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The world’s first comprehensive academic review of bamboo consumption has identified a wide range of potential health benefits, including improved blood sugar control, reduced inflammation, better gut health and antioxidant effects, researchers said.
The adverse health impacts linked to emissions across the full life cycle of plastics could double by 2040 unless urgent action is taken, according to new research.
A new University of Oxford study warns that nearly half of the world’s population—around 3.79 billion people—could be living under extreme heat conditions by 2050 if global temperatures rise by 2.0°C above pre-industrial levels, a scenario climate scientists now view as increasingly likely.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a detailed statement regretting the United States decision to leave the UN agency, and declaring that it will leave both the US and the world less safe as a result.
Indian Air Force Group Captain and astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla was on Sunday named for the Ashok Chakra, the country’s highest peacetime gallantry award.
A massive winter storm sweeping across the United States has triggered widespread travel disruptions, power outages and emergency measures, forcing the cancellation of thousands of flights and placing nearly half the country under weather warnings.
People who show attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) traits in childhood are more likely to experience physical health problems and health-related disability in midlife, according to a major new study led by researchers from the University of Liverpool and University College London (UCL).
The world has moved beyond a water crisis and into a state of global water bankruptcy, says a new flagship report released on Tuesday by UN researchers.
After nearly three decades of distinguished service, veteran NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams has retired from the US space agency, effective December 27, 2025, NASA announced.
A US-based space company is offering travel enthusiasts a chance to book a stay at what it claims will be the world’s first hotel on the Moon.
Residents of the national capital woke up to hazardous air quality on Sunday as a thick layer of toxic smog combined with dense fog enveloped large parts of Delhi, pushing pollution levels into the ‘severe’ category.
Recreational physical activity may be associated with breast tissue composition and biomarkers of stress in adolescent girls, according to a new study by researchers at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC).
Nearly two decades in the making, a landmark international agreement aimed at protecting and sustainably using marine life in international waters and the global seabed is set to enter into force on Saturday, marking a major advance in efforts to safeguard ocean ecosystems for generations to come.
NASA is just days away from launching its next mission to the Moon, marking humanity’s return to the lunar neighbourhood for the first time in more than 50 years.
For decades, scientists have estimated the age and growth rate of Tyrannosaurus rex by counting annual growth rings—similar to those found in trees—preserved inside fossilized leg bones. These rings have long been used to determine how old the giant carnivores were when they died and how rapidly they matured.
Gujarat’s Asiatic lion population has increased from 674 in 2020 to 891 in 2025, according to the Gujarat Forest Department. While 394 lions were found within Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, the majority now live in nine satellite populations outside the core protected areas, including coastal regions of Bhavnagar and southwest Saurashtra. However, 669 lion deaths were recorded during the same period due to old age, disease, injuries, cub mortality, accidents and rising human pre...
An international team of researchers has provided the first direct evidence that exposure to natural daylight, as opposed to artificial light, has beneficial effects on people with type 2 diabetes, improving blood sugar regulation and overall metabolic health.
A good night’s sleep may be far more than a lifestyle choice — it could be key to a longer life, according to new research from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).
Exercise may reduce symptoms of depression to a degree comparable with psychological therapy, according to an updated Cochrane review led by Professor Andrew Clegg of the University of Lancashire.
Light-intensity activities, such as walking, yoga, or household chores, are associated with a lower risk of death among individuals with cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal.
People tend to regain weight rapidly after stopping weight-loss drugs—often faster than after ending behavioural weight loss programmes—according to a new systematic review and meta-analysis by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, published recently in The BMJ.
Kolkata/IBNS: Vijaya Diagnostic Centre, India’s largest B2C-focused integrated diagnostic chain, on Thursday announced the grand opening of its state-of-the-art diagnostic centre in Phoolbagan, Kolkata.
A poor night’s sleep may lead to a groggy morning—but it could also reveal much more about your long-term health. Researchers at Stanford Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence model capable of predicting a person’s risk of developing more than 100 health conditions from just one night of sleep.
Improvising music could help to improve older people’s cognitive skills, such as learning and memory, according to research from the University of Sheffield and Western Sydney University.
Kolkata shivered as mercury dipped to 10.2°C on Tuesday, marking one of the coldest January days recorded in the past several years.
Kolkata shivered as mercury dipped to 10.2°C on Tuesday, marking one of the coldest January days recorded in the past several years.
Waist-to-height ratio is a more accurate and reliable indicator of age-related obesity risk than body mass index (BMI), new research has found.
Increased stiffness of the colon, spurred by chronic inflammation, may encourage the development and progression of early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC), a study co-led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggests. The findings, published in Advanced Science, could lead to new ways to prevent and treat this deadly subset of CRC.
Type 2 diabetes has long been regarded as a chronic, lifelong disease requiring continuous medication in the form of tablets or insulin.
Pakistan witnessed a sharp surge in terrorist violence in 2025, with the number of attacks rising by 34 per cent and terrorism-related fatalities increasing by 21 per cent year on year, according to media reports.
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