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Baramulla/Jammu & Kashmir: Chaspeeda Bano, a 34-year-old agripreneur from Palhalan village in Baramulla district, has become a beacon of hope for women in the area, having achieved immense success in agriculture farming and setting an example for others to follow.
New York: Health systems in most countries have started showing the first major signs of recovery three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, which has left millions dead and hundreds of millions infected, according to a new UN report launched on Tuesday.
Kunming: Three were injured in a 5.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted the city of Baoshan in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Tuesday evening.
Guwahati/IBNS: A growing global movement advocating for the use of organic farming to reduce the dependence on chemical fertilizers and protect the environment, including clean air and water, has prompted a research-based organization focused on biodiversity conservation to launch a unique initiative aimed at educating young students about the benefits of organic farming and vermicomposting.
Rishikesh/IBNS: Centre for Global Affairs and Public Policy (CGAPP), a nonprofit organisation, and Switcheko, a startup, launched a unique all India sustainability helpline (91) 9705100017 to address queries related to plastic pollution and offer solutions and expert guidance on a wide range of sustainability issues.
Human greed is causing destruction of forest covers in India's Kerala and Pakistan's Balochistan exposing the regions to future climate disasters. Sai Kiran from from India's Thiruvananthapuram and Tanveer Ahmed from Quetta in Pakistan report in a cross-border journalism project
Changlangshu/Nagaland: Wanmei Konyak, a passionate environmentalist, was inspired to take action for the conservation of nature and wildlife through his participation in the Green Hub Fellowship programme.
Jalandhar/IBNS/UNI: Ludhiana gas leak tragedy is a wake-up call for the authorities to take immediate and effective measures to prevent such incidents from happening in the future, a health expert said on Monday.
New Delhi/UNI: India reported 4,282 fresh cases of Covid-19 during the past 24 hours, as per the latest update by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday.
Quetta: Heavy rainfall battered several regions of Pakistan's Balochistan region over the last four days, causing damage to houses, media reports said.
The Zhurong rover, a fully automated robot from China that arrived on Mars in 2021, has made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting signs of recent water activity on the Red Planet.
Kolkata/IBNS: Enamoured by its beauty, even Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore, in a poem, had expressed a desire to turn into the Ichamati River if he ever acquired the magical power to change his form to whatever he wished for.
Meghalaya/IBNS: Meghalaya, which has been nicknamed the "Cancer Capital," is about to undergo a significant change with the construction of the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) at North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) in Mawdiangdiang, Shillong.
New Delhi/UNI: India reported 7,171 more cases of Covid -19 in the past 24 hours, according to an update by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.
The Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) at North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) Mawdiangdiang in Shillong is expected to be a game-changer in the combat against the disease in Meghalaya.
New York: Thinking about trying a new diet but not sure which way to go?
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata on Friday got its first Construction and demolition (C&D) waste recycling plant with a capacity of 1600 tonnes per day in New Town spread across 5 acres.
New Delhi/IBNS: Atomic Energy and Space Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Friday visited the United Kingdom's premier institution Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) and met researchers, including those working on the UK- India iSiS project.
New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday launched a new initiative to help strengthen countries’ ability to plan for, and deal with, another deadly pandemic like COVID-19, as latest figures show a huge fall in COVID deaths this year.
New Delhi/UNI: India has recorded 7,533 Covid-19 cases during the last 24 hours according to the Union Health Ministry on Friday.
New Delhi: A newly devised algorithm powered by Artificial Intelligence can help increase the predictability of the Indian Summer Monsoons (ISMR) 18 months ahead of the season.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Cabinet in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the establishment of 157 new nursing colleges in co-location with the existing medical colleges established in 2014.
New Delhi/UNI: India reported 9,355 more Covid -19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Vattikuti Foundation, known for preparing a pool of over 500 specialist surgeons from India to become accomplished robotic surgeons, has opened entries to the 2023 edition of a global competition: The KS International Innovation Robotic Surgery Awards.
Geneva: Marking World Malaria Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is issuing a call for increased implementation of new and existing interventions to save lives from malaria.
Worries about environmental issues are consistently leading to lost sleep for many Americans, a recent survey has revealed.
New York: The COVID-19 pandemic caused millions of children to miss out on routine vaccines and countries must act now to restore essential immunization coverage to a least 2019 levels, UN health agency WHO said on Monday, marking the start of World Immunization Week.
Sheopur: An approximately six-year-old male cheetah, which was named ‘Uday’, died at Kuno National Park on Sunday, making it the second such fatality over the recent past.
High consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) was associated with an elevated risk of premature death and incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among people with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Drinking beverages like coffee, tea, low-fat cow’s milk, and plain water was associated with lower risk of dying prematurely.
Mumbai/IBNS/UNI: Maharashtra recorded 850 fresh cases of Covid-19 and four more virus-related deaths from across the state in the last 24 hours, a health bulletin said on Sunday
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