Infosys and Temasek announce Joint Venture in Singapore

Sep 07, 2018, at 08:10 pm

Singapore ,Sept 7 (IBNS): IT giant Infosys announced the formation of a joint venture with Temasek, the global investment company headquartered in Singapore.

Countries in WHO South-East Asia to intensify efforts to control dengue, eliminate malaria

Sep 07, 2018, at 07:51 pm

New Delhi, Sept 7 (IBNS) Countries in WHO South-East Asia resolved to accelerate efforts to control dengue which threatens nearly 1.3 billion people with frequent and largescale outbreaks, and control malaria, that continues to be endemic in the Region.

More daytime sleepiness may trigger Alzheimer’s disease: Study

Sep 07, 2018, at 03:44 pm

New York, Sept 7 (IBNS): Analysis of data captured during a long-term study of aging adults shows that those who report being very sleepy during the day were nearly three times more likely than those who didn’t to have brain deposits of beta amyloid, a protein that’s a hallmark for Alzheimer’s disease, years later.

Strengthen emergency medical teams for better response to disasters: WHO tells South East-Asia countries

Sep 06, 2018, at 07:04 pm

New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): The World Health Organization on Thursday called upon countries in its South-East Asia Region to strengthen emergency medical teams, to be better prepared to respond to public health emergencies.

Political party hoardings scarring Kolkata should be removed: Roopa Ganguly

Sep 06, 2018, at 06:55 pm

Kolkata, Sep 6 (IBNS): Hoardings of political parties are part of the collective garbage that ails Kolkata, said actor and BJP Rajya Sabha MP Roopa Ganguly while speaking at the second Behtar India Go Green City summit, presented by DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance, at Birla High School.

Powerful earthquake rocks Japan, triggers landslides, power outage; two killed, many injured and missing

Sep 06, 2018, at 12:58 pm

Tokyo, Sept 6 (IBNS) : A strong earthquake, measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale rocked Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido on early Thursday, triggering a series of landslides and  left at least two dead, 125 injured and many missing. 

Runaway climate change still “a real possibility”: UN Secretary-General

Sep 06, 2018, at 09:43 am

New York, Sept 6 (IBNS): Greater ambition, urgency and action are needed if we are to prevent ever greater climate-related crises, said UN Chief Antonió Guterres on Wednesday, at the launch of the 2018 New Climate Economy report, at UN Headquarters in New York

Albinism: UN official welcomes latest developments in ‘landmark’ Malawi murder case

Sep 06, 2018, at 09:32 am

New York, Sept 6 (IBNS): The top United Nations representative in Malawi is urging the Government to promptly prosecute those allegedly responsible for the death of a young man with albinism whose butchered body was found earlier this year.

Inactivity puts physical and mental health of more than 1.4 billion adults at risk, says WHO

Sep 05, 2018, at 09:18 am

New York, Sept 5 (IBNS): Insufficient physical activity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable disease, negatively impacting mental health and overall quality of life, according to a newly released United Nations health agency study.

Countries in WHO South-East Asia Region resolve to make essential medical products accessible, affordable to all

Sep 04, 2018, at 06:42 pm

New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS) Member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region on Tuesday committed to make essential medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and medical devices affordable and accessible to all, both within the Region and beyond.

Leptospirosis claims 12 lives in flood-ravaged Kerala

Sep 03, 2018, at 11:33 pm

Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 3 (IBNS): After floods, the south Indian state of Kerala is now witnessing the death of 12 people due to the waterborne disease leptospirosis, media reports said on Monday.

Three more die in Kerala rat fever disease

Sep 03, 2018, at 05:15 pm

Thiruvanthapuram, Sept 3 (IBNS) : Three more people have died of leptospirosis or 'rat fever' over Saturday and Sunday as Kerala limps back to normal after a devastating flood, media reports said.

Scientists identify 35 genes associated with cannabis use

Sep 02, 2018, at 06:55 pm

London, Sept 2 (IBNS): A large-scale genetic study found that some of the same genes associated with the use of cannabis are also associated with certain personality types and psychiatric conditions.

Climate change increasing the prevalence of harmful parasite, warn scientists

Sep 02, 2018, at 06:49 pm

London, Sept 2 (IBNS): A rise in a parasite called liver fluke, which can significantly impact livestock production in farms in the UK and across the world, could now be helped by a new predictive model of the disease aimed at farmers.

