Indian rocket PSLV launches two British satellites
Sep 16, 2018, at 11:11 pm
New Delhi, Sept 16 (IBNS): Adding one more feather to its cap, Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Sunday lifted off successfully with two British satellites from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
Mom's high blood sugar in pregnancy linked to child's obesity: Study
Sep 16, 2018, at 09:00 pm
New York, Sept 16 (IBNS): A pregnant woman’s higher blood sugar level is linked to a significantly greater long-term risk of obesity in her child — even more than a decade later, reports a large new international study led by Northwestern Medicine.
Hate speech-detecting AIs are fools for ‘love’: Study
Sep 16, 2018, at 06:52 pm
New York, Sept 16 (IBNS): Hateful text and comments are an ever-increasing problem in online environments, yet addressing the rampant issue relies on being able to identify toxic content.
Sep 15, 2018, at 06:51 pm
Melbourne, Sept 15 (IBNS):New research has found children born in the last three months of the year in Melbourne may have a greater risk of developing respiratory diseases such as asthma
DR Congo: new cases of deadly Ebola virus, as UN steps up response
Sep 15, 2018, at 08:44 am
New York, Sept 15 (IBNS): In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN has stepped up community-based efforts to tackle Ebola disease, following confirmation that the virus has reached the city of Butembo, near the Ugandan border, where it has claimed three lives.
Mahindra Group to go Carbon Neutral by 2040
Sep 14, 2018, at 05:46 pm
California Sept 14 (IBNS):Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), India’s leading manufacturer of utility vehicles and part of the USD 20.7 billion Mahindra Group, on Friday announced its commitment to become a carbon neutral company by 2040.
Arunachal flood : Six people die, several houses-vehicles washed away
Sep 14, 2018, at 05:40 pm
Itanagar, Sept 14 (IBNS): Floods wreaked havoc in Arunachal Pradesh after flood water washed away at least six people and several houses in the capital complex area on Friday morning.
Sep 14, 2018, at 05:00 pm
Kolkata, Sept 14 (IBNS): A Kolkata doctor has urged mothers to breast feed their newborns exclusively for six months, while sounding alert against unscrupulous and misleading advertisement.
Arunachal flood : Four people, several houses wash away
Sep 14, 2018, at 01:40 pm
Itanagar, Sep 14 (IBNS): Floods wreaked havoc in Arunachal Pradesh as at least four people and several houses were washed away in the capital complex area on Friday morning.
Philippines: Typhoon Mangkhut to make landfall on Saturday; thousands evacuate homes
Sep 14, 2018, at 11:28 am
Manila, Sept 14 (IBNS): Thousands of people have evacuated their homes in Philippines as the country is bracing for a super storm this weekend.
Saridon, Corex and 326 other combination drugs banned
Sep 13, 2018, at 06:47 pm
New Delhi, Sept 13 (IBNS) : The Ministry of Health has banned the production, sale of about 328 fixed dose combinations of drugs (FDCs), including Saridon and Corex, two popular drugs in the country, reports said.
Artificial Intelligence: a danger to mankind, or the key to a better world?
Sep 13, 2018, at 08:18 am
New York, Sept 13 (IBNS): Siri, Alexa and Cortana are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Artificial Intelligence (or A.I.), which is playing an increasingly pervasive role in our lives.
Cancer is a growing global threat and prevention is key, UN study shows
Sep 13, 2018, at 08:09 am
New York, Sept 13 (IBNS): More than 18 million new cases of cancer are expected this year and it’s estimated that 9.6 million people will die from various forms of the disease in 2018, the UN’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said on Wednesday.
West Bengal: Youth dies after falling down stairs during earthquake evacuation
Sep 12, 2018, at 03:44 pm
Kolkata/Siliguri, Sep 12 (IBNS): A 22-year-old man died after falling down stairs while evacuating his house at Santinagar area in Siliguri city in northern West Bengal's Darjeeling district on Wednesday morning, during a mild earthquake that shook Assam, Sikkim and parts of West Bengal, reports said.
Multiple tremors in different parts of India
Sep 12, 2018, at 12:24 pm
New Delhi, Sept 12 (IBNS) : Mild to low intensity of earthquakes shook different parts of north eastern, eastern and northern India on Wednesday morning, triggering panic among the people, reports said.
