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Tokyo/UNI: A series of strong earthquakes with major ones measured at up to 7.6 magnitude have struck the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa on Monday, with Tsunami warnings issued, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
The Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO started its New Year journey with the successful launch of the country's first dedicated polarimetry mission to study various dynamics of bright astronomical X-ray sources in extreme conditions on Monday.
India will try to begin its New Year journey with an effort to know about one of the biggest mysteries in space- black holes.
New Delhi/IBNS: India has logged 841 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, recording the highest in 227 days.
Chennai/IBNS/UNI: After a highly productive 2023, with the successful launch of the third Lunar Mission Chandrayaan-3 and the first Sun exploratory Aditya-L1, a buoyant Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will usher in 2024 with the launch of PSLV-C58/X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) mission on Jan 1 from the spaceport of Sriharikota.
The world must prepare for the next pandemic and act on lessons learned from COVID-19, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a message on Wednesday to mark the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness.
New Delhi/UNI: India has recorded 692 fresh Covid-19 cases and six deaths during the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data said on Thursday.
New Delhi/IBNS: With the national capital reporting its first case of JN.1 variant infection, Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said that there is no need to panic and that it only causes mild sickness.
Pilibhit (UP): People in Athkona village in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit district were stunned on Tuesday when they spotted an adult tigress perched on a wall, peacefully enjoying the winter sunshine.
New Delhi/UNI: India has recorded 116 fresh cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours as per health Ministry data on Tuesday.
Those who binge drink and have a certain genetic makeup are six times more likely to develop alcohol-related cirrhosis, according to new research from UCL, the Royal Free Hospital, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.
The study, published in Joule, highlights a growing environmental threat from these increasingly popular vape pens, which are not designed to be recharged.
Polio virus has been detected in environmental samples from two districts in different parts of Pakistan, the country's health ministry said.
New Delhi: India registered an increase of 656 new Covid-19 infections in a single day, causing the active caseload to rise from 3,420 to 3,742, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.
A new study published December 22 in Nature Communications details that markers of brain injury are present in the blood many months after COVID-19 infection, despite inflammation blood tests being normal.
Shantiniketan: A team of scientists from Visva-Bharati University’s botany department has discovered a bacterium with the ability to boost plant growth and named it 'Pantoea Tagorei' after Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
This year's surprising spike in dengue infections globally represents a potentially high public health threat, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Washington: NASA said Thursday that SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft has successfully undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) after multiple delays caused by unfavorable weather conditions and is expected to down off the coast of Florida.
Beijing: The death toll from the 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted northwest China has risen to 117 in Gansu Province, bringing the total to 148 in Gansu and Qinghai provinces, local authorities said Friday.
Ten southern localities of Vietnam have reported 117 monkey pox cases, including six deaths, according to the Institute Pasteur in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday.
Geneva/IBNS: In light of the recent spike in malaria cases worldwide, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday approved the prequalification of the second malaria vaccine, known as R21/Matrix-M, to enable greater access to treatment.
New Delhi/IBNS: India has reported 21 cases of the new coronavirus variant JN.1 from across the country, the government think tank NITI Aayog member (Health) VK Paul said on Wednesday.
Indian Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday (December 20, 2023) chaired a high-level meeting to review the COVID-19 situation in India and the preparedness of public health system for surveillance, containment and management of COVID-19 in view of the recent spike in cases of COVID-19 in some states.
Kolkata/IBNS: CK Birla Group-run multi-speciality hospital in Kolkata, the Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI), on Tuesday observed its 54th foundation day with some of its young and adult patients who had undergone complex treatments successfully.
After weeks of intense earthquake activity, a volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland, media reports said.
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale hit northwest China's Gansu Province on Monday (December 19, 2023) leaving at least 111 people dead, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre Monday issued an advisory to states urging them to monitor and report influenza-like symptoms amid rising cases of Covid-19 in the country, including the detection of one case of its subvariant JN.1.
Three back-to-back earthquakes of moderate intensity jolted Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Monday, officials said.
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