Chinese medicine ingredient can help reduce obesity: Study

Sep 02, 2018, at 04:48 pm

Berlin, Sept 2 (IBNS): A plant-derived substance widely used in traditional Chinese medicine has demonstrated promising weight loss effects.

Otago-led research set to make smartphones even smarter

Sep 01, 2018, at 04:04 pm

Toronto, Sept 1 (IBNS): The accuracy of the global positioning system (GPS) in smartphones has been significantly improved thanks to research conducted at the University of Otago, New Zealand, in collaboration with Curtin University, Australia.

NASA’s long-serving climate chief Michael Freilich to retire next year

Sep 01, 2018, at 12:03 pm

Washington, D.C., Sept 1 (IBNS): Michael Freilich, who is leading NASA’s work in earth science and climate change for 12 years, announced recently of his retirement early next year from the agency, media reports said.

Stroke doubles dementia risk, concludes large-scale study

Aug 31, 2018, at 03:37 pm

New York, Aug 31 (IBNS): People who have had a stroke are around twice as likely to develop dementia, according to the largest study of its kind ever conducted.

Red alert in Arunachal Pradesh as water discharge by China threatens inundation

Aug 31, 2018, at 02:18 pm

Itanagar, Aug 31 (IBNS) : A red alert has been sounded in Arunachal Pradesh as high discharge of water from China, the highest in 50 years, threatens to submerge at least 12 villages along the river Siang.

Impressive African health gains at risk from changing trends: WHO report

Aug 31, 2018, at 08:43 am

New York, Aug 31 (IBNS): Life expectancy across Africa has improved significantly, says a new United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) report released on Thursday, but national health systems must be improved to ensure that services get to the people who need them most.

UN food relief agency airlifts aid to DR Congo province hit by Ebola outbreak

Aug 31, 2018, at 08:40 am

New York, Aug 31 (IBNS): Emergency food aid is being delivered to people affected by the Ebola virus in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Thursday.

Adapt, move or die: animals and plants react to climate change, reveals study

Aug 30, 2018, at 09:56 pm

Birmingham, Aug 30 (IBNS): Nature is on the move as plants and animals react to the threat of extinction from climate change by changing their location or behaviour – a critical review reveals.

Sanjiban Hospital and Lincoln University College Malaysia collaborate to launch a new Doctor of Medicine program

Aug 30, 2018, at 04:41 pm

Kolkata, Aug 30 (IBNS): Sanjiban Hospital (Howrah, India) and Lincoln University College Malaysia recently signed an agreement to launch a Doctor of Medicine program at Sanjiban Hospital campus.

New method to detect early cancer using malaria protein from UNSW, Sydney

Aug 29, 2018, at 06:55 pm

Sydney, Aug 28 (IBNS): Researchers have come up with a new method to detect cancer in its early stages by way of a malaria protein that sticks to cancer tumour cells in the blood.

As children in Ebola-affected areas of DR Congo head back to school, UNICEF ramps up support

Aug 29, 2018, at 08:26 am

New York, Aug 29 (IBNS): As the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) gears up for the upcoming academic year – with some 250 schools in Ebola-affected health zones – the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is scaling up education; health and water; sanitation; and hygiene programmes to assist children and their teachers.

Deadly swine fever threatens Asia, UN agriculture agency warns, urging regional collaboration

Aug 29, 2018, at 08:23 am

New York, Aug 29 (IBNS): The rapid onset of the deadly African Swine Fever (ASF) in China has been detected in areas a thousand kilometres apart – posing an imminent threat to other Asian countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Tuesday.

ISRO to send first Indian human mission into space by 2022 as announced by PM, says Dr Jitendra Singh

Aug 28, 2018, at 07:10 pm

A New Delhi, Aug 28 (IBNS): As announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day address, India’s first Indian human mission will be launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) by 2022.

NASA unveils 'before and after' images of flood-hit Kerala

Aug 28, 2018, at 06:08 pm

Washington, Aug 28 (IBNS): NASA has unveiled images where it has shown the destruction caused by floods in the Indian city of Kerala.

As carbon dioxide levels climb, millions at risk of nutritional deficiencies: Study

Aug 28, 2018, at 04:31 pm

New York, Aug 28 (IBNS): Rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) from human activity are making staple crops such as rice and wheat less nutritious and could result in 175 million people becoming zinc deficient and 122 million people becoming protein deficient by 2050, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

6.2 earthquake hit Lombok Island, no casualty so far

Aug 28, 2018, at 04:01 pm

Jakarta, Aug 28 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale hit Indonesia's Lombok Island on Tuesday, as per United States Geological Survey website.