"Renewable energy a win-win solution for India's energy security challenge"
Aug 26, 2014, at 06:09 am
New Delhi,Aug 25 (IBNS): Former Union Minister Suresh P Prabhu on Monday released a series of reports on 'Renewable Energy Jobs and Finance' published by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
Howrah hospital treats two challenging cardiac cases
Aug 26, 2014, at 04:19 am
Kolkata, August 25 (IBNS): Howrah hospital Westbank Narayana Heart Centre has successfully treated two of its most challenging cardiac cases, its youngest patient (eight months-old) and the oldest patient (85-year-old).
British Ebola patient flying to UK
Aug 25, 2014, at 03:32 am
London, Aug 24 (IBNS) The United Kingdom on Sunday said one its nationals, who had contracted the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, is being flown back to the UK.
Six AIIMS-grade super-speciality centres for UP cleared
Aug 25, 2014, at 01:09 am
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IBNS) The Centre on Sunday said six government medical college hospitals in Uttar Pradesh are to be modernised and converted into super-speciality institutions along the lines of the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
President lays foundation stone of Daya Duar Mini Hospital
Aug 25, 2014, at 12:38 am
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee laid the foundation stone of Daya Duar Mini Hospital at a function held in the Catholic Church of Palsanda in West Bengal on Sunday.
All systems in AIIMS under review: Dr Harsh Vardhan
Aug 24, 2014, at 03:22 am
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IBNS): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has placed all systems in the country’s central hospitals, including the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences, under critical review to end systemic and symptomatic corruption.
India's Mars Orbiter Spacecraft to reach red planet in 33 days
Aug 23, 2014, at 07:18 pm
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IBNS): India's ambitious Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft is all set to reach the red planet in just 33 days.
UN vows to radically scale up Ebola fight as 'invisible' caseloads are escaping detection
Aug 23, 2014, at 05:34 pm
New York, Aug 23 (IBNS) David Nabarro, Senior United Nations System Coordinator for Ebola who was appointed by the Secretary-General to establish how best the UN can support affected communities, was wrapping up the first leg of a visit to all Ebola-effected countries in West Africa.
Soyuz rocket with Galileo satellites lifts off: ESA
Aug 23, 2014, at 03:28 am
Brussels, Aug 22 (IBNS) The European Space Agency (ESA) on Friday said the Soyuz rocket launched Europe's fifth and six Galileo satellites from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Aug 22, 2014, at 03:45 pm
New York, Aug 22 (IBNS) The Security Council on Thursday expressed its commitment to consider and use the tools of the United Nations system to ensure that warning signals about potential conflicts trigger "early, concrete preventive action," as senior UN officials urged the body to take up the challenge of helping move the Organization from a culture of reaction towards one of prevention.
Centre removes AIIMS CVO from post
Aug 21, 2014, at 10:14 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): The Health Ministry has removed the Chief Vigilance officer of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Sanjeev Chaturvedi from his post, reports said.
Union Minister echoes Greenpeace's concerns on pesticide residue in tea
Aug 21, 2014, at 09:32 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): Expressing serious concern on the issue of pesticides residue in tea, Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in a recent media interview, raised questions on the safety of consumers.
Mild earthquake hits Himachal Pradesh
Aug 21, 2014, at 08:26 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale hit the northern state of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday.
Aug 21, 2014, at 06:52 am
Kolkata, Aug 20 (IBNS) Sudha Kapoor, 35-year old working mother, like all other mothers is quite careful when it comes to planning and preparing a nutritious meal and tiffin for her five year old daughter.
Ebola: UN health agency reports encouraging signs in Nigeria, Guinea
Aug 20, 2014, at 06:03 pm
New York,. Aug 20 (IBNS) While the trends of the outbreak of Ebola in Nigeria and Guinea, where the virus made its first appearance in West Africa last December, have shown encouraging signs, the United Nations health agency on Tuesday expressed concern about the situation in the Liberian capital of Monrovia.
BSF men set Limca Book of Records in tree planting
Aug 20, 2014, at 06:15 am
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IBNS) In a special tree planting drive on Tuesday, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, in a concerted team effort, set a LIMCA Book of Record by planting saplings at all BSF locations.
