Marking World Interfaith Week, top UN officials hope for collaboration on sustainable development
Feb 07, 2015, at 04:27 pm
New York, Feb 7 (IBNS) At a special event on Friday which marked World Interfaith Week, top United Nations officials celebrated the importance of dialogue among different faiths and religions to enhance mutual understanding, harmony and cooperation among people.
West African communities receiving Ebola's orphans with open arms, UN agency reports
Feb 07, 2015, at 04:14 pm
New York, Feb 7 (IBNS) Grief among the more than 16,000 children orphaned by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa runs deep, but most of them have been taken in by families thanks to the bonds of kinship that has proven stronger than stigma and fear associated with the disease, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
TCS' Patient Care System for Operation Smile goes live
Feb 07, 2015, at 03:13 am
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IBNS): Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, on Friday announced that the end-to-end Patient Care System developed for Operation Smile in Guwahati, Assam has gone live.
Jupiter comes closest to Earth tonight
Feb 07, 2015, at 01:57 am
New Delhi/Kolkata, Feb 6 (IBNS): Planet Jupiter will come closest to Earth on Friday night coming to within 404 million miles (650 million kilometers) of planet.
Dawn gets closer views of Ceres
Feb 06, 2015, at 06:47 pm
Washington, Feb 6 (IBNS) NASA on Friday said its Dawn spacecraft, on approach to dwarf planet Ceres, has acquired its latest and closest-yet snapshot of this mysterious world.
Kolkata's D.S. Research Centre organizes 'Ray of Hope' on World Cancer Day
Feb 06, 2015, at 04:30 am
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IBNS): Aiming to spread knowledge about cancer , ‘Ray of Hope’ event was organized by D.S. Research Centre in Kolkata on the occasion of World Cancer Day on Wednesday.
Pharmaceuticals dept visits USP India facility in Hyderabad
Feb 06, 2015, at 12:26 am
Hyderabad / Kolkata, Feb 5 (IBNS): Sudhansh Pant, Joint Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP), visited the US Pharmacopeia's (USP) state-of-the-art India facility in Hyderabad.
NASA spacecraft returns new images of Pluto en route to historic encounter
Feb 05, 2015, at 06:09 pm
California, Feb 5 (IBNS) NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft returned its first new images of Pluto on Wednesday, as the probe closes in on the dwarf planet. Although still just a dot along with its largest moon, Charon, the images come on the 109th birthday of Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered the distant icy world in 1930.
UN agency boosts aid for Malawi's flood victims, as Member States are briefed on situation
Feb 05, 2015, at 05:40 pm
New York, Feb 5 (IBNS) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced on Wednesday that it is scaling-up its efforts in Malawi, following weeks of devastating floods that have displaced large numbers of people and presented complex challenges for that country’s Government.
On World Cancer Day, UN says 'goal must be equitable access for all patients, in all countries'
Feb 05, 2015, at 05:36 pm
New York, Feb 5 (IBNS) As the international community pauses on World Cancer Day to remember the millions of preventable deaths caused by the disease, the head of the UN agency that contributes nuclear techniques to fight cancer said on Wednesday that a huge percentage of the world’s cancer deaths occurring in developing countries can be prevented.
Low intensity quake felt in Kashmir region
Feb 05, 2015, at 05:16 pm
Srinagar, Feb 5 (IBNS) A low intense earthquake hit Kashmir region early on Wednesday morning.
Rs 1500 cr relief fund in place for nuclear disaster victims: DAE
Feb 04, 2015, at 07:24 pm
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IBNS): The Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) Kolkata said that 3 to 4% of total electricity power in India now come from nuclear power plants and a relief fund is in place for compensation in case of any nuclear disaster.
Ebola: UN health agency says large-scale vaccine trials under way in Liberia
Feb 04, 2015, at 02:23 pm
New York, Feb 4 (IBNS) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that the Ebola vaccine trials now under way in Liberia would start soon in Guinea and Sierra Leone, the two other most-affected countries in West Africa.
Amid US measles outbreak, UN health agency urges parents to vaccinate children
Feb 04, 2015, at 02:19 pm
New York, Feb 4 (IBNS) Parents in the United States must vaccinate their children against measles in order to maintain the high levels of immunity necessary in keeping outbreaks of the aggressively contagious virus small and contained, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday.
