By K.S. Jayaraman Sep 4 (IANS) Last month’s occurrence of 70 earthquakes in just 48 hours along the “Pacific Ring of Fire” sparked fears that a big temblor is on the way to rattle California…
Washington, Sep 4 (IANS) NASA is exploring the feasibility of commercialising the agency’s operations in low Earth orbit to lower its costs while its eyes turn toward the Moon and Mars, the media reported. NASA…
Kabul, Sep 4 (IANS) The founder of the Haqqani militant network has died after several years of illness, the Afghan Taliban has announced. Jalaluddin Haqqani was a significant militant figure in Afghanistan and had close…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Discussions at one of India’s first women’s health festivals touched on issues about gender and health, and created space for a public discourse on women’s well-being at the National Crafts…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Stressing that India has fast-tracked many initiatives aimed at achieving the tenets of universal health coverage, Union Minister J.P. Nadda on Monday said here that the country’s objective is to…
Ranchi, Sep 3 (IANS) Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Monday requested the authorities of Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) here to shift him to another…
Tokyo, Sep 3 (IANS) A Japanese start-up linked to the University of Tsukuba is set to launch small satellites with commemorative titanium plaques carrying love messages into space by the end of 2019, the company…
Kozhikode (Kerala), Sep 3 (IANS) Kerala was put on high alert for three weeks as two more people succumbed to rat fever on Monday, taking the death toll to nine in the past three days…
New York, Sep 3 (IANS) Babies born to homeless women are more likely to have poor health and development outcomes, says a study. The findings showed that babies who experienced both pre- and post-natal homelessness…
Chennai, Sep 3 (IANS) Former Union Minister and PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the organ transplant scam in Tamil Nadu. In a statement…
Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) Actress Priyanka Chopra, who suffers from asthma, has partnered with Cipla Respiratory to create awareness about the condition and break the stigma surrounding its treatment. She has advocated timely intervention that…
Beijing, Sep 3 (IANS) Chinese researchers have built an artificial intelligence (AI) model with medical imaging that would help determine whether patients with severe brain damage might regain consciousness. Severe brain injury can lead to…
Los Angeles, Sep 3 (IANS) In a promising find, a team of biologists at the University of California-Los Angeles has discovered thousands of four-and five-drug combinations of antibiotics that are more effective at killing harmful…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 3 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday inaugurated the Fakir Mohan Medical College and Hospital at Balasore. The Chief Minister said with the opening of the medical college, a long-cherished dream…
San Francisco, Sep 3 (IANS) In a novel method, researchers have used Artificial intelligence (AI) technology that scanned through Google Maps images to estimate obesity on Earth — even without actually spotting obese people. The…
Washington, Sep 3 (IANS) NASA has launched a public competition that asks people to find solutions to turn carbon dioxide into molecules that would help astronauts endure the harsh atmosphere on the Red Planet. Called…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The Delhi government has ordered the restoration of 2.53 lakh ration cards in the national capital and warned officers that they will be ‘personally responsible’ for starvation deaths of eligible…
Dharamsala, Sep 2 (IANS) More than 300,000 people are suffering from end-stage kidney ailments and despite that only 10,000 transplantations are taking place, nephrologist and renal transplant physician Raka Kasuhal said on Sunday. She said…
Kolkata, Sep 2 (IANS) In a shocking incident, at least 14 dead bodies of newborn babies, wrapped in plastic bags, were recovered from a deserted ground in south Kolkata’s Haridebpur on Sunday, police said. Covered…
London, Sep 2 (IANS) People with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) — especially without intellectual disability — may have a greater risk of depression in their young adulthood, a new study, led by an Indian-origin researcher,…