New computer programme replicates handwriting

Aug 18, 2016, at 01:56 am

New York, Aug 17 (IBNS): In a world increasingly dominated by the QWERTY keyboard, UCL computer scientists have developed software which may spark the comeback of the handwritten word by analysing the handwriting of any individual and accurately replicating it.

Chronic Kidney Disease may cause diabetes

Aug 18, 2016, at 01:43 am

Montreal , Aug 17 (IBNS): A team from the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) has discovered a novel link between chronic kidney disease and diabetes.

Low levels of Vitamin B12 a big concern in India: SRL Study

Aug 18, 2016, at 12:45 am

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): SRL Diagnostics, a leading diagnostic chain in India, has released a 3 yearlong study on Vitamin B12 deficiency at PAN India level.

Expert panel confirms Sri Sri's programme damaged Yamuna floodplains

Aug 17, 2016, at 10:19 pm

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): The Yamuna riverbed near Delhi has been completely destroyed during the World Culture Festival organised here by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in March 2016 , a group of experts informed the National Green Tribunal, India's top environmental court, according to media reports.

Research supports intelligence-led heart disease prevention over systematic health checks

Aug 17, 2016, at 09:04 pm

London, Aug 17 (IBNS): New research suggests that intelligence-led heart disease prevention can significantly increase the prescription of preventive drugs to the patients who can benefit most.

Peru: 5.4M quake kills at least 9, 52 others injured

Aug 16, 2016, at 04:31 pm

Lima, Peru, Aug 16 (IBNS): At least nine people were killed and 52 others injured by a 5.4 magnitude earthquake, which struck Peru on Sunday night, reports said.

Greenpeace celebrates Bihar's first solar powered cold storage in Kedia

Aug 14, 2016, at 05:41 pm

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IBNS): Greenpeace volunteers celebrated alongside farmers in Kedia, as the Bihar Labour Resources Minister Vijay Prakash inaugurated the state's first ever solar powered cold storage at Kedia in Jamui on Saturday.

Smart Ganga City scheme launcehd in ten cities

Aug 14, 2016, at 02:00 am

New Delhi, Aug 13 (IBNS): Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti and Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu launched Smart Ganga City Scheme on Saturday in ten important cities through video conference.

MCL conducts plantation drive in Meghalaya

Aug 14, 2016, at 01:29 am

Guwahati, Aug 13 (IBNS) : A plantation drive was organized by Meghalaya Cement Limited (MCL) to protect environment by planting 40,000 saplings of 53 species on Saturday in the industrial premise of MCL in Meghalaya.

Assam CM appeals for public activism for a tobacco free society

Aug 12, 2016, at 10:12 pm

Guwahati, Aug 12 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday appealed all citizens to come forward and mobilise public activism towards making a tobacco free society.

Fortis dedicates ‘Wall of Tribute’ to organ donors

Aug 12, 2016, at 07:52 pm

Kolkata, Aug 11 (IBNS): Fortis Healthcare Limited on Thursday dedicated a ‘Wall of Tribute’, at the hospital in the city's Anandapur area as a mark of respect to donors and their families who helped save lives almost lost.

PMUY launched at several districts of Odisha today

Aug 12, 2016, at 01:44 am

New Delhi, Aug 11 (IBNS): Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan confirmed the launch of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna (PMUY) at Cuttack, Koraput and Gajapati districts of Odhisha on Thursday.

Petroleum Minister to launch Pradhan Mantari Ujjawala Yojana in Kolkata on Sunday

Aug 12, 2016, at 12:15 am

Kolkata, Aug 11 (IBNS): Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will launch Pradhan Mantari Ujjawala Yojana (PMUY) at Nazrul Manch in Kolkata on Aug 14, 2016, an official release stated.

Plenty of light during daytime reduces the effect of blue light screens on night sleep, says study

Aug 11, 2016, at 11:38 pm

London, Aug 11 (IBNS): The use of smartphones and tablet computers during evening hours has previously been associated with sleep disturbances in humans.

Rhino horn verification begins in Assam

Aug 11, 2016, at 10:40 pm

Guwagati, Aug 11 (IBNS) : The much anticipated Rhino horn verification begun on Thursday at Golaghat as the expert committee have started physically verifying the genuineness of every single rhino horns with the help of the Directorate of Forensic Science.

