Comprehensive Medical Insurance Plans: Features, Eligibility, and Inclusions
Jan 16, 2026, at 10:17 pm
Comprehensive health insurance plans in India provide essential coverage including hospitalisation, critical illness cover and preventive care. While around 70% of the population is covered under public or private health insurance, nearly 30% remain uninsured.
T. rex grew for 40 years—much longer than scientists ever thought!
Jan 16, 2026, at 05:42 pm
For decades, scientists have estimated the age and growth rate of Tyrannosaurus rex by counting annual growth rings—similar to those found in trees—preserved inside fossilized leg bones. These rings have long been used to determine how old the giant carnivores were when they died and how rapidly they matured.
Gir No Longer Home to Most Asiatic Lions
Jan 16, 2026, at 03:19 pm
Gujarat’s Asiatic lion population has increased from 674 in 2020 to 891 in 2025, according to the Gujarat Forest Department. While 394 lions were found within Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, the majority now live in nine satellite populations outside the core protected areas, including coastal regions of Bhavnagar and southwest Saurashtra. However, 669 lion deaths were recorded during the same period due to old age, disease, injuries, cub mortality, accidents and rising human pressures. Mongabay India correspondent Simrin Sirur reports
NASA and DOE plan a lunar power reactor — Could this change life on the Moon by 2030?
Jan 14, 2026, at 05:07 pm
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Tuesday announced a renewed commitment to their longstanding partnership to support the research and development of a fission surface power system for use on the Moon and future NASA missions to Mars.
WHO wants higher taxes on your soda, alcohol — says it will save millions of lives
Jan 14, 2026, at 09:54 am
Beverages like sugary drinks and alcohol are too accessible and cost too little in most of the world – helping fuel obesity, diabetes, cancer and injury, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday.
Against all odds, ‘KID’ survives failed PSLV-C62 mission, sends data back to Earth
Jan 13, 2026, at 11:34 pm
Sometimes, getting the job done requires sheer, child-like tenacity—and KID appears to have delivered exactly that. While Monday’s PSLV-C62 mission was declared a failure after ISRO confirmed the loss of its primary payloads, a small capsule aboard the rocket has emerged as an unlikely survivor.
The real reason people rejected COVID vaccines at first, new study reveals
Jan 13, 2026, at 05:33 pm
New research suggests that much of the initial hesitancy surrounding COVID-19 vaccines was driven by concerns that could be addressed through clear information and public engagement, offering valuable lessons for future vaccination programmes.
This disease is quietly costing the world more than wars, pandemics. Guess it
Jan 13, 2026, at 09:32 am
A new study reveals the global and national economic costs of diabetes – and offers strategies to reduce them.
Breakthrough discovery offers new hope for patients with rare blood cancer
Jan 12, 2026, at 02:03 pm
Researchers from SAHMRI, SA Pathology and the University of Adelaide have developed a new, highly targeted therapeutic approach that could significantly improve outcomes for people living with myelofibrosis, a rare and serious form of blood cancer.
This simple daily habit could improve blood sugar in Type 2 diabetes patient, finds study
Jan 11, 2026, at 08:22 pm
An international team of researchers has provided the first direct evidence that exposure to natural daylight, as opposed to artificial light, has beneficial effects on people with type 2 diabetes, improving blood sugar regulation and overall metabolic health.
Think diet matters most? Study says sleep is the real life-saver
Jan 11, 2026, at 05:39 pm
A good night’s sleep may be far more than a lifestyle choice — it could be key to a longer life, according to new research from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).
Move your body, lift your mood: Exercise matches therapy in treating depression
Jan 09, 2026, at 06:39 pm
Exercise may reduce symptoms of depression to a degree comparable with psychological therapy, according to an updated Cochrane review led by Professor Andrew Clegg of the University of Lancashire.
Jan 09, 2026, at 04:17 pm
Light-intensity activities, such as walking, yoga, or household chores, are associated with a lower risk of death among individuals with cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal.
Stop the jab, gain it back? Study reveals rapid regain after quitting weight-loss drugs
Jan 09, 2026, at 03:51 pm
People tend to regain weight rapidly after stopping weight-loss drugs—often faster than after ending behavioural weight loss programmes—according to a new systematic review and meta-analysis by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, published recently in The BMJ.