4.6 earthquake hits Jammu and Kashmir, no casualty
Sep 12, 2018, at 09:51 am
Srinagar, Sept 12 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter Scale hit Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, as per India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Devastating storms like Hurricane Florence ‘unusual this far north’: UN weather agency
Sep 12, 2018, at 08:55 am
New York, Sept 12 (IBNS): In another manifestation of extreme weather conditions, hurricanes as strong as the Category 4 storm Florence - barreling towards the coast of the Carolinas in the United States - are rarely seen so far north, the United Nation’s weather agency (WMO) confirmed on Tuesday.
Global Preparedness Monitoring Board convenes for the first time in Geneva
Sep 11, 2018, at 09:23 am
Geneva, Sept 11 (IBNS): WHO and the World Bank Group on Monday convened the first meeting of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), a new body set up to monitor the world’s readiness to respond to outbreaks and other health emergencies.
Change your diet to save both water and your health: Study
Sep 11, 2018, at 09:10 am
London, Sept 11 (IBNS): Shifting to a healthy diet is not only good for us, but it also saves a lot of precious fresh water, according to a JRC study published in Nature Sustainability.
‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ clean-up project launches trial run: UN Environment
Sep 11, 2018, at 08:39 am
New York, Sept 11 (IBNS): A trial run of an innovative system designed to clean up the world’s seas and oceans, founded by UN Environment Programme (UNEP) “Champion of the Earth” laureate Boyan Slat, has set off from San Francisco, in a bid to begin the removal of the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
‘Direct existential threat’ of climate change nears point of no return, warns UN chief
Sep 11, 2018, at 08:36 am
New York, Sept 11 (IBNS): The world risks crossing the point of no return on climate change, with disastrous consequences for people across the planet and the natural systems that sustain them, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday, calling for more leadership and greater ambition for climate action, to reverse course.
Middle-aged drinkers should have alcohol free days, urges health chiefs
Sep 10, 2018, at 05:58 pm
London, Sept 10 (IBNS): A YouGov poll has found that one in five of UK adults are drinking above the Chief Medical Officer’s low risk drinking guidelines and more than two thirds of these say they would find cutting down on their drinking harder to do than one or more other lifestyle changes - improving their diet, exercising more, or reducing their smoking, if they were smokers.
800,000 people commit suicide every year: WHO
Sep 10, 2018, at 03:27 pm
New York, Sept 10 (IBNS): Every year, close to 800,000 people commit suicide, the second leading cause of death amongst people aged 15-29 in 2016.
Uneven progress on climate action at Bangkok conference
Sep 10, 2018, at 03:17 pm
New York, Sept 10 (IBNS): Climate change talks wrapped up in Bangkok today, leaving several issues still to be resolved.
3.8 earthquake hits Haryana, tremors felt in New Delhi
Sep 09, 2018, at 07:45 pm
New Delhi, Sept 9 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter Scale hit Haryana's Jhajjar district as tremors of it were felt in Delhi and the National Capital Region on Sunday, officials said.
Earthquake tremors hit Delhi, NCR, say reports
Sep 09, 2018, at 05:39 pm
New Delhi, Sept 9 (IBNS): Earthquake tremors were felt in New Delhi and the National Capital Region on Sunday.
'Mindful people' feel less pain; MRI imaging pinpoints supporting brain activity
Sep 08, 2018, at 04:53 pm
New York, Sept 8 (IBNS): Ever wonder why some people seem to feel less pain than others? A study conducted at Wake Forest School of Medicine may have found one of the answers – mindfulness.
Sri Sathya Sai Hospital to hold free medical camp in Kolkata
Sep 08, 2018, at 03:53 pm
Kolkata, Sep 8 (IBNS): Sri Sathya Sai Hospital, part of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Trust, and Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations in West Bengal will conduct a free of cost medical camp on September 30, 2018 at Khudiram Anushilan Kendra Indoor Stadium, Kolkata.
Backed by UN agency, countries set to take on deadly livestock-killing disease
Sep 08, 2018, at 08:48 am
New York, Sept 8 (IBNS): Gathered at a major United Nations agricultural conference, over 45 countries today pledged to eradicate by 2030 a highly contagious and devastating disease responsible for the death of millions of small farm animals, at cost of more than $2 billion each year.
Backed by UN agency, countries set to take on deadly livestock-killing disease
Sep 08, 2018, at 08:48 am
New York, Sept 8 (IBNS): Gathered at a major United Nations agricultural conference, over 45 countries today pledged to eradicate by 2030 a highly contagious and devastating disease responsible for the death of millions of small farm animals, at cost of more than $2 billion each year.