Javed-Shabana at health ministry song launch for children
Aug 20, 2014, at 04:41 am
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IBNS): As India ushered in its 68th year of independence, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) reiterated its commitment to immunize all Indian children. A public service message in the form of a music video 'Phool Khil Jayenge' was launched by Union Minster of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan.
Ebola: UN health agency requests exit screening of travellers leaving affected countries
Aug 19, 2014, at 03:25 pm
New York, Aug 19 (IBNS) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday said any persons with an illness consistent with Ebola should not be allowed to travel by air, sea or land from affected countries unless it is part of a medical evacuation, as it also expressed concern over the threats and harassment of health workers in West African countries developing into a "worry element."
No case of Ebola in India: Health Minister
Aug 19, 2014, at 05:28 am
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IBNS) Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has expressed satisfaction with the infrastructure in place at all entry points to the country to detect people arriving with symptoms of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
'Best Buys' will prevent noncommunicable diseases: WHO
Aug 19, 2014, at 03:37 am
Kolkata/Bengaluru, Aug 18 (IBNS): Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers, and chronic respiratory diseases, are the world's most common, causing two out of every three deaths globally.
Strong earthquake hits Iran, 50 injured
Aug 18, 2014, at 07:10 pm
Tehran, Aug 18 (IBNS): At least 50 people injured as an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale hit western Iran, close to the border with Iraq, on Monday, media reports said.
Ebola: cases, deaths 'vastly underestimated,'says UN health agency
Aug 16, 2014, at 04:49 pm
New York, Aug 16 (IBNS) Health workers at Ebola outbreak sites are seeing evidence that the numbers of reported cases and deaths “vastly underestimate†the magnitude of the crisis as they work around the clock to stop the disease from spreading, according to the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO).
53 students hospitalized in MP after eating meal at school
Aug 16, 2014, at 02:35 am
Icchawar, MP, Aug 15 (IBNS): Fifty three students were admitted to hospital on Friday after they consumed mid-day meal served at their school in Icchawar in Madhya Pradesh, reports said.
Health Minister to inaugurate new facility in NIMHANS Bangalore
Aug 16, 2014, at 01:32 am
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IBNS): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan began a two day visit to Bangalore on Friday.
Ebola: Two Nigerian national admitted in Delhi hospital for observation
Aug 15, 2014, at 05:11 am
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IBNS) India on Thursday said two passengers Nigerian nationals have been admitted to Dr RML Hospital for observation after they were found having fever at the time of screening at Delhi Airport.
Ebola: UN health agency says more than 1 million people affected by outbreak
Aug 14, 2014, at 06:20 pm
New York, Aug 14 (IBNS): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday convened a United Nations system-wide coordination meeting in response to the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which is now affecting more than 1 million people in the so-called “hot zone of disease transmission†on the borders of the three countries most impacted by the disease.
Climate change adaptation can help promote sub-Saharan African livelihoods: UN report
Aug 14, 2014, at 06:02 pm
New York, Aug 14 (IBNS) Investing in ways to adapt to climate change will promote the livelihood of 65 per cent of Africans, the United Nations environmental agency reported, warning also that failing to address the phenomenon could reverse decades of development progress on the continent.
SC raps govt on Ganga clean up, seeks explanation
Aug 13, 2014, at 08:26 pm
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IBNS) The Supreme Court has rapped the BJP government at the centre on the pace of cleaning up the Ganga, saying it has no urgency to save the river while having time for lesser issues.
Ebola: WHO-convened ethics panel endorses use of experimental drugs
Aug 13, 2014, at 01:59 pm
New York, Aug 13 (IBNS) A 12-member ethics panel convened by the United Nations health agency on Tuesday reached “unanimous consensus†that it is ethical to treat Ebola patients with experimental drugs to counter the largest, most severe and most complex outbreak of the virus in history.
Cabinet Secretary holds review meeting on Ebola Virus Disease
Aug 13, 2014, at 04:43 am
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IBNS) The Cabinet Secretary held a meeting on Tuesday with Secretaries and senior officers of Ministries of Health, Civil Aviation, MHA, MEA and I&B to review preparedness of the government on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).