In a bid to raise awareness about meditation and its benefits, the UN General Assembly proclaimed December 21 as World Meditation Day, recalling the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
Online app PhonePe has announced the launch of a new Dengue and Malaria Insurance Plan on its platform, at Rs. 59 per year.
Pakistan's Balochistan region has reported 462 new cases of HIV/AIDS in recent times, taking the total number of registered patients in the province to 2,823.
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda on Sunday said that the number of new HIV cases in India has decreased by 44 percent since 2010 which is higher than the global reduction rate of 39 percent.
Puducherry: Cyclone Fengal has begun making landfall near the Puducherry coast.
Chennai/IBNS: A deep depression has formed over the Bay of Bengal, which has intensified into a cyclone named Fengal and is likely to cross the Tamil Nadu coast between Karaikal and Mamallapuram on Saturday, the India Meteorological Department said this evening.
Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 is an intriguing bioactive peptide widely studied for its structural and functional properties. Its design as a short-chain peptide with lipid conjugation imbues it with stability and bioavailability, fostering interest in its potential implications. While traditionally explored in dermatological formulations for its theorized impacts on the dermal layer’s extracellular matrix, its broader scientific potential still needs to be explored.
Kolkata's BM Birla Heart Hospital is offering minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) procedures to patients which ensures shorter recovery time and a lower risk of infection to those undergoing the procedure.
Pakistan government's attempt to fight polio is facing a hurdle after three more cases were reported from Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Canada has confirmed the first case of clade I mpox, media reports said on Saturday.
A child in the USA has become the first person in the country to test positive for bird flu infection, as per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Independent UN human rights experts said on Thursday that the forthcoming global plastic pollution treaty must ensure accountability at every stage of the plastic lifecycle, warning against shifting responsibilities to developing nations.
UNICEF has alerted in its latest report that children could face eight times more heatwaves in 2050 than what was faced in 2000.
Baku/New Delhi / IBNS: The ongoing air pollution crisis in South Asia is a grim reminder of what is at stake and the urgent need for countries to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, experts observed at the ongoing COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan's Baku amid the deteriorating Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi triggering an environmental crisis.
Elon Musk's SpaceX launched the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s most sophisticated communications satellite, which will provide broadband services in remote areas and in-flight Internet in passenger aircraft.
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX will launch India's GSAT-20 communications satellite this week, marking one more major achievement of the South Asian country in its space mission, media reports said.
A new study estimates that over 260 million people in the USA will be either obese or overweight by 2050.
Global diabetes cases have quadrupled since 1990, affecting over 800 million adults worldwide, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) study released to coincide with World Diabetes Day.
Kolkata: Professor Neena Gupta has been awarded The Infosys Prize 2024 in Mathematical Sciences for her work on the Zariski Cancellation Problem, a statement said on Thursday.
New Delhi/IBNS: With the Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching the 'severe category,' Delhi has implemented stringent rules to control air pollution, such as banning all non-essential construction and demolition work.
New Delhi/IBNS: With the Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching the 'severe category,' Delhi has implemented stringent rules to control air pollution, such as banning all non-essential construction and demolition work.
The total number of adults living with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes in the world has surpassed 800 million - over four times the total number in 1990, according to findings from a global analysis published ahead of World Diabetes Day in The Lancet.
Adolescents across Europe, Central Asia and Canada say they face rising school pressure and diminishing support from families and friends, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey.
In an attempt to end rumours, Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who has been in space since June, said that she weighs the same as she did when she arrived at the International Space Station (ISS).
Kolkata/Delhi: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Wednesday virtually inaugurated the centenary celebrations of the iconic "Bose-Einstein" Statistics postulation at the "S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences".
The year 2024 is on course to become the hottest year ever recorded on Earth, according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on Monday.
The Dibru Saikhowa National Park in Assam is the only place in India with a population of feral horses. These horses are believed to be descendants of war horses from World War II, while other theories suggest they could be descendants of China’s Przewalski’s horses. The horses face threats from smuggling and dwindling grazing grounds and habitat. Mongabay-India correspondent Nabarun Guha reports
New Delhi/IBNS: Dense fog covered Delhi and Mumbai on Sunday morning as the air quality worsened in these metropolises.
Most of the hidden costs of agrifood systems worldwide stem from health impacts linked to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a new report published on Friday.
The world is experiencing unprecedented warming with 2024 poised to become the hottest year on record, surpassing the previous record in 2023, according to new data released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ahead of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
