at 10:53 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS) To curb the menace of plastic waste and its accumulation, the Union government has, on Friday, said that the minimum thickness of plastic carry bags has been increased to 50 microns from 40 microns and the rule, which was being implemented up to municipal areas will now be implemented at the village level too.
Educate people on healthcare instead of propaganda : Jaitley asks media
Mar 18, 2016, at 08:09 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (IBNS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday advised media to go for sustained campaign on issues like healthcare and play a role in educating the people, instead of "propaganda of different types which indoctrinates people".
HSI India and PFA welcome India decision to end repeat animal testing of drugs
Mar 18, 2016, at 06:47 pm
New Delhi, Mar 18 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Leading animal protection organizations Human Society International (HSI) and People for Animal (PFA) on Friday lauded the move by the Union Ministry of Health and Family banning repeat animal testing of new drugs already tested abroad, thus sparing cruelty to thousands of animals.
Astronomers discover colossal 'Super Spiral' galaxies
Mar 18, 2016, at 02:50 pm
Washington, Mar 18 (IBNS) A strange new kind of galactic beast has been spotted in the cosmic wilderness. Dubbed "super spirals," these unprecedented galaxies dwarf our own spiral galaxy, the Milky Way, and compete in size and brightness with the largest galaxies in the universe.
Science papers reveal new aspects of Pluto and its Moons
Mar 18, 2016, at 02:45 pm
Washington, Mar 18 (IBNS): A year ago, Pluto was just a bright speck in the cameras of NASA’s approaching New Horizons spacecraft, not much different than its appearances in telescopes since Clyde Tombaugh discovered the then-ninth planet in 1930.
Mar 17, 2016, at 01:58 pm
Washington, Mar 17 (IBNS) The gantry arms close around the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft to secure the rocket, as seen in this long exposure taken on Wednesday at launch pad 1 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Surgeon Anupama Rajanbabu completes 100 Robotic Surgeries
Mar 16, 2016, at 06:40 pm
Kochi, Mar 15 (IBNS) Robotic Surgeon Anupama Rajanbabu from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences completed 100 Robotic Surgeries in the area of gynaecology cancer successfully in Kochi on Monday.
South Africa snapped from Space Station's EarthKAM
Mar 16, 2016, at 03:23 pm
Washington, Mar 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The remotely controlled Sally Ride EarthKAM aboard the International Space Station snapped this striking photograph during a flyover of South Africa on Feb. 9, 2016.
Create healthy environments to save lives: WHO
Mar 16, 2016, at 04:34 am
New Delhi, Mar 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A new WHO report released on Tuesday estimates that every year 12.6 million people globally die from diseases and injuries attributable to the environments in which they live and work.
Measures being taken to preserve ethnic and tribal medicinal practices
Mar 15, 2016, at 09:44 pm
New Delhi, Mar 15 (IBNS) Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge) and Health & Family Welfare, in a written reply to the Raj Sabha on Tuesday said, the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) has been implementing a Tribal Health Care Research Programme (THCRP), which aims at collecting information on folk medicines / traditional practices prevalent in different parts of India besides extending health care services to tribal population.
NPCDCS under National Health Mission to ensure intervention at district level
Mar 15, 2016, at 08:26 pm
New Delhi, Mar 15 (IBNS) Union Health Minister, J P Nadda, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday said that the Central Government is implementing the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) under National Health Mission (NHM) for interventions upto the district level.
P&G discontinues manufacture and sale of Vicks Action 500 Extra
Mar 15, 2016, at 06:15 pm
Mumbai, Mar 15 (IBNS) In a letter to the National Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Procter and Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Ltd (P&G) has informed that the company has discontinued manufacture and sale of its product Vicks Action 500 Extra following a notification from the Union government.
NASA selects proposals to build better solar technologies for Deep Space Missions
Mar 15, 2016, at 03:33 pm
Washington, Mar 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS): NASA’s Game Changing Development (GCD) program has selected four proposals to develop solar array technologies that will aid spacecraft in exploring destinations well beyond low-Earth orbit, including Mars.
ExoMars on its way to solve red planet's mysteries
Mar 15, 2016, at 03:17 pm
Washington, Mar 15 (IBNS) The first of two joint ESA–Roscosmos missions to Mars has begun a seven-month journey to the Red Planet, where it will address unsolved mysteries of the planet’s atmosphere that could indicate present-day geological – or even biological – activity.
NASA measures U.S. south heavy rainfall from space
Mar 15, 2016, at 03:07 pm
Washington, Mar 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Extremely heavy rain fell over the southern United States during the past week and data from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission core satellite and others in the GPM constellation provided a look at areas with heaviest rainfall. The data showed the largest amounts of rain fell from north central Louisiana to southern Arkansas.
Dueling climate cycles may increase sea level swings
Mar 15, 2016, at 02:38 pm
Washington, Mar 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The tropical Pacific Ocean isn't flat like a pond. Instead, it regularly has a high side and a low side. Natural cycles such as El Niño and La Niña events cause this sea level seesaw to tip back and forth, with the ocean near Asia on one end and the ocean near the Americas on the other.
Mar 15, 2016, at 03:34 am
Kolkata, Mar 14 (IBNS) Enhancing the quality of life of patient with implanted cardiac device is now available in Kolkata with the advancement of industry’s new age technology and therapy, Remote Monitoring or Home Monitoring.
Harvard researchers design 3D material with controllable shape and size
Mar 15, 2016, at 03:32 am
New York, Mar 14 (IBNS) Harvard researchers have designed a new type of foldable material that is versatile, tunable and self actuated. It can change size, volume and shape; it can fold flat to withstand the weight of an elephant without breaking, and pop right back up to prepare for the next task.
Experiments show magnetic chips could dramatically increase computing’s energy efficiency
Mar 15, 2016, at 02:47 am
Los Angeles, Mar 14 (IBNS) In a breakthrough for energy-efficient computing, UC Berkeley engineers have shown for the first time that magnetic chips can actually operate at the lowest fundamental energy dissipation theoretically possible under the laws of thermodynamics.
Pfizer stops sale of Corex cough syrup in India after ban
Mar 14, 2016, at 08:06 pm
Mumbai, Mar 14 (IBNS) Pharmaceutical major Pfizer has stopped manufacture and sale of popular cough syrup Corex with immediate effect after a ban by the Government.
Link between gum disease and cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s
Mar 14, 2016, at 02:05 pm
London, Mar 14 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A new study, jointly led by the University of Southampton and King’s College London, has found a link between gum disease and greater rates of cognitive decline in people with early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease.
4.3 earthquake hits Assam, no casualty
Mar 14, 2016, at 01:28 am
GuwahatiI, Mar 13 (IBNS) An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter Scale hit Assam on Sunday, officials said.