School kids face backache threat under heavy weight bags: ASSOCHAM

Sep 03, 2016, at 11:29 pm

New Delhi, Sept 3 (IBNS): As many as 68 per cent of school going children, especially between 7-13 years of age, face the risk of backaches and other related problems, courtesy heavy loads of books and sporting kits, they carry in their school bags which weigh between 40-45 per cent of the weight of the kids, according to an ASSOCHAM Healthcare Committee findings ahead of Teacher's Day.

Jupiter's North Pole unlike anything encountered in Solar System

Sep 03, 2016, at 02:04 pm

California, Sept 3 (IBNS): NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter’s north pole, taken during the spacecraft’s first flyby of the planet with its instruments switched on. The images show storm systems and weather activity unlike anything previously seen on any of our solar system’s gas-giant planets.

Twelve at risk aquatic species under new protection Act of Canada

Sep 03, 2016, at 05:53 am

Ottawa Sept 3 (IBNS): Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, had announced in a news release by Fisheries & Oceans Canada that twelve aquatic species are being proposed for listing under the Species at Risk Act.

Advisory Forecast for Flood in Barak Basin

Sep 02, 2016, at 08:46 pm

New Delhi, Sep 2 (IBNS): The Union Ministry of Water Resources, on Friday, issued an advisory forecast to Assam, Meghalaya and Manipur regarding floods in the Barak Basin..

Columbia Asia Hospital launches EUS Unit at its Bangalore hospitals

Sep 02, 2016, at 05:45 pm

Kolkata/Bangalore, Sept 2 (IBNS): Columbia Asia Hospital announced the launch of EUS (Endoscopic Ultrasound) Unit, as part of Integrated Digestive and Liver Care Program at their Bangalore hospitals, a release stated.

South-East Asia Health Ministers meet in Colombo next week

Sep 02, 2016, at 04:15 am

New Delhi, Sept 1 (IBNS): Health Ministers of the 11 Member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region are meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from Sept 5-9 to set health priorities for the Region, home to nearly a quarter of the world’s population.

Canadian made device counteracts Zika virus

Sep 02, 2016, at 03:14 am

Toronto, Sept 1 (IBNS): In an attempt to counteract the birth and growth of the Zika Virus, a Canadian company based in Waterloo have come up with an innovative device that not only stops the spread of Zika Virus but terminates it from the roots completely.

External Affairs Ministry confirms 13 Indians tested Zika positive in Singapore

Sep 01, 2016, at 06:45 pm

Singapore, Sep 1 (IBNS): The Ministry of External Affairs confirmed on Thursday that 13 Indians tested positive for the Zika virus in Singapore, according to media reports.

Air pollution kills over 50,000 a year in Britain, finds study

Aug 31, 2016, at 02:56 pm

London, Aug 31 (IBNS): UK transport planning is not sufficiently taking into account the environmental impacts of transport choices according to researchers from the Centre for Transport and Society and Air Quality Management Resource Centre at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol).

Increase in number of Zika virus cases in Alberta

Aug 30, 2016, at 08:09 pm

Calgary, Aug 30 (IBNS): According to Alberta Health officials, the number of Zika virus affected cases has risen over 26 with a possibility of the virus spreading further through sexual contacts.

Ananth Kumar stresses upon need for affordable medicines

Aug 29, 2016, at 10:35 pm

New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS): Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar has appealed to the industry leaders, State Governments, other departments and civil society in pooling efforts to make available medicines at affordable prices to the common man.

PM Modi congratulates ISRO scientists on successful testing of Scramjet Rocket Engine

Aug 29, 2016, at 05:00 am

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated ISRO scientists on the successful testing of Scramjet Rocket Engine.

Singapore confirms 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika virus

Aug 28, 2016, at 10:20 pm

Singapore City, Aug 28 (IBNS): Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of Zika of locally transmitted Zika, which include 36 foreign construction workers.

President congratulates ISRO for the successful conduct of ATV

Aug 28, 2016, at 09:06 pm

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the successful conduct of Futuristic Rocket Test –Advanced Technology Vehicle (ATV).

Flight testing of Scramjet Engine Technology demonstrator successful: ISRO

Aug 28, 2016, at 04:47 pm

Sriharikota, Aug 28 (IBNS): The first experimental mission of ISRO's Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System was successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota on Sunday.

NASA's Juno successfully completes Jupiter flyby

Aug 28, 2016, at 02:22 pm

California, Aug 28 (IBNS): NASA's Juno mission successfully executed its first of 36 orbital flybys of Jupiter on Saturday.

ISRO tests scramjet engine

Aug 28, 2016, at 01:51 pm

Chennai,Aug 28 (IBNS): Touching another landmark, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday conducted scramjet engine test at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh successfully, reports said.

NASA's Juno to soar closest to Jupiter this Saturday

Aug 27, 2016, at 01:41 pm

Washington, Aug 27 (IBNS): This Saturday at 5:51 a.m. PDT, (8:51 a.m. EDT, 12:51 UTC) NASA's Juno spacecraft will get closer to the cloud tops of Jupiter than at any other time during its prime mission.

Researchers identify possible pathway to reboot immune system after bone-marrow transplants

Aug 27, 2016, at 03:35 am

Birmingham, Aug 26 (IBNS): New research has shown how a cell surface molecule, Lymphotoxin β receptor, controls entry of T-cells into the thymus; and as such presents an opportunity to understanding why cancer patients who undergo bone-marrow transplant are slow to recover their immune system.

Green tribunal asks Numaligarh refinery to free up Kaziranga elephant corridor

Aug 25, 2016, at 10:32 pm

New Delhi/Guwahati, Aug 25 (IBNS): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Numaligarh Refinery Limited to demolish a wall it had constructed near the Kaziranga National Park in Assam and which was blocking an elephant corridor, the media reported on Thursday.

Scientists discover new planet orbiting star Proxima Centauri

Aug 25, 2016, at 09:14 pm

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): Scientists have discovered an earth-sized planet orbiting a star closest to Earth's solar system, according to media reports on Thursday.

Italy earthquake kills 73

Aug 25, 2016, at 02:07 am

Rome, Aug 24 (IBNS): The earthquake, which rocked Italy on Wednesday, has killed at least 73 people, media reports said.

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?

6.2 earthquake hits Italy

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.