GVK EMRI gets Gold Recognition Award for the year 2015 by American Heart Association
Nov 25, 2015, at 07:52 pm
Hyderabad, Nov 25 (IBNS): American Heart Association has given Gold Recognition Award to GVK EMRI for the year 2015 for the exemplary First Aid, CPR and Advanced Cardiovascular Care Life Saving Training Programs.
Kolkata: Ganga Aarti performed by International Marwari Federation
Nov 23, 2015, at 05:52 am
Kolkata, Nov 22 (IBNS) : International Marwari Federation today evening organized the Grand event of Ganga Aarti with its launch for the first time in Kolkata at the Princep Ghat.
Nov 23, 2015, at 01:45 am
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IBNS) With the aim to expand the expanse of promotive and preventive health care, and reduce the burden of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the country, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare J P Nadda has urged the family medicine practitioners to come up with solutions for further improving preventive and promotive health care in the country.
US consulate hosts Green Fair in Kolkata
Nov 21, 2015, at 04:13 am
Kolkata, Nov 20 (IBNS): The US Consulate Kolkata in collaboration with the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), hosted its first Green Fair on Friday at the American Centre in Kolkata.
CMRI chosen for mock disaster management exercise by West Bengal government
Nov 19, 2015, at 11:37 pm
Kolkata, Nov 19 (IBNS) The Department of Disaster Management, Government of West Bengal and National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India conducted a mock exercise at The Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI) among other places on Thursday.
Improved access to antibiotics could avert deaths of children under five in India: Study
Nov 19, 2015, at 04:01 am
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IBNS): A new Lancet study out from researchers at the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) on Wednesday estimates that improved access to antibiotics could avert the deaths of several thousand children under five in India alone.
Early detection key to curing lung cancer
Nov 16, 2015, at 11:35 pm
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IBNS) As doctors and healthcare staff in hospitals build awareness about lung cancer this month (November), their biggest concern is that the dreaded disease often goes undetected due to lack of awareness among patients.
Apollo Hospitals performs Asia's first CHLT
Nov 16, 2015, at 06:47 pm
Chennai, Nov 16 (IBNS) Apollo Hospitals became Asia's first healthcare unit to perform a complex combined heart and liver transplant (CHLT), when it did so on a 30 year old man recently.
66.11% of Indian children exhibit abnormal level of sugar in their body: SRL Study
Nov 13, 2015, at 11:00 pm
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IBNS): SRL Diagnostics recently released a three year long pan India data mining survey (2012 – 2014) on Hba1C tests that revealed that around 66.11 % Indian children possess abnormal levels of sugar in their body.
Woman's risk of dying from pregnancy-related causes nearly halved over 25 years – UN report
Nov 13, 2015, at 03:23 pm
New York, Nov 13 (Just Earth News/IBNS):Maternal mortality has fallen by 44 per cent since 1990, United Nations agencies and the World Bank reported today, giving fresh impetus to efforts to reach by 2030 the virtual elimination of women’s chances of dying from pregnancy-related causes as part of the new UN Sustainable Development Goals.
CSE exposure monitoring on Diwali finds 'unacceptably' high levels of pollution
Nov 12, 2015, at 11:08 pm
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IBNS): Centre for Science and Environment has released the results of the exposure monitoring that it carried out on Diwali night as well as the analysis of the official ambient monitoring data on the evening of Diwali.
India's GSAT-15 communication satellite launched successfully
Nov 11, 2015, at 03:11 pm
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IBNS) GSAT-15, India’s latest communications satellite, was launched successfully by the European Ariane 5 VA-227 launch Vehicle in the early morning hours of Wednesday, officials said.
Maggi returns to market after five months
Nov 09, 2015, at 05:13 pm
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IBNS) Five months after it went out of shelf following a ban,Maggi noodles came back to market on Monday.
10 earthquakes rock Andaman and Nicobar islands
Nov 09, 2015, at 02:30 pm
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IBNS): Ten earthquakes have hit Andaman and Nicobar islands within a span of few hours on Sunday, official data said.
World cannot afford to follow American consumption model: CSE
Nov 07, 2015, at 02:50 am
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IBNS): The world was following the unsustainable American consumption model which was leading to excessive demand for consumer goods and energy, said Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on the final day of the Annual Media Briefing on Climate Change.
Sierra Leone: Pregnant schoolgirls excluded from school and banned from exams
Nov 06, 2015, at 09:37 pm
Freetown, Nov 6 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Thousands of pregnant girls, excluded from mainstream schools and barred from sitting upcoming exams, risk being left behind as Sierra Leone moves forward from the Ebola crisis, Amnesty International said in a report published on Friday.
