New Delhi, Dec 14: A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)-Bhopal, has developed a safe and easy procedure to produce silver nanomaterials that can be used as antimicrobial agents. What is Antibiotic resistance? Antibiotic resistance is a serious condition in which bacteria and …
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#Breaking: Top headlines of India today. The latest breaking news in India | 13 December 2021
If PM’s Twitter account can be hacked, what will happen to the common man’s security: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Congress has said that if the Twitter account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi can be tampered with, then nothing can be said about the security of the Twitter account of the common …
Read More »#Breaking: Top headlines of India today. The latest breaking news in India | 12 December 2021
First Omicron case registered in Nagpur, Maharashtra, the number rises to 18 in the state Media reports said that a 40-year-old man, (who had recently travelled to West Africa) in Nagpur, Maharashtra, has been found infected with Omicron, taking the number of infected in the state to 18. PM will …
Read More »Still loves doing theatre: The Family Man fame Shahab Ali
The Family Man fame Shahab Ali conducted Acting Workshop New Delhi, 12 Dec 2021: Renowned actor Shahab Ali who is now a household name in India because of his role in ‘The Family Man’ web series taught acting tips in a workshop organized by the Mass Media Research Centre (MMRC) …
Read More »More than half a billion people pushed or pushed further into extreme poverty due to health care costs
Monitoring universal health coverage – WHO COVID-19 pandemic disrupts health services worldwide DUBAI/GENEVA/WASHINGTON DC — 12 December 2021 — New evidence compiled by the World Health Organization and the World Bank shows that the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health Coverage. The …
Read More »Machine learning predicts the risk of death in patients with suspected or known heart disease
Scientists find a new therapy for cancer
New Delhi, Dec 10: The fight against Cancer could get a major boost with a team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Indore synthesising a nano-based therapeutic agent that promises to be highly effective in treating the deadly disease. Cancer: increasingly growing concerns of the healthcare sector Cancer has …
Read More »Turmeric Genome – Turmeric may be included in pharmaceutical systems
Study unravels the genome of turmeric Indian researchers succeeded in finding the genome of turmeric New Delhi, Dec 10: A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) – Bhopal has sequenced the genome of the turmeric plant paving the way for its incorporation into …
Read More »WHO and Global Fund Warn Inequalities Block Progress Towards Ending AIDS, TB and Malaria
The State of inequality: a new report from the World Health Organization and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria GENEVA, Thursday, 9 December 2021 – Inequities have been widely acknowledged as barriers to achieving global and national goals and targets in HIV, TB and malaria programs. However, …
Read More »Feeling Stressed? Here are some ideas to help…
Everyone feels stressed from time to time. However, long-term stress may contribute to or worsen health problems. Here are some ideas that may help you cope with stress: Some people use relaxation techniques, such as guided imagery or progressive muscle relaxation, to release tension and counteract the ill effects of …
Read More »6TH APCAT SUMMIT 2021: Leaders of cities in the Asia Pacific commit to united local actions to meet global health goals
End tobacco is an essential part of the bedrock for Universal Health Coverage Can we deliver on the promise of health for all unless we fix the gaping and widening punctures that are causing epidemic-proportion of preventable diseases and untimely deaths? No one needs to suffer from preventable illnesses or …
Read More »India became the first lower-middle-income country to pass best-practice trans fat elimination policies
Countries with regulations protecting people from industrially produced trans fat tripled over the past year WHO report reveals people in high-income countries are protected by policies on trans fat elimination, but low-income countries are being left behind Geneva, 7 December 2021 —Forty countries now have best-practice trans fat elimination policies …
Read More »Coronavirus genomic surveillance mechanism intensified
Coronavirus genomic surveillance mechanism in India New Delhi, Dec 07: A consortium of national laboratories based in four cities – Bengaluru, Hyderabad, New Delhi, and Pune – is continuously conducting genomic surveillance of coronavirus, which has helped to sequence more and more samples of the virus. The focus of the …
Read More »#Breaking: Top headlines of India today. The latest breaking news in India | 06 December 2021
Modi and Putin discuss bilateral ties, the situation in Afghanistan Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of the 21st annual India-Russia summit in New Delhi on Monday and discussed the emerging security challenges facing the region. Congress to send 4-member delegation to Nagaland …
Read More »Uttarakhand: Are we waiting for disasters to happen?
The government of Uttarakhand must act fast to clear the path of Dhauli Ganga rive Uttarakhand government must act fast to clear the path of Dhauli Ganga river about two kilometres ahead of village Neeti and about one kilometre from Ghamsali village, about 90 kilometres from Joshi math town in …
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