WHO published its World health statistics report 2025, revealing the deeper health impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on loss of lives, longevity and overall health and well-being. In just two years, between 2019 and 2021, global life expectancy fell by 1.8 years—the largest drop in recent history— reversing a …
All stocks of smallpox virus in laboratories should be destroyed as soon as possible, scientists in the US have warned. No one has been immunised against the once-fatal disease for more than two decades now. And hardly any facilities for making the vaccine still exist, says Donald Henderson, epidemiologist at …
DRUG addiction: every parent's nightmare. What incites their otherwise-normal, teenage children to use drugs? Is it peer-induced, or do genes play an important role? There are several theories on the issue, but none can answer the question satisfactorily. Unable to find any answers, researchers in the UK are now adopting …
Scientists in the US have conducted experiments that could help manufacture strong bullet-proof vests. They have proved that nanotubes are about 200 times tougher than any other fibre. "It's amazing but it is true," says Daniel Wagner, a researcher at the Weizmann Institute at Rehovot, Israel. According to him, the …
Programmes providing small loans are not effective for reducing poverty, stated a report published by the United Nations Department for Economics and Social Affairs. The micro credit concept has gained a lot of popularity during the last 10 years. But according to the report, the programmes had many limitations when …
Gastroenteritis has taken 60 lives since the advent of monsoon in Rautahat district of Nepal. According to doctors, out of 82 VDCs of the district, 39 VDCs are directly affected.
Two new studies undercut scientists hopes that people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus would be able to avoid having to take a drug "cocktail" of 20 to 30 pills a day for the rest of their lives, a regimen that can cost $15,000 a year and cause a variety …
The government decided that healthy women who have a very high risk of getting breast cancer later in life can take the powerful drug tamoxifen to cut their odds of a tumor. The action by the Food and Drug Administration makes tamoxifen the first medicine ever approved to reduce women's …
Air India has imposed a ban on smoking on all its flights to Europe, UK and USA with effect from October 25, an official release said here on Wednesday.The decision comes in the wake of a call given by the WHO for a worldwide ban on smoking on international flights. …
The Biodiversity Bill, seeking to give the sovereign right to a nation over its biological resources, wil be introduced in the Winter session of Parliament. Speaking to The Observer of Business and Politics, Union Minister for Environment and Forests Suresh Prabhu said: "The final draft of the Biodiversity Bill is …
The proposed 400-mw Maheshwar hydel project at Mandaleshwar in MP is in trouble as the project promoters have defaulted on the rehabilitaiton package for villagers displaced by the project, forcing the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF) to review the green clearance accorded to the project.
Mr. G.P. Talwar, who developed the world's first birth control vaccine, has said he would soon come out with an "emergency" contraceptive for women. In case of suspected pregnancy, a single injection of this contraceptive will lead to pregnancy termination in 100 per cent cases, Mr. Talwar said in hos …
Senior officials in the Union Urban Affairs Ministry have expressed serious doubts over achieving the target of 100 per cent coverage set by the ruling alliance's National Agenda of Governance with regards to water supply and sewerage and sanitation facilities in the urban areas of the country within the next …
India has complained to the Montreal Protocol Fund (MPF) that while other sectors consuming ozone depleting substances (ODSs) have been sanctioned aid to implement the phase-out plan, the solvent sector has been left out. It has accused vested interests in industrialised countries of trying to block the aid flow.According to …
Dabur Pharmaceuticals Ltd, part of the Dabur group, on Thursday, announced launch of its new melatonin-based drug Eternex used in treatment of insomnia and other sleep related disorders.
As many as 25 per cent of the Indians are suffering from different types of allergies, including asthma, skin irritations and respiratory disorders, according to Dr Wiqar Shaikh, an allergist and immunologist of international repute. Dr Shaikh, who is attached to the Bombay hospital, will be a guest speaker at …
To provide comprehensive training in the management of thalassemina, a week-long workshop is being organised in the Capital from 30 October. Organised by Thalassemics India, this would be first such International conference to be held in the country. The workshop which is periodically held in Cyprus, has been scheduled in …
Indian scientists reported, they have identified a new gene which appears to be involved in sex determination. The gene, named "p phi 2v", is present on "x" sex chromosome in both sexes, but is expressed only in males, Dr Lalji Singh, Director of Hyderabad-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, …
The Hydroelectric Power Corporation of India, which was entrusted with the execution of the concrete lining work of Jawahar Tunnel, a vital link between Kashmir and other parts of the country, has completed the workd at a cost of Rs 5.40 crore in a record period of six months before …
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to extend the November 15 deadline for phasing out more than 17-yr-old commercial vehicles plying in the Capital. Rejecting the Delhi government's plea for extension of the deadline, the court asked it to implement the court order which has also banned plying of more …
Pharmaceutical major, Hoechst Marion Roussel (HMR), has announced the countrywide launch of its new non-sedating anti-allergic Allegra. Th drug will be made available by the first week of November.