NASA mission reveals speed of solar wind stripping Martian atmosphere
Nov 06, 2015, at 03:10 pm
California, Nov 6 (IBNS) NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has identified the process that appears to have played a key role in the transition of the Martian climate from an early, warm and wet environment that might have supported surface life to the cold, arid planet Mars is today.
ISRO releases book on Indian Space Programme
Nov 06, 2015, at 04:46 am
Bengaluru, Nov 5 (IBNS): A book on Indian Space Programme was released on the second anniversary of India's Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, which successfully completed one year in orbit around Mars on Sept 24, 2015.
Delhi to impose fine on trucks that evades pollution tax
Nov 05, 2015, at 06:01 pm
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IBNS) The Environment Pollution Control Authority, a regulatory body appointed by the Supreme Court to keep a check on the pollution level, decided on Wednesday that trucks that fail to file in the 'green tax' before entering Delhi will be apprehended and made to pay 2000 rupees in addition to the tax, according to reports.
Strong earthquake in Indonesia, no casualty, no Tsunami threat
Nov 04, 2015, at 06:45 pm
Jakarta, Nov 4 (IBNS) A strong earthquake measuring 6.3 shook Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering panic among residents, but there are no immediate reports of loss of lives or damage to property, reports said.
NovaLeadPharma announces successful completion of global phase I , II clinical trial for Galnobax
Nov 04, 2015, at 04:08 am
Mumbai/Kolkata, Nov 3 (IBNS): NovaLead Pharma, a drug discovery and development company, on Tuesday announced a potential breakthrough in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU), which is a frequent complication of uncontrolled diabetes over a period of time.
Corporate India reinforces India's commitments at National Seminar ahead of CoP 21
Nov 04, 2015, at 04:07 am
New Delhi, Nov 3 (JEN): The TERI-CBS (Council for Business Sustainability), an independent platform for corporate leaders to address issues related to sustainable development, organized National Seminar for businesses to deliberate upon topics related to climate change that cut across industries as some of the most urgent concerns-energy, waste, water and renewable energy.
Union Health Minister inspects hospitals to review preparedness on H1N1
Nov 03, 2015, at 10:40 pm
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IBNS) To review the preparedness of various hospitals to deal with the cases of H1N1 influenza, J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare visited Safdarjung Hospital and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, here on Tuesday.
Jitendra Singh inaugurates 7th Nuclear Energy Conclave in New Delhi
Nov 03, 2015, at 08:51 pm
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IBNS) Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh said that India’s nuclear programme is ahead of many other nations and truly testifies the “Make in India†initiative.
WB Minister Chandrima Bhattacharjee inaugurates INS's fourth national conference in Kolkata
Nov 02, 2015, at 06:00 pm
Kolkata, Nov 2 (IBNS) West Bengal Minister of State for Health Chandrima Bhattacharjee has recently inaugurated the fourth national conference of the Infusion Nurses Society(INS) as part of a drive to prevent malpractice in the hospitals and to minimize human errors while administering medicines.
Disaster risk reduction ‘core development priority’ of Asia and the Pacific – UN regional body
Oct 31, 2015, at 06:20 pm
New York, Oct 31 (IBNS) Building resilience in the face of natural disasters is “not a choice, but rather a collective imperative,†the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) declared on Friday, as it called on all government agencies to take on disaster risk reduction as a priority and make it an integral part of sustainable development in the region.
Caribbean region becomes free of highly enriched uranium – UN atomic watchdog
Oct 31, 2015, at 06:14 pm
New York, Oct 31 (IBNS) The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Friday announced that Jamaica completed the conversion of its research reactor to low enriched uranium this month, decreasing proliferation risks and making the Caribbean region completely free of highly enriched uranium.
Care24 raises seed fund of USD 350,000 from India Quotient
Oct 30, 2015, at 04:43 am
Mumbai, Oct 29 (IBNS): Care24, Mumbai's rapidly growing home healthcare platform, has raised its first round of funding worth USD 350,000 (INR 2.27 Crores approx) from India Quotient.
LHC luminosity upgrade project moving to next phase
Oct 30, 2015, at 04:02 am
Geneva, Oct 29 (IBNS): This week more than 230 scientists and engineers from around the world met at CERN to discuss the High-Luminosity LHC-a major upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that will increase the accelerator's discovery potential from 2025.
India Calls for Multilateral Funding for Science, Technology and Innovation among BRICS Countries
Oct 29, 2015, at 03:45 pm
Moscow, Oct 29 (IBNS) The Minister for Science, Technology and Earth Sciences, Harsh Vardhan has said that India supports multilateral funding system which will provide the basis for announcing BRICS Call for Proposal to support multi-country research projects.