London, Sep 5 (IANS) While malnutrition can occur at any age, elderly people, aged 65 and above, who are particularly prone to it can safeguard themselves with marriage, according to a study. The findings showed…
Agartala, Sep 5 (IANS) Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said on Wednesday that Tripura was a “hub of drug supplies” to other states during the previous Left Front government’s rule. “Due to inactive governance… Tripura…
Kinshasa, Sep 5 (IANS) An Ebola outbreak that on Wednesday continued to spread in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has killed 85 people in over a month. The Congolese Health Ministry said in a…
Geneva, Sep 5 (IANS) More than 35 per cent of people in India are insufficiently active, increasing their risk of cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and mental health problems, finds a study by the World Health…
Beijing, Sep 5 (IANS) A Chinese private company launched a suborbital rocket carrying three miniature satellites, for two Chinese commercial companies, into space on Wednesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre The SQX-1Z developed by…
Washington, Sep 5 (IANS) NASA’s Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager, or FOXSI — a sounding rocket mission — is soon set to stare directly at the Sun and search for nanoflares — miniature explosions invisible…
Toronto, Sep 5 (IANS) Adults both with and without Alzheimer’s disease have poorer cognition skills in winter and spring than late summer and early autumn, according to a new study. The findings showed that average…
Moscow, Sep 5 (IANS) The air leak in the Soyuz spacecraft that resulted in loss of cabin pressure, was a technological error done by a human hand, state space agency Roscosmos has said. Flight controllers…
Chennai, Sep 5 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday raided several places in Tamil Nadu, including the residences of Health and Family Welfare Minister C. Vijayabaskar and Director General of Police (DGP) T.K….
Lisbon, Sep 5 (IANS) Seven researchers from the US and Britain who developed a revolutionary gene therapy for a form of inherited childhood blindness, have been awarded the 2018 Antonio Champalimaud Vision Prize. Michael Redmond…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) To cut down use of plastic water bottles, BJP leader Shazia Ilmi on Tuesday inaugurated water ATMs in New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) areas that would dispense safe drinking water…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi on Tuesday urged various ministries to offer full support to the ongoing ‘Rashtriya Poshan Maah’ with outreach activities. Under Poshan Abhiyan,…
Panaji, Sep 4 (IANS) Goa Congress President Girish Chodankar on Tuesday again raised the issue of the effect of the absence of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on the state’s governance, asking the ruling party to…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said that Delhi’s civic bodies will construct five lakh community and 67 lakh household toilets by the end of…
New York, Sep 4 (IANS) If you have self-control over the desire to get instant benefits, then you are more likely to earn higher income later, finds a study. In the study, researchers from Temple…
London, Sep 4 (IANS) Do you often speak to your baby? The more baby talk words that the infants are exposed to, the quicker they can grasp the language, suggests a study. The study of…
London, Sep 4 (IANS) In a breakthrough move, British scientists have used natural sunlight to convert water into hydrogen and oxygen by mixing biological components and man-made technologies. The team led by academics at the…
New York, Sep 4 (IANS) Infants, by the age of 2, have the potential to distinguish between the power asserted by a leader and a bully, finds a study, shedding light on how babies make…
New York, Sep 4 (IANS) Biologists have identified over 8,000 new combinations of antibiotics that are surprisingly more effective at killing harmful bacteria than the prevailing ones. Scientists have traditionally believed that combining more than…
Lucknow, Sep 4 (IANS) The Rotavirus vaccine that prevents diarrhoea in infants and children was launched in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday by state Women, Child and Family Welfare Minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi. She told the…