Washington/IBNS: SpaceX Monday announced the successful launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink internet satellites into orbit. The launch took place at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station located in Florida, the United States.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday released the first video of the moon as viewed by Chandrayaan-3, a day after the country's lunar mission entered the orbit of it.
Shillong/IBNS: Over 1,200 nurses in Meghalaya recently participated in a highly anticipated Overseas Nursing Job Fair at the State Convention Centre in Shillong.
As many as 1,200 nurses in Meghalaya, who are willing to explore jobs abroad, recently participated in the Overseas Nursing Job Fair held at the State Convention Centre in Shillong.
Dhaka/IBNS/UNI: Bangladesh reported 10 more deaths and 2,495 dengue cases on Saturday, the country's health ministry said.
New Delhi: Earthquake tremors were felt in various regions including Delhi-NCR, Jammu and Kashmir, and along the borders adjoining Afghanistan and Pakistan on Saturday.
Bengaluru: India's third moon mission, Chandrayaan-3 successfully entered the lunar orbit on Saturday, the ISRO said.
Toronto/IBNS: Canada's major drop in surgeries to 13 percent during the early years of the pandemic has been highlighted by a new report, but those pains were felt unequally across the country's provincial health-care system, with the largest decrease in procedures seen in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Chennai/IBNS/UNI: Marking yet another milestone in its third Moon mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Friday said the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has covered about two-thirds of the distance to the Earth's satellite.
New Delhi: The government has introduced the Ayush Visa, a new category specifically designed for foreign nationals seeking medical treatment in India through traditional Indian systems of medicine.
Beijing: Beijing has recorded its heaviest rainfall over the past few days since records began 140 years ago.
New York: United Nations agencies on Tuesday kicked off World Breastfeeding Week, emphasizing the need for greater breastfeeding support across all workplaces.
New Delhi: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (AIIMS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd (IREDA) to initiate the technical assessment of the AIIMS New Delhi campus to convert it into solar-powered establishment.
Toronto/IBNS: Warning labels on individual cigarettes required by Health Canada regulations are set to come into effect on Tuesday.
New Delhi: The Robotic Surgery evangelist Vattikuti Foundation (VF) has announced its 2023 Fellowship program for surgeons with super specialist qualifications.
Despite the welcome news that more than seven in 10 people on the planet – 5.6 billion - are now protected by measures to curb the dangers of tobacco smoke, 8.7 million people still die from tobacco-related diseases every year, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
New York: A summer of extreme weather in the northern hemisphere is causing major damage to people’s health and the environment, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported on Monday, as countries from the United States to China battle intense heat.
Chandigarh, the beautiful and well-planned Union Territory, has emerged as the top solar power generator among all Union Territories in the country.
The 200-year-old tea industry of Assam's small tea growers have long faced challenges of getting remunerative prices, scarce access to resources and markets but an initiative to create 'Smart Tea villages' brought leading changes empowerment through sustainable practices.
Nashik: A young man was injured after being attacked by a leopard at Naigaon village in Sinnar taluka of the district.
Sriharikota/IBNS/UNI: In a dedicated commercial mission, ISRO's workhorse launch vehicle PSLV-C56 on Sunday successfully launched seven Singapore satellites, including the primary payload DS-SAR, a Radar Imaging Earth Observation satellite, from the spaceport of SHAR Range, in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.
When Anastasia Shatilovich at the Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science RAS in Russia revived two frozen individual nematodes from a fossilized burrow in silt deposits in the Siberian permafrost, she and her colleagues were beyond excited.
The conflict in Sudan has sparked a health crisis for the 3.4 million people forced to flee to safety, whether within the country or across its borders, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
New York: As wildfires raged across Southern Europe and North Africa, top UN climate scientists said on Thursday that it was “virtually certain” that July 2023 will be the warmest on record.
New York: Climate change impacts are increasing in Asia, which is warming faster than the global average, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a new report published on Thursday.
New York: Half of all children in Europe and Central Asia, 92 million, are exposed to high heatwave frequency, or double the global average, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday in a new policy brief.
New York: Treatment remains out of reach for hundreds of thousands of children diagnosed with cancer in low and middle-income countries, severely limiting their chances of survival, the UN health agency said on Wednesday.
Tokyo: Japan's weather agency said scorching heat continues to grip the country on Friday, with the number of prefectures with heatstroke alerts in place reaching a record high of 40.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday highlighted the positive results yielded by Project Tiger and said 70 per cent of the world’s tigers are found in India these days as a result of it.
Geneva: According to ERA5 data from the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the first three weeks of July have been the warmest three-week period on record and the month is on track to be the hottest July and the hottest month on record.
