Chandigarh, July 5 (IANS) Setting a precedent, Punjab’s AAP MLA Aman Arora on Thursday underwent a dope test and dared Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to lead by example and get such a test done on…
New York, July 5 (IANS) Our early hominin ancestors, including their toddlers, could stand on two feet and walk upright, but also had several ape-like foot characteristics that could have aided in climbing trees, a…
Lucknow, July 5 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has sanctioned a whopping sum of Rs 223.31 crore in a little more than a year of his tenure for treatment of over 15,000 seriously-ill…
New York, July 5 (IANS) Older adults who are “skinny fat” — the combination of low muscle mass and strength in the context of high fat mass — may be at risk of developing decline…
New York, July 5 (IANS) Adolescents whose mothers follow a healthy diet, exercise regularly, and refrain from smoking may be 75 per cent less likely to develop obesity, according to a study. The findings also…
Washington, July 5 (IANS) The US has issued a health warning for Pakistan, alerting people against an ongoing outbreak of “extensively drug-resistant” typhoid fever that does not respond to most antibiotics. In a statement issued…
New York, July 5 (IANS) A drug used in the stem cell therapy to treat certain cancers may also protect against lung injury caused by cigarette smoke, finds a study. Long time cigarette smoking leads…
New York, July 5 (IANS) A dramatic head-on collision with a dwarf galaxy, dubbed the “Gaia Sausage” galaxy, about 10 billion years ago reshaped the structure of our galaxy, the Milky Way, fashioning both its…
Lima, July 5 (IANS) Peruvian archaeologists are exploring a mass grave belonging to the ancient Inca civilisation in the coastal region of Lambayeque, a senior official has said. The grave, found at the archaeological site…
Chennai, July 5 (IANS) In its aim towards human spaceflight, Indian space agency ISRO on Thursday carried out the first in a series of tests to qualify a crew escape system. The Indian Space Research…
Brasilia, July 5 (IANS) Brazilian Police have raided Dutch multinational Philips’ headquarters in Sao Paulo and arrested two officials for suspected fraud in Rio de Janeiro’s health system, an official said. The arrests on Wednesday…
London, July 5 (IANS) A man and woman found unconscious in Wiltshire, England, were poisoned by Novichok — the same nerve agent that poisoned ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal, police said. The couple, believed to be…
Panaji, July 4 (IANS) Over a cup of tea and a batatawada (potato chop) served on a paper plate, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday evening engaged with Goa’s editors over his illness, his willpower…
Chandigarh, July 4 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday urged the Centre to amend laws to provide for death penalty even for first-time drug smugglers and peddlers. In his letter to Union Home…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The National Health Agency (NHA) on Wednesday called on public and private hospitals to get empaneled under the Ayushman Bharat programme, popularly known as Modicare, with the “motto of service…
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau seized 40 kg of ganja (cannabis) from West Bengal’s East Midnapore district and arrested one person, a senior NCB official said on Wednesday. “The contraband, valued at…
Chandigarh, July 4 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has ordered mandatory dope test of all government employees, including police personnel, from the time of their recruitment through every stage of their service, an official…
Coimbatore, July 4 (IANS) Student researchers from the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham here, have developed a low-cost self-driving wheelchair that works on Robotic Operating System (ROS) and can be navigated using a smartphone app. Named “Self-E”,…
Gurugram, July 4 (IANS) Gurugram is all set for a computed tomography (CT) scanner and ophthalmology unit for pets at a hospital, an official said on Wednesday. At the price of Rs 2 crore, the…
London, July 4 (IANS) For men planning for fatherhood, regularly consuming a diet with 60 g of nuts can significantly improve the quality, quantity, and motility of sperm, results of a clinical trial has showed….