India has recorded a significant milestone in its fight against tuberculosis (TB), achieving a 38% reduction in TB-related mortality since 2015, compared with a global decline of 35%.
Navi Mumbai has emerged as India's cleanest city in the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 rankings, ending Indore's eight consecutive years at the top of the national cleanliness survey.
Using portable filters to reduce exposure to air pollution during sleep may stabilize the large spikes in blood sugar experienced by people with prediabetes, a condition in which sugar (glucose) levels are higher than normal, a new study shows.
The global average surface temperature for January to September 2026 was approximately 1.47°C above the pre-industrial average, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Uttar Pradesh's Loni witnessed a sharp deterioration in air quality on Monday morning, following Diwali celebrations across the country, with firecracker emissions adding to the region's already alarming pollution levels.
Indian students have won five medals, including two gold, two silver and one bronze, at the 5th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics for Juniors (IOAA-Jr.) 2026, held in Thailand from November 1 to 8.
An earthquake measuring 5.7 in magnitude struck Japan early Sunday, injuring 20 people in Aichi and Shizuoka prefectures, authorities said.
One in four adolescents worldwide reported not engaging in at least 60 minutes of physical activity on any day during the previous week, according to global estimates released by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Going to bed earlier is associated with weight loss in people with prediabetes, according to a randomized controlled trial led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing.
Narayana Health founder receives the Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Mérite for extending medical and logistical support to the French community in Bengaluru during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Kolkata: A three-year-old tigress that wandered from West Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve into Assam was tranquilised in Kokrajhar district on Tuesday and is being brought back, officials said.
Delhi’s annual pollution crisis appears to have arrived earlier than usual, with air quality deteriorating sharply to the ‘very poor’ category days before Diwali.
With Diwali approaching, air pollution is once again becoming a major concern in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). The city's deteriorating air quality has prompted the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to enforce Stage-II restrictions under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) across the entire NCR with immediate effect.
Bhubaneswar/IBNS: The Odisha government on Monday evacuated people from vulnerable areas as Cyclone Murasu intensified into a severe cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal, media reports said.
Pakistan’s National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication (NEOC) on Sunday confirmed the country’s eighth polio case this year.
Barbados has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV as a public health problem, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced, marking a major public health milestone resulting from years of sustained efforts to ensure babies are born free of HIV.
Small habits like walking up flights of stairs or carrying your shopping instead of using a trolley could be the key to preventing Type 2 Diabetes, according to world-first research led by Monash University.
Bhubaneswar/IBNS: Demonstrating its unwavering commitment to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) undertook extensive relief operations in the aftermath of Cyclone Arnab to provide timely assistance to communities affected in Ganjam district, Odisha.
The ocean absorbs around 30 per cent of human-caused carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions and 90 per cent of excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases. But climate change has already reduced its capacity to absorb carbon by approximately six per cent, a new UN report warns ahead of the COP31 climate conference in November.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday successfully launched NVS-03, India's next-generation navigation satellite, strengthening the country's indigenous navigation capabilities and marking another significant milestone in its space programme.
