Cabinet approves MoU with Myanmar for cooperation in Traditional Systems of Medicine
Aug 25, 2016, at 12:42 am
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IBNS): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Myanmar in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine.
Special team formed to prevent dengue in President’s Estate
Aug 25, 2016, at 12:30 am
Kolkata, Aug 24 (IBNS): Special teams have been formed to prevent dengue and other water-bound diseases in the President’s Estate, officials said on Wednesday.
Chattisgarh's 'Black Tea Woman' surviving on the beverage for 18 years
Aug 24, 2016, at 05:23 pm
Raipur, Aug 24 (IBNS): How many times have we come across memes on internet showing a skeleton sitting atop a sofa, with a caption telling us about how the person started dieting but forgot to end it, thus ending in their present state?
Aug 24, 2016, at 03:11 pm
Rome, Aug 24 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale hit central Italy on Wednesday.
New Delhi: Medicine Vending Machine inaugurated at Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinic
Aug 24, 2016, at 06:30 am
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IBNS): Ambassador Jonathan Addleton, Mission Director to India, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and Dr. Nutan Mundeja, Project Director of the AAMC 100, on Tuesday inaugurated an automated Medicine Vending Machine (MVM) at the Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinic in Rajender Nagar, New Delhi.
NASA establishes contact with STEREO Mission
Aug 24, 2016, at 03:30 am
California, Aug 23 (IBNS): On Aug. 21, 2016, contact was reestablished with one of NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatories, known as the STEREO-B spacecraft, after communications were lost on Oct. 1, 2014.
Fussy infants find food more rewarding, putting them at higher risk for obesity, says study
Aug 23, 2016, at 11:39 pm
New York, Aug 23 (IBNS): Babies that seem to get upset more easily and take longer to calm down may be at higher risk for obesity while babies that exhibit more “cuddliness†and calm down easily are less likely at risk, according to a University at Buffalo study.
Korean Surgeon Prof Yoon Woo Koh to perform Robotic Surgeries in Kolkata
Aug 23, 2016, at 10:08 pm
Kolkata Aug 23 (IBNS): Eminent Korean Onco Surgeon Prof Yoon Woo Koh will perform Robotic Surgeries for Head & Neck Cancer and Thyroid cases at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital in Kolkata this week.
Provisions of safe food should become a part of our ingrained culture: J P Nadda
Aug 23, 2016, at 09:43 pm
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IBNS): Commemorating a decade of integrated food law in the country, and marking ten years of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his congratulatory message underscored the ‘need for the Authority to focus on empowering the consumers so that the manufacturers and suppliers of food products become responsive to consumer needs, demands and expectations.’
How did the 2015 Solar Eclipse affect temperatures, finds study
Aug 23, 2016, at 03:27 pm
London, Aug 23 (IBNS): In probably first ever study of its kind, satellites were used to monitor land surface 'skin' temperatures during a total solar eclipse,Britain's Met office has said.
Maple fire threatens Western edge of Yellowstone National Park
Aug 23, 2016, at 03:14 pm
California, Aug 23 (IBNS): The VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite took this color-enhanced image of the Maple Fire in Wyoming, Aug 21, 2016.
5.5 earthquake hits Myanmar, no casualty
Aug 23, 2016, at 02:59 pm
Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 23 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale hit Myanmar on Tuesday.
Flood rescue and relief operations by NDRF
Aug 22, 2016, at 08:58 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): Rescue and relief operations by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in the flood affected districts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh are in full swing, reported the Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday.
Govt forecast for flood in Ken, Betwa Basins
Aug 21, 2016, at 02:05 am
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IBNS): In view of heavy to very heavy rainfall in the States of UP and MP in association with a deep depression centered near Satna on Saturday morning and heavy to very heavy rainfall forecast in East MP and other catchment areas of rivers Ken and Betwa and its tributaries.
Indian Navy medical team reaches out to villagers in Kulpi
Aug 20, 2016, at 10:34 pm
Kolkata, Aug 20 (IBNS): Almost 70 kilometers south of Kolkata, beyond Diamond Harbour, lies Kulpi, a village with a population of under 3 lakh people, who have access to only primary medical care facilities, officials said on Saturday.
