New York, Sep 24 (IANS) Patients who underwent a minimally invasive, catheter-based approach to replace the aortic valve experienced inadequate blood flow because the prosthetic valves were too small, finds a research. Transcatheter aortic valve…
Mumbai, Sep 24 (IANS) In an unique adventure sports initiative, a group of blind and able-bodied climbers from India and Israel have scaled the world’s fourth highest and Africa’s tallest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania,…
Panaji, Sep 24 (IANS) Two ailing ministers in the BJP-led coalition government were dropped from the Goa cabinet on Monday, to make way for the induction of two others from the party into the the…
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft released a selfie image of the spacecraft at Mars, celebrating its four years in orbit studying the upper atmosphere of the Red Planet. MAVEN’S selfie image looks at…
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday referred to a Constitution Bench a plea questioning the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) prevalent in the Dawoodi Bohra community. The issue was referred…
Kabul, Sep 24 (IANS) Afghan health authorities on Monday launched a five-day polio vaccination drive in some of the country’s most high-risk provinces. “Teams will visit 6.4 million children under the age of five in…
By Binita Das Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) Kiran Bauri, a teenaged Class 12 student of Dhurohi village in West Bengal’s Purulia district, has been for years using her limited pocket money to educate local women…
Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President B.N. Dutt died at his south Kolkata residence on Monday following respiratory ailments, family sources said. Dutt, 92, is survived by…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Sep 24 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will see more action on the sidelines of the high-level UN General Assembly (UNGA) session this week than in its chamber, as…
Sydney, Sep 24 (IANS) HIV diagnoses in Australia have hit a five-year low, with a significant drop among homosexual and bisexual men, latest figures from a major study released on Monday said. “The good news…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Calling it a personal relations exercise, Aam Aadmi Party head Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme will prove to be another ‘jumla’. Kejriwal tweeted: “Please read…
Chandigarh, Sep 23 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday launched the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) that aims to provide health coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh per family…
Itanagar, Sep 23 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Sunday dedicated the Chief Minister Aarogya Arunachal Yojana (CMAAY), a universal healthcare scheme of the state government, to the people of the state. The…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) A team of visually challenged girls, hearing impaired girls, cancer ‘sheroes’, ‘baby-wearing’ mothers and senior citizens were among the participants at the sixth edition of Pinkathon here on Sunday. Actor…
Shimla, Sep 23 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and Governor Acharya Devvrat here on Sunday jointly launched the ‘Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana’ in the state. The scheme was…
Ranchi, Sep 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the ‘Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)’ here, hailing it as the “worlds biggest state-run healthcare scheme”. Launching the scheme, Modi…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) A 19-year-old Iraqi girl has been given a new lease of life after a team of doctors from the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital here successfully treated her for a rare spinal…
New York, Sep 23 (IANS) Due to the absence of routine screening, more than 80 per cent of people are unaware of their genetic risk for cancers of the breast, ovarian, prostate and pancreas, a…
London, Sep 23 (IANS) Removing displays of tobacco products from shops may have reduced the proportion of children buying cigarettes by 17 per cent, claimed a new research. The findings, based on the analysis of…
Tokyo, Sep 23 (IANS) The Japanese space agency said that it has made history by successfully landing two unmanned rovers on an asteroid. “The two rovers are in good condition and are transmitting images and…