Jan 08, 2026, at 01:08 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Vijaya Diagnostic Centre, India’s largest B2C-focused integrated diagnostic chain, on Thursday announced the grand opening of its state-of-the-art diagnostic centre in Phoolbagan, Kolkata.
Stanford AI can predict 130 diseases from just one night of sleep
Jan 07, 2026, at 07:01 pm
A poor night’s sleep may lead to a groggy morning—but it could also reveal much more about your long-term health. Researchers at Stanford Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence model capable of predicting a person’s risk of developing more than 100 health conditions from just one night of sleep.
Want a sharper brain in old age? Learning music could be the secret, study finds
Jan 06, 2026, at 05:36 pm
Improvising music could help to improve older people’s cognitive skills, such as learning and memory, according to research from the University of Sheffield and Western Sydney University.
Winter bites hard! Kolkata records 10.2°C, residents rush for heavy woollens
Jan 06, 2026, at 04:38 pm
Kolkata shivered as mercury dipped to 10.2°C on Tuesday, marking one of the coldest January days recorded in the past several years.
Forget BMI: Simple waist test reveals real obesity risk as you age, study finds
Jan 06, 2026, at 01:46 pm
Waist-to-height ratio is a more accurate and reliable indicator of age-related obesity risk than body mass index (BMI), new research has found.
A 'stiff’ colon? Doctors say this silent change could signal early-onset colon cancer
Jan 05, 2026, at 05:48 pm
Increased stiffness of the colon, spurred by chronic inflammation, may encourage the development and progression of early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC), a study co-led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggests. The findings, published in Advanced Science, could lead to new ways to prevent and treat this deadly subset of CRC.
From lifelong medication to remission: Rethinking Type 2 diabetes management
Jan 05, 2026, at 05:16 pm
Type 2 diabetes has long been regarded as a chronic, lifelong disease requiring continuous medication in the form of tablets or insulin.
Just minutes a day? Short, intense workouts may slash bowel cancer risk
Jan 03, 2026, at 03:23 pm
As many of us embark on an exercise or gym routine for the new year, research reveals that just 10 minutes of intense exercise could help fight cancer.
Every two minutes, Cervical Cancer claims a woman’s life — UN issues stark warning
Jan 03, 2026, at 09:09 am
A flood of questions drowned Jeanette in thought after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Would she be unable to conceive a child? Would she have to enter menopause at the early age of 31?
He used ChatGPT as his personal trainer — and lost 27 kg in just 12 weeks
Jan 02, 2026, at 04:03 pm
An X user has revealed how ChatGPT and correct prompting helped him reduce 27 kgs in 12 weeks, surely a move that would inspire people.
Think COVID vaccines don’t matter anymore? WHO research says otherwise
Jan 02, 2026, at 09:14 am
Up-to-date vaccination remains the most effective way to prevent severe COVID-19 illness, new research from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows, even as the pandemic has officially ended.
Jan 01, 2026, at 03:27 pm
The sudden death of renowned Nagpur neurosurgeon Dr Chandrashekhar Pakhmode in the early hours of December 31 has sent shockwaves through the medical community and raised troubling questions about how heart attacks can strike even those who appear medically fit.
Kolkata’s air quality slips into ‘very poor’ zone as winter pollution peaks, data shows
Dec 31, 2025, at 02:51 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata’s air quality has deteriorated sharply this winter, with official monitoring data showing repeated episodes of “very poor” air quality across key parts of the city, even as the issue remains largely absent from political discourse ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections.
Dec 30, 2025, at 06:42 pm
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, has achieved a historic national milestone by successfully performing India’s first international remote robotic surgeries on two patients in Mumbai, with the operating surgeon located in Shanghai—over 5,000 kilometres away.
Village panic after funeral feast: 200 get rabies shots over ‘infected’ buffalo milk raita
Dec 30, 2025, at 02:46 pm
Nearly 200 residents of a village in Uttar Pradesh were administered rabies vaccine shots after it emerged that raita—a curd-based Indian dish they had consumed—was prepared using milk from a buffalo that later died after being bitten by a dog.
Stop taking pills without advice! PM Modi flags rising antibiotic resistance
Dec 28, 2025, at 04:27 pm
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged citizens to refrain from self-medicating, especially with antibiotics, during his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio address.