6 earthquake hits Japan, no tsunami warning issued
Aug 20, 2016, at 10:19 pm
Tokyo, Aug 20 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6 at the Richter Scale hit Japan's Sanriku Oki region on Saturday, officials said.
Full-Circle Vista from NASA Mars Rover Curiosity shows 'Murray Buttes'
Aug 20, 2016, at 09:58 pm
California, Aug 20 (IBNS): Eroded mesas and buttes reminiscent of the U.S. Southwest shape part of the horizon in the latest 360-degree color panorama from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.
Glanbia’s #FITINDIA campaign is supported by J P Nadda
Aug 19, 2016, at 11:49 pm
Kolkata, Aug 19 (IBNS): #FitIndia, a nationwide nutrition and healthy lifestyle campaign, was inaugurated on Friday in the presence of Hon’ble Union Minster, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, J.P Nadda and fitness enthusiast Milind Soman.
Aug 19, 2016, at 09:54 pm
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IBNS) Canal and dam-based rooftop plants can not only produce power but can also potentially save 25 per cent of water evaporation losses in India where water is a critical infrastructure, a recent ASSOCHAM-EY joint study said today.
Napoleon's army killer Scrub Typhus strikes Kolkata
Aug 18, 2016, at 07:36 pm
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IBNS): When the official death toll, due to Dengue, reached 17 and Dengue cases crossed 3000 in West Bengal, another bacterial disease Scrub Typhus, which killed thousands of French military and political leader Napoleon's troops in early 19th century, has broken out in Kolkata, medical reports said.
Machali, world's oldest and most celebrated tigress dies
Aug 18, 2016, at 06:38 pm
Jaipur, Aug 18 (IBNS) : Machali, the world’s oldest tigress in the wild, died on Thursday in Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje confirmed the news on Twitter.
NASA prepares to launch first U.S. Asteroid sample return mission
Aug 18, 2016, at 05:05 pm
California, Aug 18 (IBNS): NASA is preparing to launch its first mission to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth.
Supernova ejected from the pages of history
Aug 18, 2016, at 04:51 pm
California, Aug 18 (IBNS): A new look at the debris from an exploded star in our galaxy has astronomers re-examining when the supernova actually happened.
Genome sequencing may help avert banana armageddon
Aug 18, 2016, at 05:11 am
London, Aug 17 (IBNS): Rsearchers at the University of California, Davis, and in the Netherlands have discovered how three fungal diseases have evolved into a lethal threat to the world’s bananas.
NASA successfully launches student experiments from Wallops
Aug 18, 2016, at 02:59 am
California, Aug 17 (IBNS): NASA on Wednesday said it successfully launched the RockSat-X education payload on a Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket at 7:33:30 a.m. EDT Aug. 17 from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
'Clocks' in tree-rings that could reset chronologies across the ancient world, says study
Aug 18, 2016, at 02:39 am
London, Aug 17 (IBNS): Oxford University researchers say that trees which grew during intense radiation bursts in the past have 'time-markers' in their tree-rings that could help archaeologists date events from thousands of years ago.
Cardiovascular disease cause of 45% of deaths across Europe each year, says study
Aug 18, 2016, at 02:34 am
London, Aug 17 (IBNS): Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of death in Europe, accounting for nearly half (45 per cent) of all deaths, according to a new Oxford study funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
NASA analysis finds July 2016 is warmest on record
Aug 18, 2016, at 02:14 am
California, Aug 17 (IBNS): July 2016 was the warmest July in 136 years of modern record-keeping, according to a monthly analysis of global temperatures by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York.
NASA Space Robotics Challenge prepares robots for journey to Mars
Aug 18, 2016, at 02:09 am
California, Aug 17 (IBNS): NASA, in partnership with Space Center Houston, the Official Visitor Center of NASA Johnson Space Center, and NineSigma, a global innovation consultant organization, has opened registration for a new competition -- the Space Robotics Challenge.
New imaging platform tracks cancer progression
Aug 18, 2016, at 02:00 am
New York, Aug 17 (IBNS): A new rapid fluorescent 3-D imaging system developed by UCL and Imperial College London scientists offers a non-invasive approach to accurately monitor tumour development in adult zebrafish.