Greenpeace questions the need for nuclear given safer alternatives with renewables

Aug 11, 2016, at 05:04 am

Chennai/New Delhi, Aug 10 (IBNS): As Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha 'dedicate' the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear power plant to the country, Greenpeace India has questioned the wisdom of pushing ahead on this high-risk venture, placing communities and the environment at high risk of nuclear contamination.

Shabuj Shapath: Plant more trees says Shrachi Group

Aug 11, 2016, at 01:47 am

Burdwan, August 10 (IBNS): Shrachi Group, organised 'Shabuj Shapath', an event to spread the message of 'green revolution' through tree plantation, on Monday, at Burdwan (West Bengal).

Kolkata: Large Rock Python rescued from train at Sealdah station

Aug 10, 2016, at 11:22 pm

Kolkata, Aug 10 (IBNS): The Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Wednesday rescued a rare species Rock Python from an express train at Sealdah Railway Station in Kolkata, reports said.

PETA calls on National Green Tribunal to ban 'manja' nationwide

Aug 10, 2016, at 11:17 pm

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IBNS): People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India filed a petition yesterday afternoon, just before Independence Day, urging the National Green Tribunal to ban all forms of the sharp kite-flying strings called manja nationwide. As PETA India warns, manja – which is often coated with glass, metal, or other sharp objects – poses a lethal threat to humans and animals alike.

The LHC MoEDAL experiment publishes its first paper on its search for magnetic monopoles

Aug 10, 2016, at 10:37 pm

Geneva, Aug 10 (IBNS): In a paper published by the journal JHEP today, the MoEDAL experiment at CERN narrows the window of where to search for a hypothetical particle, the magnetic monopole.

Kidney racket :Five doctors, including CEO of Mumbai hospital arrested

Aug 10, 2016, at 06:37 pm

Mumbai, Aug 10 (IBNS): The Chief Executive Officer and four other doctors of Mumbai's L H Hiranandani Hospital have been arrested on Tuesday in connection with an alleged kidney racket, reports said.

Indian parliamentarians discuss the need for united action against TB

Aug 09, 2016, at 11:47 pm

New Delhi, Aug 09 (ibns) Members of Parliament, representatives from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, USAID, The Union and Civil Society Organisations met on Aug 8 in New Delhi in a consultation to discuss urgent need for united action against TB.

Agriculture ministry to speed up foot-and-mouth disease eradication plan

Aug 09, 2016, at 06:36 pm

New Delhi, Aug 9 (IBNS): The Union Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday that a location specific programme called ‘Foot and Mouth Disease Control Programme (FMD-CP)’ is being implemented as part of the ‘FMD Mukt Bharat’ plan to bring an end to this economically devastating contagious viral animal disease that affects cloven-footed animals.

GSK organises conference on Congenital Hypothyroidism in Kolkata

Aug 08, 2016, at 07:43 pm

Kolkata, Aug 8 (IBNS): GSK or Glaxo Smith Kline, a British pharmaceutical company headquartered in London, organised a panel discussion on Congenital Hypothyroidism in Kolkata on Thursday where doctors from the Endocrinology departments of various Kolkata-based health centres were present.

Selfless people have more sex, study finds

Aug 08, 2016, at 05:23 am

New York, Aug 7 (IBNS): New research from the University of Guelph and Nipissing University shows that people who help others are more desirable to the opposite sex, have more sexual partners and more frequent sex.

Chicago sees floods of LHC data and new results at the ICHEP 2016 conference

Aug 06, 2016, at 04:38 am

Geneva/Chicago, Aug 5 (IBNS): Particle physicists are showcasing a wealth of brand new results from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments at CERN at the 'ICHEP 2016'1 conference in Chicago.

Heavy rains in Mumbai hit road, rail, air traffic

Aug 05, 2016, at 07:48 pm

Study maps hidden water pollution in U.S. coastal areas

Aug 05, 2016, at 03:05 pm

California, Aug 5 (IBNS): Coastal waters and near-shore groundwater supplies along more than a fifth of coastlines in the continental United States are vulnerable to contamination from previously hidden underground transfers of water between the oceans and land, finds a new study by researchers at The Ohio State University, Columbus, and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.

One-horned rhino poached in Kaziranga National Park

Aug 04, 2016, at 01:09 am

Guwahati, Aug 3 (IBNS): A one-horned rhinoceros poached in Kaziranga National Park on Wednesday.

Nashik reels under heavy rain and floods

Aug 03, 2016, at 07:01 pm

Nashik, Aug 3 (IBNS): Heavy downpour over three days has disrupted normal life in Nashik, Maharashtra, according to media reports on Wednesday.