India committed to issues on climate change: Prakash Javadekar
Feb 04, 2015, at 04:25 am
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IBNS) Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar has said that government's initiatives, efforts, and action plans to pursue the clean and renewable energy path had put India in a leadership position in dealing with climate change issues.
Rajasthan Home Minister victim of swine flu
Feb 03, 2015, at 08:42 pm
Jaipur, Feb 3 (IBNS) Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria has joined the ranks of swine flu victims in Rajasthan after he tested positive for H1N1 as the number of deaths has risen to 52.
India playing a leadership role in fight against climate change: Javadekar
Feb 03, 2015, at 07:36 pm
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IBNS): Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that India was already demonstrating leadership in the fight against climate change.
21st century 'hottest' on record as global warming continues, UN agency warns
Feb 03, 2015, at 06:53 pm
New York,Feb 3 (IBNS) Devastating weather patterns and increasing temperatures will last into the foreseeable future as global warming is expected to continue, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed on Monday as it explained that 2014’s ranking as the “hottest year on record†is part of a larger climate trend.
RTIICS to conduct screening camp for breast, lung cancer
Feb 03, 2015, at 06:39 am
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IBNS): Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS) is conducting a screening camp for breast and lung cancer to observe World Cancer Day on Wednesday.
Jupiter coming closet to Earth on Friday
Feb 03, 2015, at 06:38 am
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IBNS) The Jupiter will come close to the Earth on Feb 6.
Westbank Health and Wellness Institute conducts free cancer screening
Feb 03, 2015, at 06:27 am
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IBNS) Westbank Health and Wellness Institute, a unit of Narayana Health Group located at Andul Road and Vidyasagar Setu Junction in Howrah is conducting free Cancer Screening Camp to mark the occasion of World Cancer Day on Feb 4.
Westbank Health and Wellness Institute conducts free cancer screening
Feb 03, 2015, at 06:23 am
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IBNS) Westbank Health and Wellness Institute, a unit of Narayana Health Group located at Andul Road and Vidyasagar Setu Junction in Howrah is conducting free Cancer Screening Camp to mark the occasion of World Cancer Day on Feb 4.
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Kolkata hosts International Workshop on climate change
Feb 03, 2015, at 06:22 am
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IBNS): International and national experts, who attended an international meeting on climate change held in Kolkata recently, agreed that the climate vulnerability of Sunderbans should become a global agenda after taking a day long visit to the climate change impacted areas of the pristine ecosystem.
Stress emerges as major problem in today's youth
Feb 01, 2015, at 05:32 am
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS): National Youth Day is celebrated in India to mark the birthday of Swami Vivekananda every year and is also commemorated to highlight the youth related problems and needs. Mental health issues or stress among youth are more pervasive than one may think; affecting one in five young people, of which fewer than 25% receive treatment.
At African Union Summit, Ban promises UN support to build back Ebola-hit countries
Jan 31, 2015, at 08:20 pm
New York, Jan 31 (IBNS) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursdayassured African leaders gathered for a summit in Addis Ababa of the support of the United Nations in helping the countries affected by Ebola "build back stronger than ever," while the head of the UN development agency tasked with leading the Organization's recovery efforts urged the world to stay the course in aiding hard-hit West Africa.
Columbia Asia Hospital, Whitefield launches ACU
Jan 31, 2015, at 03:03 am
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IBNS): Columbia Asia Hospital, Whitefield has announced the launch of its Assisted Conception Unit (ACU).
Jan 31, 2015, at 12:21 am
Bangalore, Jan 30 (IBNS): Infosys on Friday organized a cleanliness initiative at its Bangalore campus in an endeavor to create ambassadors of a sustainable tomorrow.
Kolkata: Apollo Gleneagles opens eye-care unit in Gariahat
Jan 30, 2015, at 07:38 am
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IBNS): Hospital group Apollo Gleneagles on Wednesday officially launched their comprehensive eye-care unit at Gariahat area in Kolkata.
Indus Towers publishes first edition of its Sustainability Report
Jan 29, 2015, at 03:21 am
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IBNS): Building on its philosophy of 'Putting India First', Indus Towers, a telecom tower company, on Wednesday launched the first edition of its annual Sustainability Report for FY 2013-14.
27 swine flu deaths in Rajasthan in one month
Jan 28, 2015, at 07:53 pm
Jaipur, Jan 28 (IBNS) A sudden spurt in the incidence of swine flu has claimed 27 seen lives over the past one moth in Rajasthan and 100 people are still battling the dreaded viral disease in different hospitals.